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Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics (USBE) acts for a sustainable development by creating and spreading knowledge through education, research and in collaboration with others. We are promoting knowledge about, and for, sustainable development and are using the 17 sustainable development goals as a framework when we are creating responsible leaders for the future. Our work on sustainability is coordinated in the Council for Sustainable Development and involves all parts of the school.
Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics’ (USBE) mission is to create knowledge in interaction with stakeholders to develop responsible leaders with a sustainability orientation, by:
USBE’s work on sustainable development is to comply with laws and regulations and to drive work in a continuous improvement process within the scope of the Umeå university steering documents regarding sustainable development work (Miljöpolicy, Regel för miljö- och hållbarhetsarbete och Handlingsplan för klimat och hållbar utveckling 2021-2023), the USBE strategic plan (including vision and mission), the quality management system and sustainability goals. A three-year action plan for sustainability work supports these ambitions. The plan is reviewed on an annual basis.
Sustainability Objectives
USBE’s orientation towards sustainable development will be improved and strengthen within education, research and collaboration with stakeholders. The direct environmental impact will be on a sustainable level.
Detailed goals
Council for Sustainable Development
Alice Annelin (Chair)
Anita Lindmark
Göran Bostedt
Johanne Lindgren
Rickard Lindberg
Maxim Vlasov
Representation from the management group (TBA)
USBE is a sustainability-oriented business school and we have chosen to prove this by certifying our environmental management system and we are since 2015 certified according to ISO 14001. Our environmental management system is a well-integrated part of the management of the school and adopted to the expectations from stakeholders as UKÄ, AACSB and others. Our environmental management system is yearly evaluated by an external as well as an internal auditing process.
We are since 2018 an AACSB-accredited school. Being accredited by one of the leading global organizations for business schools proves that our education, research and collaboration are of high international standard. Our quality management system that is the basis for our accreditation assures that we in a systematic way are working for continuous improvements in all areas of our mission and that we are striving towards our long-term vision.
Global Business School Network, GBSN, is a network of business schools with the ambition of supporting management education for the developing world. The network provides us with opportunities to be inspired by, and work with, leading business schools around the world on issues related to sustainable development
PRME, Principles for Responsible Management Education, is a UN initiative for a more responsible education of the leaders of tomorrow. USBE agrees on the six principles decided upon by PRME and we are a member of the network since 2013. As a part of PRME are we bi-annually reporting on how our work on sustainability develops.
USBE is from January 2019 a member of UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, an organization mobilizing global scientific and technological expertise to promote practical solutions for sustainable development, including the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
