4th Annual Responsible Management Education (RME) Week
FORUM
Cairo, Egypt
June 28-July 1, 2026
Counting on Collective Values
Join us at the 4th annual Responsible Management Education (RME) Week, hosted at the Onsi Sawiris School of Business at The American University in Cairo. This year’s theme, “Counting on Collective Values,” focuses on advancing responsible management education and its impact worldwide through global collaboration and knowledge exchange.
RME Week 2026 offers a rich program of events, including:
PRME Global Forum (28-29 June): Through thought-provoking keynotes, dynamic panels, and practical breakout sessions, attendees will learn from best practices, innovative solutions, and insightful discussions on how to bring sustainability into business and management schools. During the forum, Ivey Publishing will announce the winners of the Sustainability Case Writing Awards. Learn more about the competition.
This week-long event unites leaders from academia, business, and government to spark actionable solutions for sustainable development. Ivey Publishing is proud to support this mission by providing high-quality resources that reinforce global commitments to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Meet Our Team
Meet the team to learn more about:
The Sustainability Case Writing Awards
Ivey Publishing, in collaboration with The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), an initiative of the UN Global Compact will announce the winners of the 2026 Sustainability Case Writing Awards. The competition celebrates excellence in case writing that advances sustainability in business education.
Launched in the summer of 2024, the awards attracted 201 submissions from authors in 14 countries, as well as stories of businesses based in 24 different countries across all continents. The strong response revealed a global interest in the development of learning materials that support students in addressing urgent social, environmental, and economic challenges.
2025 Award Recipients
First Place
EcoEx: Plastic Waste Management Marketplace Revolutionizing the Circular Economy
By DMV Lakshmi Velagala, Satish D, and Avadhanam Ramesh
Second Place
The Lego Group: Material Hurdles in the Quest for Sustainable Bricks
By K B S Kumar and Indu Perepu
Third Place
Sea Cider: Succession Planning for a Regenerative Business
By Alex Berthin, Saeed Rahman, Oana Branzei, and Natalie Slawinski
Honourable Mentions
Saraplast: Driving Sustainability and Profits in India’s Sanitation Space
By Subba Lakshmi Prabha, Pratibha Rai, Rajesh Kaduba Mokale, Deepak Ranjan, and Ishita Girdhar
Zephyr Solaris Energy: A Stakeholder-Centric Strategy Dilemma
By Cheng-Jen Huang, Hubert Pun, and Anne Wu
The winning cases are now available for free as part of Ivey Publishing’s Sustainability Case Collection, a curated set of free teaching resources.
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