E4S 2025 Highlights: Advancing Sustainable Transformation

Message from our Co-Directors

In 2025, Enterprise for Society (E4S) continued to strengthen its role as a catalyst for the transition toward a resilient and inclusive economy within planetary boundaries. Anchored in the academic excellence of HEC-UNIL, IMD, and EPFL, our ambition remains clear: to generate robust knowledge, educate responsible leaders, and activate change across society.

Education lies at the core of our mission. The Master’s Program in Sustainable Management and Technology (SMT) has grown in impact, reflecting its central role in shaping the responsible leaders of tomorrow. In 2025, we celebrated a new generation of graduates while welcoming a new cohort of highly motivated students, further strengthening a diverse, engaged, and purpose-driven learning community.

Our activation activities also reached new heights. The 2025 edition of Showcase, E4S’s impact innovation summit, welcomed over 1,100 participants, marking a record attendance and confirming the strong demand for spaces that foster dialogue, collaboration, and concrete solutions across sectors.

Finally, our research continued to deliver actionable insights on key sustainability challenges. In 2025, E4S advanced applied work on topics such as sustainability reporting and ecosystem restoration, mobilizing interdisciplinary expertise and collaborative approaches to support evidence-based decision-making.

We remain deeply grateful to our founding institutions, all organizations funding our activities and the broader community for their continued trust and commitment, as together we strive to turn knowledge into lasting impact.

Jean-Philippe Bonardi (E4S Co-Managing Director / HEC-UNIL)
Florian Hoos (E4S Co-Managing Director / IMD)
Michaël Aklin (E4S Co-Managing Director / EPFL)