The Singapore CoBS Representatives Workshop and Global Alumni Meet Up

ESSEC Asia-Pacific was host to this year’s CoBS Representatives Workshop where 14 academics and senior management staff from the CoBS member schools met from 8^th-10^th June.

On the agenda, a retrospective on the alliance’s results of the previous year, updates on new projects and initiatives following the CoBS Deans’ Seminar in Madrid in September 2025, brainstorming sessions, research and pedagogy workshops, a cultural visit to Singapore’s amazing Peranakan Museum, and a corporate visit to the stunning Schneider Asia-Pacific Innovation Hub.

The CoBS Global Alumni Meet Up

To crown the 3-day workshop, a CoBS Global Alumni Meet Up took place on the ESSEC APAC campus that brought together 60 member-school alumni living and working in Singapore, as well as CoBS faculty and staff.

The event centred around the topic of The 2030 Singapore Green Plan: From Singapore to beyond in South East Asia with keynote speakers Mr. Tuang Liang Lim, Singapore Government Chief Sustainability Officer, and Mr. Alister Stewart, Partner at Carbonzeroed and former Principal of Sustainability Business, at Schneider Electric APAC. A Q&A session, drinks, buffet and networking finished off the evening in style.

Thank you to all the CoBS Reps and schools for your dynamic participation in the workshop, to the alumni who took such an interactive part in the event, and to ESSEC APAC for hosting and co-organising such a successful and insightful 3 days!

Download the Alumni event learning takeaway featuring insights into the 2030 Singapore Green Plan, navigating the realities of sustainable performance, how informal institutions shape corporate behaviour, re-imagining business education in a changing world, inclusive business in India, low-carbon strategies for companies, teaching business in the age of AI, and a novel research-based insight into fighting scams in the digital age.

Useful links:

• Download the takeaway and learn more about previous CoBS Global Alumni Meet Ups via the CoBS website Alumni page.
• If you an alumnus from a CoBS member school, register for the next Meet Up event hosted by School of Management Fudan University, Shanghai, 6th July.
• Discover and download the Warwick Business School London event takeaway.
• Discover and download the IE Business School Madrid event takeaway.

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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.