05.05.20

The Elective "Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Seminar" Introduces Students to the Topic of Plastic Pollution

Plastic pollution is a topic that resonates with students. Fridolin Brand covers it in his class and has told us more about it in an interview.

27.04.20

Outside in, Not Inside out: How Companies’ Perspective on Sustainability Is Reversing

For the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved, companies must change their way of thinking. In the current issue of the SML magazine COMPETENCE, Herbert Winistörfer talks about the change from an "inside-out perspective" to an…

23.04.20

Zoom In: Donny Hamilton

In an interview, Donny Hamilton, management member at Hamilton Bonaduz AG and IEMBA student at the ZHAW, gives exclusive insights into how Hamilton Bonaduz AG operates in the current corona situation.

19.04.20

ZHAW Managers Survey

COVID-19: Swiss companies in the Corona crisis

15.04.20

Setting up a Competence Area on Business and Human Rights

Five questions to Jörg Schmidt, Deputy Head of the Center for Corporate Responsibility and responsible for developing the competence focus on "Business and Human Rights" at the ZHAW School of Management and Law.

13.03.20

ZHAW discontinues classroom teaching until the end of May

Following a decision by the federal and cantonal governments, any attendance and classroom teaching at the ZHAW will be discontinued with immediate effect from Monday, March 16 until the end of May 2020. The university is operating at full capacity…

10.03.20

Publication in The Energy Journal

What is the role of banks in emissions trading? Johanna Cludius and Regina Betz revealed in their new study on the EU ETS that banks benefit from cheap interest rates and price arbitrage. They act as market makers but also increase the risk of fraud.…

20.02.20

PRME-related topics in our degree programs: Corporate Responsibility Business Projects

Five questions to Fridolin Brand, senior lecturer for the "Corporate Responsibility" module in the 5th semester of the BSc in International Management.

20.02.20

Zoom In: An interview with a student of the BSc International Management

The 22-year-old Bachelor student Saskia Bilang talks about the highlights of her studies, project work with companies and and what the future holds

19.02.20

ZHAW Senior Lecturer at the 2019 Kuala Lumpur Summit

At the invitation of Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, several heads of state and government met at the 2019 KL Summit last December. Among them were President Rouhani of Iran and President Erdogan of Turkey. Khaldoun Dia-Eddine, a senior…

19.02.20

SML Publishes Third PRME Progress Report

Every two years, the PRME progress report provides evidence of the activities and the commitment at the SML in the area of responsible management education.

17.02.20

SCEER-CREST Videointerview with Prof. Reto Schleiniger

SCCER-CREST publishes the first interview in a video series with Prof. Dr. Reto Schleiniger from the Center for Energy and Environment (CEE) about Swiss Climate Policy. The White Paper can be found here.

14.02.20

Handelszeitung Interview with Herbert Winistörfer

The Head of the Center for Corporate Responsibility (CCR) talks about companies respecting human rights and the results of a recently published study.

23.01.20

Zoom In: Dong Yang Meier

An interview with Dong Yang Meier of the International Management Institute about the recent meeting with a delegation from China.

19.12.19

International Business Projects

Our BSc International Management students have worked out proposals for companies in business projects. We present three projects in a video.

29.11.19

Successful Launch of the First Sustainability Day @SML

The ZHAW School of Management and Law held its first Sustainability Day on 21 November 2019 with the theme “Cash Cow Climate: Sind Ökonomie und Ökologie vereinbar?” (Cash Cow Climate: Can Economics and Ecology Be Reconciled?). The event was organized…

20.11.19

Interview with ZHAW Lecturer Khaldoun Dia-Eddine

Khaldoun Dia-Eddine recently accompanied a group of IEMBA students on a study trip to Jordan. We asked him a few questions.

12.11.19

Neobanks are changing the banking world

Initially, digital banks were not regarded as serious competition, but this could soon change. In the German-speaking part of Switzerland, 54% of the those surveyed already know about these so-called neobanks, and almost every fifth person uses the…

31.10.19

IT offshoring: London and Bavaria more attractive than Warsaw and Bratislava

Swiss IT companies are offsetting the shortage of skilled labour by outsourcing business processes, and they find neighbouring countries particularly attractive. In addition to the low costs, the cultural and geographic proximity is valued – as…

28.10.19

2019 Swiss Marketing Leadership Study: complex business processes and time pressure pose obstacles at Swiss companies

As processes become increasingly complex, marketing professionals need more time to develop concepts and strategies. At the same time, escalating business dynamics mean they must implement solutions faster.