英国《金融时报》为牛津大学赛德商学院颁发首届全球责任商业教育奖的双料大奖。
The Financial Times has named Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford a double winner in their first global Responsible Business Education Awards.
牛津大学赛德商学院在“最佳学校”和“学术研究”两个类别中双双获奖。全球责任商业教育奖项旨在表彰那些注重可持续发展课程和低碳校园、致力于解决社会和环境迫切需求的商学院。牛津大学赛德商学院是由来自商界、学术界和非营利组织的国际评审团评选出的五所获奖商学院之一，也是英国唯一获奖的商学院。
分管MBA和高管学位课程的副院长凯西·哈维在谈到此次获奖以及学院的与众不同之处时说：“很高兴看到我们的工作得到了认可。牛津赛德始终认真对待我们在这一领域的责任，无论是通过培养未来的领袖来让世界变得更美好，还是通过影响力研究来应对全球挑战，抑或是通过如何经营和管理我们的校园来以身作则。”
“我很自豪地说，在大部分商学院真正开始讨论可持续发展和效率之前，我们已经重新设计了部分课程，以反映从内部推动影响力的原则。现在，牛津赛德51%的核心教学都包含与环境、社会和治理 (ESG) 相关的内容。”
赛德商学院的学生还可以充分利用牛津大学更广泛领域的众多研究中心的专业知识，包括位于牛津赛德的斯科尔社会创业中心。MBA和EMBA学生还参与享有盛誉的GOTO挑战赛，由知名企业邀请学生解决他们在经济、社会、环境或健康领域面临的一些最紧迫的挑战。
除教学外，赛德商学院的影响力还表现在与图灵信托基金的持续合作，来为非洲学校回收旧电脑；在COP28上举办全球气候变化挑战赛以启发激励世界各地的高中生；与牛津当地慈善机构Be Free Young Carers合作，定期举办捐赠活动等等。
The School won in both the overall ‘Best Schools’ and the ‘Academic Research’ categories. The overall award celebrated ESG-minded business schools with sustainability-focused curricula and low-carbon campuses that show a willingness to address the pressing needs of society and the environment. Oxford Saïd was one of five winners, and the only UK school to feature, selected by a panel of international judges drawn from business, academia and non-profit organisations.
Commenting on the overall win, and what sets the School apart, Associate Dean of MBA and Executive Degrees, Kathy Harvey said: ‘We’re delighted to be recognised for our work here. We have always taken our responsibility in this space seriously, whether through turning out future leaders equipped to make the world better, tackling global challenges through impactful research or leading by example through how we run and manage our campuses.
‘I’m proud to say that before business schools really started talking about sustainability and efficiency, we were already redesigning part of the curriculum to reflect our principles of fostering impact from within. Now 51% of our school’s core teaching contains Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) related content.’
Students at the School can also draw on the expertise of the wider University’s research centres, including the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship based at Oxford Saïd. MBAs and EMBAs also take part in the celebrated GOTO challenge where leading organisations invite students to solve some of their most pressing challenges related to economic, social, environmental or health issues.
Alongside teaching, the School’s entry also highlighted an ongoing partnerships with the Turing Trust recycling old computers for African schools, inspiring high school students across the world with a global Climate Change Challenge competition at COP28 and partnering with local Oxford charity Be Free Young Carers with regular giving events.
“责任商业教育“的“学术研究奖”旨在表彰那些有助于企业和各类组织改进工作、以实际方式解决重要社会和环境问题的令人信服的研究。赛德商学院的国际商业副教授阿克谢·曼格拉凭借他与弗吉尼亚大学的桑迪普·苏赫坦卡尔和加布里埃尔·克鲁克-维斯纳合作撰写的2022年研究报告获得了该奖项。
在谈到他们的研究成果和重要性时，阿克谢教授说：”妇女安全是一项巨大的全球性挑战。我们在印度的研究工作汇集了一支跨学科研究团队，和警方的伙伴坚定合作。这种基于现场的协作方法帮助我们了解警察何时以及如何对妇女案件做出更积极的反应，这是实现影响力的关键一步。”
牛津大学赛德商学院对可持续发展的关注可以追溯到设计之初，27年前成立时，主校区就配备了太阳能光伏系统。目前，商学院正在用热泵取代燃气锅炉，这将在明年减少144吨的碳排放量。
作为牛津大学赛德商学院推动减少环境影响和实现零排放目标的一部分，杰克·斯通于2021年加入牛津赛德，担任首任可持续发展主管。在谈到获奖感言时，他说："这一奖项认可了我们成为一所尽可能负责任的商学院的决心，也反映了我的同事们在牛津赛德所做的大量工作。虽然我们的主要动力是改善我们运营的可持续性，并将环境、社会和公司治理（ESG）纳入我们的课程和研究中，但像这样的奖项保证了我们走在正确的道路上，并为我们提供了一个庆祝迄今所取得成就的机会。”
“重要的是要记住，牛津赛德在这一征程中还处于起步阶段，我们期待着在不久的将来分享更多的成功。我们高度可持续发展的全球领袖中心的启动，我们定制的ISO 14001环境管理体系的扩展，以及根据联合国可持续发展目标规划我们课程的新框架，只是即将到来的几个亮点。我要感谢参与我们可持续发展任务的每一个人，没有他们的热情和辛勤工作，我们不可能实现这一切。”
As part of the School’s push to reduce its environmental impact and meet zero emission targets, Jack Stone joined as the first Head Sustainability in 2021. Commenting on the awards he said: ‘This success reflects our determination to be as responsible a business school as possible, and the tremendous work done by my colleagues across Oxford Saïd. Whilst our primary motivation is improving the sustainability of our operations and embedding ESG in our curriculum and research, awards such as this provides assurance that we are on the right track and provide an opportunity to celebrate our achievements so far.
‘It is important to remember that Oxford Saïd is early on in this journey, and we look forward to sharing even more successes soon. The launch of our highly sustainable Global Leadership Centre, the expansion of our bespoke ISO 14001 Environmental Management System and a new framework for mapping our curriculum against the UN Sustainable Development Goals are just a few upcoming highlights. I’d like to thank everyone involved in our sustainability mission, as none of it would be possible without this passion and hard work.’
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