INSEAD
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2018)
Reporting Period: 2018
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Talent Competitiveness
Social Achievements
- Launched Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) report focusing on diversity and inclusion.
- Increased country coverage in GTCI from 118 to 119.
- Broadened special section on Cities and Regions to cover 90 cities globally.
- Updated Global Cities Talent Competitiveness Index (GCTCI) model.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Difficulty in finding an absolute champion of diversity and inclusion, even in top-ranking GTCI countries.
- Challenges in ensuring diversity due to human preference for bonding with similar individuals.
- Overcoming challenges requires commitment to social skills and collective intelligence.
- Difficulty in measuring cognitive diversity and determining which knowledge and perspectives stimulate creative problem-solving.
Mitigation Strategies
- Boosting openness by shaping multicultural societies and encouraging international experience.
- Nurturing a culture of diversity and inclusion from early education.
- Refocusing education on collaborative, challenge-oriented programs.
- Investing in developing a culture of inclusion.
- Moving from vertical, hierarchical organizational structures to flat collaborative ones.
- Government focus on innovation in education policy and stimulating openness.
- Employers prioritizing diversity and inclusion, fostering cultures of inclusion through training and creating respectful environments.