top of page

Genesis of PRME
The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) is a United Nations-supported initiative founded in 2007.
As a platform to raise the profile of sustainability in schools around the world, PRME equips today's business students with the understanding and ability to deliver change tomorrow.

Working through Six Principles, PRME engages business and management schools to ensure they provide future leaders with the skills needed to balance economic and sustainability goals, while drawing attention to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and aligning academic institutions with the work of the UN Global Compact.

The Principles were first published at the 2007 UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in presence of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and more than 1000 business, civil society, and government leaders in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Principles for Responsible Management Education were developed in 2007 by an international task force of sixty deans, university presidents and official representatives of leading business schools and academic institutions.

The Seven PRME principles ! 

PIR was initiated by a group of concerned business school experts and has been founded by the endorsers WWF, Oxfam International and the UNGC Switzerland, with the active support of the funders VIVA Idea and The Institute for Business Sustainability (IBS).

It is set up to be led by international student organizations, including oikos, SOS, AIESEC International and others, to ensure that the PIR captures the student voice in each school.

The Top Schools in 2024

(listed in alphabetical order)

​

LEVEL 5 – PIONEERING SCHOOLS

  • CENTRUM PUCP Business School, Peru

  • IIM Bangalore, India

  • IIM Indore, India

  • INCAE Business School, Costa Rica

  • SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, India

  • Woxsen University School of Business, India

​

LEVEL 4 – TRANSFORMING SCHOOLS

  • Antwerp Management School, Belgium

  • Audencia Business School, France

  • BSB Burgundy School of Business, France

  • Colorado State University College of Business, USA

  • Deusto Business School, Spain

  • Drake University Zimpleman College of Business, USA

  • Drexel University LeBow College of Business, USA

  • EADA Business School, Spain

  • EAE Business School, Spain

  • Excelia Business School, France

  • Fordham University Gabelli School of Business, USA

  • GIBS Business School, University of Pretoria, South Africa

  • Goa Institute of Management, India

  • HKUST Business School, China

  • IESEG School of Management, France

  • IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences, Austria

  • Imperial College Business School, UK

  • International Business School Suzhou at XJTLU, China

  • IPADE Business School, Mexico

  • John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Canada

  • Ketner School of Business, Catawba College, USA

  • Kozminski University, Poland

  • Lang School of Business & Economics, University of Guelph, Canada

  • Leeds University Business School, UK

  • Maastricht University School of Business & Economics, Netherlands

  • Montpellier Business School, France

  • Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal

  • POLIMI School of Management, Italy

  • Rennes School of Business, France

  • Sasin School of Management, Thailand

  • Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University, Canada

  • Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Canada

  • Strathmore University Business School, Kenya

  • The Haub School of Business, Saint Joseph's University, USA

  • TUM School of Management, Germany

  • Universal AI Business School, India

  • University of Exeter Business School, UK

  • University of St Andrews, UK

  • University of Vermont Grossman School of Business, USA

  • UPF Barcelona School of Management, Spain

  • Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, USA

  • Wits Business School, South Africa

  • XLRI Xavier School of Management, India

LEVEL 3 – PROGRESSING SCHOOLS

  • BI Norwegian School of Management, Norway

  • CUNEF University, Spain

  • EDHEC Business School, France

  • ESADE Business School, Spain

  • FHNW School of Business, Switzerland

  • FHWien of WKW, Austria

  • HEC Montréal, Canada

  • HEC Paris, France

  • Iscte Business School, Portugal

  • ISEG Lisbon School of Economics & Management, Portugal

  • Ivey Business School, Western University, Canada

  • Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Finland

  • KEDGE Business School, France

  • Kuehne Logistics University, Germany

  • KROK Business School, Ukraine

  • Lucerne School of Business, Switzerland

  • OBS Business School, Spain

  • Rome Business School, Italy

  • School of Business, Economics & Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

  • School of Management Fribourg, Switzerland

  • Seidman College of Business, GVSU, USA

  • Silberman College of Business, FDU, USA

  • The British College, Nepal

  • University at Buffalo School of Management, USA

  • University of Economics and Human Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

  • University of Namur, Belgium

  • Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland

  • ZHAW School of Management and Law, Switzerland

Level 1 *  Beginning efforts at schools that are either getting started or are considering to get started or have difficulties getting off the ground despite a stated commitment or vision
Level 2 **  Emerging schools starting to translate a stated commitment to positive action in one or more domains
Level 3 ***  Progressing schools demonstrating evidence of results across some impact dimensions
Level 4 ****  Transforming schools with a positive impact culture, embedded in governance and systems, with visible results progress in many impact dimensions
Level 5 *****  Pioneering schools with unique, sustaining global leadership progress in all impact dimensions

​

M: +91 9811297249, 9313207251

Academic Partner

Member

"Bringing together top rated International  Accreditation Agencies  on the same platform since 2008"

bottom of page