15 марта в преддверии ежегодной международной акции «Час Земли» Лаборатория устойчивого развития бизнеса Московской школы управления Сколково и Всемирный фонд дикой природы (WWF России) провели мероприятие «Ответственный потребитель: поймай меня, если сможешь!». В рамках мероприятия выступили представители и эксперты российских и западных компаний, включая компании, IKEA, СПЛАТ, Coccobello, Оптиком, Мегаполисресурс, Домовенок, Деловая среда, Unilever, Экобюро Greens, Impact Hub и другие. Участники и эксперты обсудили опыт работы компаний в данном сегменте, существующие ограничения для развития ответственного потребления в России и механизмы, позволяющие с ними работать.

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The visit was facilitated by the SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Markets Studies. The issues of cooperation in management personnel training with a focus on Asian markets were discussed at the meeting with Professor Wei Shyy, the Executive Vice President and Provost of HKUST. The parties noted that, despite the most favourable political conditions for cooperation between Russia and the countries of Asia, both the Russian companies and their Asian partners still have a shortage of qualified managers who understand the specifics of this kind of cooperation. Therefore, the partnership in education and personnel training is of paramount importance for the successful development of trade, economic, scientific, and technical cooperation between Russia and the countries of Asia. Following the discussion, the parties outlined concrete initiatives to enhance HKUST's cooperation with the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO and the SKOLKOVO Institute of Science and Technology (SkolTech). The meeting was also attended by Professor Joseph Hun-wei Lee, the Vice President of HKUST, Vasily Belov, the Senior Vice President of the Skolkovo Foundation, and Alexey Kalinin, the Director of the SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Markets Studies.

Maria Printseva, Junior Analyst of IESM Sustainable Business Lab, took part in the Young Leadership Programme organized by European Forest Institute in Joensuu (Finland) from 7 to 11 of December.

The education programme was launched today at the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO. It is the first programme aimed at acquiring crucial knowledge and practical skills essential for the development of own strategy of making business with China. The content part of the programme was developed by the SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies with support from the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

Anastasia Belostotskaya, IEMS analyst, participated in the expert discussion organized by Syngenta in Moscow on December 01, 2015. The discussion was dedicated to the global sustainable practices in agriculture, perspectives of Russian agriculture development and Syngenta Good Growth Plan. Anastasia delivered the presentation on the BRICS experience in the agriculture transformation and key business models that other countries can refer to in developing their strategies.