ERS_activities_LSM_coursess of activities

Types of activities

• Conduct a due diligence exercise (i.e. Alibaba Group, Cargill, UEFA, Novartis...);
• Establish a benchmark of sustainable practices in a specific sector abroad (i.e. railwail, renewable energies...)
• Draw a stakeholder mapping
• Elaborate a materiality matrix analysis
• Analyse extra-financial or integrated reports
• Conduct ethical risk analysis of specific organizations based on a complete analysis of their business footprint, the faced scandals and evaluation of the measures taken to mitigate these risks;
• Build an entrepreneurial project in team based on a common interest for a social or environmental cause of their choice;
• Obtain Bloomberg certificates (i.e. “Bloomberg Market Concepts” on financial markets and “Environmental Social Governance”) about implementing ESG reporting and strategies following online courses in self-paced.
• Work on the B Impact Assessment (BIA) for different start-ups, SMEs or multinationals from diverse industries, identify areas for improvement, develop concrete and practical recommendations and critically analyze the BIA and B Corp certification.(B Corp Life experience)

Some topics tackled in conferences

• Definition of social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs (UNAGO)
• The social and ecological transition in the field of mobility: the case of urbike (URBIKE)
• Social and sustainable entreprneurship opportunities and business models (ASmartWorld)
• Becoming effective changemakers (Harvard Business School & Harvard Kennedy School)
• Assessing the social impact of social enterprises: mission impossible? (Chair "Social Economy")
• Governance challenges at Hellow (Hellow)
• Social impact and scaling (TADA)
• Finance challenges in social and sustainable initiatives (Better.app)
• Driving the integrity agenda in Belgian public sector (Cabinet of deputy prime minister)
• GDPR & Artificial Intelligence Act - an introduction (Eubelius)
• Sustainable IT (Institute for Sustainable IT)
• Introducing Sustainability at Umicore (Umicore)
• Demystifying ESG and embedding Sustainability into corporate processes (ELIA)
• Materiality (B the Change)
• B Corp (Statik)
• Science Based Targets (BACA)
• An introduction to Commonland (Rotterdam School of Management)
• Debate following the movie from Festival Alimenterre (Rikolto)
• CSR Reporting (Cap Conseil)

Guest speakers' overview (1/2)

• Delhaize :
• Fatma Keskin, VP Legal, Ethics and Compliance (2021)
• Katrien Verbeke, Communication manager (2013)
• Charlotte de Vroey (2020)
• Deloitte :
• Corentin Hericher, consultant, Belgique (2021)
• Sofia Ridray, Consultant, Corporate Compliance & Business Ethics in Belgium (2018/2020)
• Claire Van Bergen, Director Corporate Responsibility (2013)

• DUO for a JOB : Frédéric Simonart, Co-founder member (2017/2018)
• essenscia :
• Corine Petry – Communication Manager (2016 - 2018)
• S. Walraedt (2017)
• Sophie Bracke, Sustainability Strategy Advisor (2014/2020)
• Ethiquable : Stefan Vincent - Co-founder et directeur (2015)
• Eubelius : Jean-Marc Gollier (2012)
• European Comission: Beatruz Sanz Redrado (2020)
• FEB : Philippe Lambrechts, Secretary General of the Federation of Entreprises in Belgium (2011)
• Financité : Charlaine Provost, Project Manager chez Financité (2017)
• Fostplus : Gaëlle Janssens (2014)
• Funds for good: Nicolas Crochet
• G2G (Good to Give): Isaline Desclée (2013)
• GDF Suez - ENGIE : Jacques Spelkens, coordinator CSR Belgium (2011-2015/2020)
• Gimv : Vincent Van Bueren (2020)
• Groupe One: Eve-Anne Henskens (2020)
• Grenoble Ecole de Management: Hugues Poissonnier, professeur (2021)
• Honeywell : Mahsa Sina (Sweden), Compliance officer of Middle East (2021)
• ICC (Belgium International Chamber of Commerce) : Mathieu Maes, Secretary General ICC Belgium (2016-2020)
• ING : Philippe Ledent, Senior Economist at ING Frederic Dalaidenne, Investment Officer Funds at ING (2018/2020)
• Innergic : Damien Dallemagne, Founder and CEO Innergic (2013 - 2018)
• Lidl Belgium : Philippe Weiler, Head of Sustainability (2018/2020)

• AB InBev :
• Rodrigo Cunha (2018/2020)
• Ben Graham (2020)
• Alpha Resources Network: Pierre-Yves Maniquet (2014/2015)

• Altérez-vous! : Patrick Ayoub, Member & co-foundor (2017)
• aSmartWorld: Geoffroy van Humbeeck (2020)
• Banque Degroof Petercam: Marc Flammang (2014)
• BEES Coop : Audrey Renier, Foundor (2018)
• BE.Impact : Philippe Eiselein - Mission coordinator (2021)
• Belgacom (Proximus) : Loïc Van Custem, CSR manager (2011)
• BioForum : Frédéric Ghys (2014)
• Birdie: Maxime Parmentier (2021)
• Bpost : Thibault d’Ursel, Global Head of Sustainability BPost Delivering Sustainable Mail and ecommerce (2018/2020)
• Business in the Community BITC : Catherine Van Loo (2018)
• Cabinet Tellier: Aurélie Laurent - Senior Sustainability & Impact Officer (2021)
• MyFairDIamond :
• Marie d’Huart (2018)
• Serge De Backer (2013)
• Carbon4: Mona Huys - Senior Carbon Data Analyst (2021)
• Carrefour : Pascal Léglise, Director and Private Label Director, Carrefour Belgium (2015/2017)
• C-Change : Katrien Barrat (2012)
• Climact : Jérôme Meessen (2014)
• Coca-Cola : Arjanne Hoogstad, Senior Manager CSR Benelux (2013)
• Cofinimmo : Chantal Cabuy, Head of HR & International Communication (2013)
• Colruyt : Astrid van Parys – CSR Manager (2018/2020)Coop City: Audrey Renier (2020)
• Coopeos : Philippe Drouillon, President of CA (2017)
• COSUCRA: Jacques Crahay
• CEO Creo2 : Thomas Vanesse, Co-founder member of Creo2 (2018/2017)
• CSR Europe : Jan Noterdaeme (2014)
• Danone : Sophia Bonus, Sustainability Manager (2018-2020)

Guest speakers' overview (2/2)

• Randstad : Benoît Van Grieken (2012)

• ROMAX: Damien Deroanne - Consult (2021)
• Sapiensa: Anaud Lequime (2020)
• SciencePo: Mathieu Jahnich (2021)
• SHAYP: Impact & Sustainability Manager
• Smart :
• Sarah De Heusch, Advisor at Smart (2018/2020)
• Yvon Jadoul, General Secretary
• Solar Impulse: Bertrand Piccard (2021)
• Spadel : Ann Vandenhende ,CSR Manager (2013)
• SPF Mobilité et Transports : Laurent Ledoux (2015)
• Solvay :
• Michel Bande, Solvay (2016/2017)
• Ilham Kadri, CEO (2021)
• Michel Washer, Deputee Sustainability Manager (2019-2021)
• STIB : Frédérick Damilot, Director HR Business Development & Performance (2013)
• SNCB: Alain Dupont, Specialist Environnement & Energy (2022)
• Unilever :
• Aurélie Gert, External Affairs/Media Relations Manager Beligium (2012)
• Pascale Nicolas, Category Manager (2011)
• Marie Somers, Junior Brand Manager Lipton Tea (2011)
• Sophie Gilbert, Category Management Trainee (2011)
• URBIKE: Philippe Lovens - Co-foundor & CEO
• Usitoo: Frédéric Chromé (2020)
• Visuality: Mara Callaert - Managing Partner (2021)
• Wavre en transition: Hugues Dethienne
• WWF : Sonia Bonus, Corporate Partnership, Manager (2013)

• LIST Technology Institute: Benoît Otjacques (2020)

• L’Oréal : Stéphanie Cols, Recruitment Manager (2013)
• Maersk : Alexander Ghazvinian, Chief Compliance Officer (2019)
• Mars : Bruno Roche, Chief economist (2015)
• Michelin : Laurent Dorigny, Directeur commercial Benelux (2013)
• Nestlé Belgilux:
• Diane Faynsztein (2020)
• Odile Ledesert, Human resource director (2015/2017)
• Jean-Michel Pardeans, Corporate Communication Nestlé Belgilux
• NewB: Charles van Doorslaer, Chief Compliance Officer, Belgique (2020)
• OLAF : Beatriz Sanz Redrado, Director, OLAF (2018 for the courses Corporate Social Responsibility)
• Ontex: Elise Barbé, Group sustainability manager, Belgique (2020)
• Paysans-Artisans: Thérèse-Marie Bouchat, présidente (2021)
• Philosophie & Management asbl - Euractiv : Laurent Ledoux, Managing Partner chez PHUSIS (2014-2021)
• Pwc :
• Marie Gauthier, CSR officer (2013)
• Dominique Laurent – Head of Infrastructure department (2013)
• Valérie Arnold – Partner Audit, Corporate Responsibility Leader, PWC Luxembourg (2016 -2020)
• Alice Schmitz- Consultant | Sustainable Business Solution (2021)
• Teach For Belgium : Christel Ergo, Pierre Pirard & Philipe Mauchard (2014)
• Technip sa: Nathalie Gouache, Senior VP and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer (2021)
• Total: Hilde Luystermans
• Transparency International :
• Pannel Discussion introduced by Dominique Dussart (TI's Chairman) with Mona Caroline Chammas (GOVERN & LAW), Philippe Dechamps (Lawyer), Thierry Gillis (General Inspector at the local and Federal police), and Alain Lallemand (Journalist) (2018)

Other activities (1/2)

• Meetings (non-exhaustive list):
• with Walloon CEOs to speak about their different companies, how they have evolved, the threats they faced always keeping in mind the sustainability dimensions.
• RH managers to discuss how companies are currently considering humans as a capital person contributing to the company and how they are taking care of employees’ well-being.
• With Queen Mathilde as Ambassador of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to discuss the theme "Challenging the business world in the light of the Sustainable Development Goals"

Spadel (2022) © Barbara Dupont

Puratos (2023) © Barbara Dupont

Meeting with HR manager (2021) © Laurent Taskin

Meeting with the Queen (2021) © UCLouvain

Corporate visits to discover companies’ sustainability practices

Other activities (2/2)

Go to action :

• Discussions about rethinking our relationship with energy, resources and living creature, including relation to each other
• Helping the community with “community services”

Pictures of the “Arbre qui posuse” day © by Sabine Denis

Encouragements to participate in environmental challenges such as the Colibri Challenge to create a high environmental and social impact.

Pictures of the “Arbre qui posuse” day © by Sabine Denis