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University of Exeter tops Corporate Knights' Better World MBA Ranking


TORONTO, Oct. 16, 2017 /CNW/ - Today, Corporate Knights released the 15th edition of the Better World MBA ranking, revealing a new top program globally for the first time since the ranking's inception.

The University of Exeter School of Business in the U.K. narrowly nabbed the top spot on the ranking with five dedicated courses and five institutes each related to sustainability, and 253 faculty publications related to the field in the last three years. Prior to this, Canada's York University Schulich School of Business was the top-ranked program each year. The Schulich School of Business tied for the #2 spot this year with the Warwick School of Business in the U.K.

The ranking, which has been published annually since 2002, evaluates instruction and research in sustainability from a base universe of the top 100 schools on the Financial Times Global MBA rankings, and invites all other accredited MBA programs (AMBA, AACSB, EQUIS) to opt-in. Eligible programs are assessed on the number of core courses, institutes and centres, and faculty research produced in the last three years related to sustainability, including corporate responsibility, human rights and ethics.

This year, Corporate Knights evaluated 134 programs, nine per cent more than in 2016. Of these programs, 70.9 per cent boast dedicated courses in the subject area for their MBA students, and all together this universe of programs offered 276 institutes and centres for students related to sustainability, and has published 5,326 pieces of faculty research in the last three years related to the evolving field.

The Top 40 of the Better World MBA ranking are programs that equip their graduates to understand sustainability issues and solve business problems in an interconnected climate in which environmental and social issues directly affect businesses, and for which businesses play a key role in solving.

"Businesses are re-orienting their strategies to align with the sustainable development goals for a fairer, greener planet. The Top 40 ranked Better World MBA programs are training grounds for future business leaders who want to be part of the monumental shift," said Toby Heaps, CEO of Corporate Knights.

This year's top ten was rounded out by Copenhagen Business School, Duquesne University, TIAS School for Business and Society, MIT Sloan School of Management, the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business and McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management.

Seven MBA programs dropped out of the Top 40 from last year, making way for the University of Victoria's Gustavson School of Business, KAIST, Gonzaga University and Brandeis University, among others. The number of Canadian programs recognized at this level remained steady at nine.

About Corporate Knights: Founded in 2002, Corporate Knights is a Toronto-based media and research company focused on clean capitalism ? an economic system that incorporates social, economic and ecological factors ? and reports on sustainability at the intersection of business and society. Corporate Knights is best known for rules-based transparent rankings of corporate sustainability performance, including the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada and the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. Learn more at www.corporateknights.com

Appendix A: 2017 Better World MBA Ranking by Corporate Knights

2017
Rank

School

Country

1

University of Exeter

United Kingdom

2

York University - Schulich School of Business

Canada

2

Warwick Business School

United Kingdom

4

Copenhagen Business School

Denmark

5

Duquesne University

United States

6

TIAS School for Business and Society

Netherlands

7

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan
School of Management

United States

8

University of Vermont - Grossman

United States

9

McGill University - Desautels

Canada

10

Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller

United States

11

University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School

United States

12

Duke University - Fuqua School of Business

United States

13

Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management

Netherlands

14

INSEAD

France

15

University of Calgary - Haskayne School of Business

Canada

16

Griffith Business School

Australia

17

Harvard University - Harvard Business School

United States

18

University of Bath - School of Management

United Kingdom

19

Stanford Graduate School of Business

United States

20

University of Edinburgh Business School

United Kingdom

21

University of Victoria: Gustavson

Canada

22

KAIST

South Korea

23

University of British Columbia - Sauder

Canada

24

Mannheim Business School

Germany

25

London Business School

United Kingdom

26

Yale University - Yale School of Management

United States

27

Saint Mary's University - Sobey School of Business

Canada

28

University of Strathclyde - Business School

United Kingdom

29

Nottingham University

United Kingdom

30

University of Cambridge - Judge Business School

United Kingdom

31

Simon Fraser University Beedie

Canada

32

George Washington University - School of Business

United States

33

Gonzaga University

United States

34

Macquarie Graduate School of Management

Australia

35

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of
Business

United States

36

University of Ottawa Telfer MBA

Canada

37

Maastricht University School of Business and
Economics MBA

Netherlands

38

Brandeis University

United States

39

University of California at Berkeley - Haas School of
Business

United States

40

Concordia University - John Molson

Canada

 

SOURCE Corporate Knights Inc.



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