The CoBS is delighted to announce that Indian Institute of Management Bangalore has become the 12^th member school of the global alliance of leading schools of business and management dedicated to teaching and research in responsible leadership at the crossroads of business, society, and planet.  

IIM Bangalore is a leading global business school and one of the most prestigious in India recognised for its commitment to positive impact in society, government and business. Located in Bengaluru in the “Silicon Valley” of India, its mission is to nurture insightful and responsible leaders, shape innovation, drive sustainability and entrepreneurship, and develop impactful research for a better future.

We’d like to offer our warm thanks to IIM Bangalore Director and Prof. Rishikesha T. Krishnan and Prof. and Dean of Alumni Relations Sourav Mukherji for their very positive commitment to the alliance which has already brought thought leadership to the CoBS-Harvard BiGS partnership, the participation of IIMB students in several flagship inter-school projects, and IIMB expertise in coming various CoBS events, learning solutions, and publications which include:

• The CoBS Advanced International Certificate in Responsible Business Practices
• The Routledge-CoBS focus on responsible business book series
• Our annual inter-school student CSR article competition
• And the Harvard-BiGS & CoBS special issue magazine series.  

Covering 6 continents and offering a unique global and local perspective on the major issues affecting business, society, and planet, IIMB’s membership now brings the alliance to a combined total of 12 schools, 23 campuses in 16 countries, over 2,000 permanent faculty, 50,000 students, and half a million alumni.

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Useful insights for business and the common good:

• Responsible Finance and Accounting: Performance and Profit for Better Business, Society and Planet
• Profit with Purpose: Innovations from the Global South
• Social and Environmental Accounting: Measuring sustainability
• The Paradox of our Times and a Key Role for Social Enterprise 
• Supply Chains and Climate Impact: The pressing need for companies to become more accountable.  

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The Council on Business & Society (The CoBS), visionary in its conception and purpose, was created in 2011, and is dedicated to promoting responsible leadership and tackling issues at the crossroads of business and society including sustainability, diversity, ethical leadership and the place responsible business has to play in contributing to the common good.  

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Member schools of the Council on Business & Society.

• ESSEC Business School, France, Singapore, Morocco
• FGV-EAESP, Brazil
• School of Management Fudan University, China
• IE Business School, Spain
• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
• Keio Business School, Japan
• Monash Business School, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia
• Olin Business School, USA
• Smith School of Business, Queen’s University, Canada
• Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa
• Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
• Warwick Business School, United Kingdom.