Congratulations to Warwick Business School and students Christian Montes, Gouri Markandewar, Niharika Bharmoria, and Utkarsh Bhadauria for winning the CoBS Business & Sustainability Simulation Week competition sponsored by CapSim.

This round-the-clock intense week saw 11 teams from CoBS member schools ESSEC, FGV EAESP, IIM Bangalore, Smith School of Business at Queen’s University, and Warwick competing to develop a profitable, market-leading company while taking into account sustainability & CSR variables. The simulation is part of the CoBS Advanced International Certificate in Responsible Business Practices that runs throughout 2026 and consists of 4 modules.

Well done to Runners Up IIMB composed of team members Chithra Narayanan, Indhu Krishnan, Sneha Banagiri, Shruti Hasyagar, Subhash C, and Neeraj Mishra.

With special thanks to organisers and facilitators Profs. Adrian and Inigo Echeveste at ESSEC, and the teams’ coordinators Prof. Frederik Dahlmann, Prof. Sourav Mukherji, Tales Andreassi, Luis Paulo Brsciani, Lucas Balbino, Christina Sager, Prof. Elspeth Murray, Tom Gamble.

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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.