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2023 PRME Global Forum
PRME hosts first-ever Responsible Management Education Week in New York
Responsible Management Education Week took place in New York City from 12-16 June and was hosted by Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business. This week included the 2023 PRME Global Forum, which connected more than 500 participants (in-person and online) from 75 different countries for a joint commitment to provide educational players with the skills and inspiration needed to balance economic and sustainability goals while also drawing attention to other important and timely issues such as digital education and accountable leadership.
This also gave an outstanding opportunity for students of PRME to participate in the PRME Global Forum. The partnership between PRME Global Students (PGS) and Marketplace Simulations awarded four students to travel to New York City to participate in the 2023 PRME Global Forum through Conscious Capitalism Simulation Competition. They had interesting insights to share about the forum, such as:
"My experience there was really enriching, and I really think that I grew by attending the forum. I truly feel grateful for Marketplace Simulations and for PRME because it was like a dream coming true. What marked my experience the most was having the opportunity to connect, learn, and be inspired by the speakers and other attendees. I also enjoyed sharing my point of view as a student with professionals, and it surprised me how engaged they were in what I wanted to say. A few things that I will be grateful for forever will be the knowledge I acquired from the forum and the strong bond I formed with other students present at the workshop for Marketplace." -Maria Reis Olmo
"I had the privilege of immersing myself in thought-provoking keynote addresses and engaging in transformative discussions. The impactful talks by Bob Chapman and Raj Sisodia provided fresh perspectives on management, leadership, and the human cost of doing business. Another highlight of my experience was co-leading a workshop on marketplace simulation, specifically focusing on conscious capitalism. Collaborating with like-minded individuals and guiding participants through this hands-on learning opportunity was incredibly rewarding. Together, we explored the principles and practices of conscious capitalism, seeking to align profit generation with a greater purpose" -Vaibhav Agrawal
You can learn more about Responsible Management Education Week and the 2023 PRME Global Forum here.
Enroll in Free Courses offered by the UN:
Here is a list of courses offered by the UN that you can apply to for free!
- offered by United Nations Climate Change: Learn (UN CC: Learn)
Internship Opportunities:
Here is a list of opportunities you can apply for!
- Collected by PGS Careers
1. UNOPS - Project Management Intern - Beijing, Chinha
2. UN WOMEN - Evaluation and Research Intern - Cairo, Egypt
3. UNICEF - Data Visualization and Data Tech Internship - Remote
4. UNICEF - Partnerships Internships - Remote
5. WFP - Business Innovation and Knowledge Management Intern - Rome, Italy
Co-ordinator Spotlight:
Mey Westlake
University of Guelph, Canada
The PGS Social Media co-ordinator, Mey Westlake is a bachelor's student majoring in business Commerce at the University of Guelph, Canada. She is passionate about sustainability in the food industry and a huge advocate for indigenous people’s sovereignty. She has an independent thesis course with her professor centered around food equity amongst indigenous communities in Canada. She is a passionate foodie at heart who loves to travel and experience the globe via food and runs a food blog @westythefoody.
Sustainability to me means creating a planet that has enough resources for the future generations to not only survive but thrive. This means protecting the natural resources we have by ensuring they can be regenerated.
Are you interested in Mey Westlake's sustainability vision and global students' role in this intergenerational mission? Read the entire interview with Mey Westlake here!
Student Spotlight:
Vasu Sai Kiran Mattepu
Conestoga College, Canada
Vasu Sai Kiran Mattepu is a student of Sustainable Business Management (SBM) at Conestoga College, Canada. Prior to pursuing studies in Canada, he worked as an architect in India, where he was involved in designing green buildings (LEED Rated). Vasu is an active volunteer in local NGOs where he participates in various events revolving around sustainability including tree planting, educating children on sustainability, community conservation, and events on actions for the climate crisis and waste reduction.
It is essential to recognize the interconnectedness of different systems and understand the impacts of our actions on the environment, society, and the economy. We must strive towards a sustainable and equitable future by reducing our carbon footprint, conserving natural resources, and promoting social and economic justice.
Are you interested in Vasu's thoughts on Sustainability and knowing more about his experiences? Read the complete interview with Vasu here.
Reach out to us at 'pgs_newsletter@unprme.org' if you want to be featured in our student spotlight.
Student Organization Spotlight:
Circle of Constitutional Law
The Circle of Constitutional Law is a student organization whose mission is to promote and disseminate constitutional culture to society for them to know their rights and the role every institution has. This organization from the University of Lima (Lima, Peru) is related to the 4th SDG, "Quality Education," and the 16th SDG, "Peace, Justice, and strong institutions." The organization has been run by Renzo Días Giunta (2021), Marcelo Ugarte (2022), and Jarisse Junes (2023).
The organization wants to build an informed society that knows their rights and how to defend them to decrease the violence and violations of rights in the country.
They have carried out research that has led to the production of academic articles where members of this student organization analyze situations of constitutional relevance and human rights so that this analysis is disseminated on social media and a legal culture spreads in society.
It's worth noting that this student organization is characterized by socializing relevant academic content for citizens. The Circle of Constitutional Law has organized more than 50 training sessions related to constitutional content and human rights for students and society with objective, impartial, and truthful information to spread the word on using their rights.
As a social activity, travel to low-income places in the City of Lima, teaching about rights and giving Constitutions. In social media, they create diversified content, such as didactic infographics with human rights content, to educate and inform people about their legal system. To know more about the Circle of Constitutional Law, click here.
From United Nation's Desk:
Regional Competition on Youth and Community-Led Initiatives
Do you work on preventing addiction, violence, crime and corruption by empowering youth and strengthening their resilience? Apply for funding through UNDOC's #Participate4Impact implementation prize.
Youth Co:Lab Summit
How are young people tackling pressing regional challenges with innovative solutions? Join this Summit on Inclusive Entrepreneurship, to learn about inspiring youth action from underserved communities for those often left furthest behind.
Empowering youth for a sustainable future: Building skills for tomorrow
This hybrid event will showcase the positive impact of youth skills development on societies and economies, and empower young people to meet the challenges of an evolving global landscape through TVET.
The first panel will include a youth focus group and a discussion on how teaching and learning processes can be optimized to prepare young people for a changing labour market. The second panel will reflect on UNESCO’s Global Skills Academy and its work to scale up youth skills development as well as what more can be done to build employability, entrepreneurship, and resilience for youth.
Reading Suggestions:
Addressing responsibility in innovation processes for sustainability
Article's Author: Global Footprint Network
On the demand side, the Ecological Footprint adds up all the biologically productive areas for which a population, a person or a product competes. It measures the ecological assets that a given population or development requires to produce the natural resources it consumes (including plant-based food and fibre products, livestock and fish products, timber and other forest products, and space for urban infrastructure) and to absorb its waste, especially carbon emissions.
The Ecological Footprint tracks the use of productive surface areas. Typically these areas are cropland, grazing land, fishing grounds, built-up land, forest area, and carbon demand on land.
On the supply side, a city, state or nation’s biocapacity represents the productivity of its ecological assets (including cropland, grazing land, forest land, fishing grounds, and built-up land). These areas, especially if left unharvested, can absorb the waste we generate, especially our carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels.
Do you want to know your Ecological footprint? Calculate it by clicking here
Developing the ecological balance sheet for agricultural sustainability
Article’s author: Sue Ogilvy
This paper aims to suggest a practical means of incorporating ecological capital into the framework of business entities. Investors and shareholders need to be informed of the viability and sustainability of their investments. Ecological (natural) capital risks are becoming more significant. Exposure to material risk from primary industry is a significant factor for primary processing, pharmaceutical, textile and financial industries. A means of assessing the changes to ecological capital assets and their effect on inflows and outflows of economic benefit is essential information for stakeholder communication. It synthesises a body of literature from accounting, environmental economics, ecosystem services, modelling, agriculture and ecology to propose a way to fill current gaps in the capability to account for ecological capital. It develops the idea of the ecological balance sheet (EBS) to enable the application of familiar methods of managing built and financial means to the management of ecological assets (ecosystems that provide goods and services)
To read more about this, click here
