Sustainability at London Business School

London Business School was founded in 1964 and, from the outset, our aim has been to equip our students and executive education participants and those in our community to address the critical challenges of the time. The world has, and continues to evolve at an immense pace, our efforts to think, operate, teach, and influence in more sustainable and inclusive ways have adapted and grown alongside these changes.

We believe that education is at the heart of the sustainability challenge, that we have a responsibility to ensure our students, employees and business leaders are equipped to meet this challenge, and that the way we operate as an organisation must reflect this. We see our role as helping prepare business leaders of today and tomorrow to understand and solve these challenges.

Sustainability policy and principles
Everyone at London Business School is impacted by sustainability and, as an organisation, our passion for making a difference is evident in our community engagement programmes and our student clubs. Our current Sustainability Policy and Principles can be viewed here.

Relevant reports

• Carbon Management Plan April 2023
• 2024 Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Report
• Sustainability commitments of our food partner, Lexington Catering

London Business School is one of the founding partners of Business Schools for Climate Leadership (BS4CL).

• We are one of eight leading European business schools, who combined forces to create an alliance to help business leaders combat the climate crisis facing the planet.
• Business Schools for Climate Leadership was launched at COP26 in Glasgow in 2021.
• The schools, which came together to launch BS4CL are Cambridge Judge Business School, HEC Paris, IE Business School, IESE Business School, the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), INSEAD, London Business School, and Saïd Business School (University of Oxford).
• BS4CL represents the beginnings of collective action across business schools, starting with the founding members. As educators and researchers — as well as leading voices and stewards of powerful alumni bodies — we need to work together to incite, support, and mobilise our many stakeholders to protect humanity.