Enterprise for Society

E4S is dedicated to helping society overcome its challenges and to spearheading the transition towards a more resilient, environmentally responsible and inclusive economy

Conscious of their responsibility in the face of the unprecedented challenges confronting society, the University of Lausanne through its faculty of Business and Economics (UNIL-HEC), the Institute for Management Development (IMD) and EPFL under the stewardship of the College of Management of Technology have joined forces in Enterprise for Society (E4S). E4S aims to be the laboratory where its founding institutions jointly explore new ways of fulfilling their mission in the fields of economics and management.

As the economics and management faculty of UNIL, HEC Lausanne is at the heart of this partnership. Former Dean of the Faculty, Professor Jean-Philippe Bonardi, has been named as E4S Center’s Co-Managing Director in August 2021. He co-leads the initiative alongside Jean-Pierre Danthine. 

This centre is active on three levels:

• Train the new generation of leaders with the new Master program in Sustainable Management & Technology, launched in 2021
• Inspire researchers to collaborate on topics with high social impact
• Activate change by strengthening the ecosystem offered to start-ups

Learn more: www.e4s.center