Recently, the Financial Times unveiled its 2024 EMBA Global Top 100 Rankings, highlighting another year of notable achievements for emlyon business school. The school's EMBA program ranked 12th globally in "Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)" and 7th in "Work Experience". Overall, the program is ranked 40th worldwide, rising 7 places from 2022 and 21 places from 2021. These results underscore emlyon's enduring commitment to educational quality and social responsibility.

Exceptional Rankings for emlyon business school:

• Work Experience (Ranked 7th globally): EMBA students at emlyon boast of  distinguished professional backgrounds, encompassing credentials, numerous years of service, and international career experiences.
• Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) (Ranked 12th globally): The emlyon EMBA program embeds social and environmental responsibilities throughout its curriculum, aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Carbon Footprint (Ranked 19th globally): The carbon footprint rankings are determined based on the school’s targeted year for achieving carbon neutrality and publicly audited carbon emissions reports.

emlyon’s EMBA program is intricately designed around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The curriculum thoroughly integrates concepts of social and environmental responsibility across key teaching modules, including strategic planning, financial management, leadership development, supply chain management, marketing, and communications. This educational framework enriches students' understanding of global environmental and social challenges and bolsters their practical skills in addressing these issues, thus building a robust foundation for their future roles as visionary business leaders.

This futuristic framework perfectly aligns with China's focus on ESG. With China’s ambitious targets to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, the nation's social and economic development has embarked on a new era. Businesses and communities are now navigating the complex balancing act of integrating economic growth, environmental conservation and social responsibilities into their business strategies. emlyon's educational approach not only addresses the immediate ESG needs of the Chinese society, but also equips future leaders with the skills to tackle upcoming environmental and societal challenges.

In China, emlyon has collaborated with Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications to introduce the BUPT-emlyon Global EMBA program, which is specifically designed to focus on digital transformations. This program merges emlyon’s innovation-driven philosophy with BUPT's expertise in industry-academia-research collaboration in the fields of the information industry and artificial intelligence, creating the only EMBA course in the country that is dedicated to revolutionizing digitalization. As technological evolution and digitalization continue to advance, the BUPT-emlyon GEMBA program consistently refines its curriculum and teaching frameworks, enhancing partnerships with both domestic and international firms, thus fostering a cadre of leaders for the global and Chinese technology and digital sectors.