INCAE ON SUSTAINABILITY

Social
PRME Working Group on Poverty, a
Challenge for Management Education
INCAE served on the organizing committee for the
international conference Leveraging Innovative and
Cross-country Learning for Poverty Reduction: Climbing
the Economic Ladder – Examples from and for
Nicaragua, held in July 2014 at INCAE’s Francisco de
Sola campus in Managua. This conference focused on
poverty eradication as a business responsibility of and
its implications for business curriculum and strategy.
Ana María Majano, PhD.
Former Associate Director of the Latin
American Center for Competitiveness and
Sustainable Development
ana.majano@consultor.incae.edu
Víctor Umaña
Director of the Latin American Center
for Competitiveness and Sustainable
Development
victor.umana@incae.edu
Think Forward: Latin American Base of
the Pyramid Forum
This three-day forum, held in Costa Rica in January
2015, brought together leading experts in sustainable
business strategy and practice for the base of the
pyramid (BoP), along with INCAE faculty members
and business leaders. They discussed the challenges
of implementing BoP strategies and best practices of
companies operating in Latin America. Companies
such as PEPSICO, Centrolac, Syngenta, Tetra Pak, Tía
Supermarkets, CEMEX and Millicom participated in the
workshop Top Management Strategy Challenge on
BoP. Experts from the University of Vermont, William
Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, Drucker
School, INCAE, University of the Pacific, University
of the Andes, and Erb Institute for Global Sustainable
Enterprise participated in the open conference Learning
effective strategies on the basis of the pyramid from
the experience of senior management.
Dialogue on the Results of the Social
Progress Index
The results of the Social Progress Index 2015 were
presented at two events (one in Costa Rica, held in
April, and the other in Nicaragua, held in October),
including its implications for both countries. Decision
makers and social innovators from all sectors
participated in this event.
Víctor Umaña
Director of the Latin American Center
for Competitiveness and Sustainable
Development
victor.umana@incae.edu
II Central American Forum on
Corporate Volunteerism
The event was organized by Fundación Telefónica,
CLACDS, and the International Association for
Volunteer Effort (IAVE), and was held in July 2015.
The initiative aimed to share inspirational practices
from the Central American region with business
executives, NGO leaders and the public sector, thus
helping to consolidate corporate volunteerism as a
social expression of company work forces, and a
strategic action for achieving business objectives.
Víctor Umaña
Director of the Latin American Center
for Competitiveness and Sustainable
Development
victor.umana@incae.edu
PRINCIPLE 5: PARTNERSHIP
Urs Jäger, Dr.
Associate Professor. Academic Director of the
Latin American Center for Entrepreneurs
urs.jager@incae.edu
Professor Urs Jäger, Think Forward: Latin American
Base of the Pyramid Forum, January 2015
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