Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot

Associate Professor (Education Track)

Strategy and Business Policy

Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot is Education Track Associate Professor of Strategy at HEC Paris. She is the Executive Director of the Society & Organizations (S&O) Institute, which aims to develop a new way of thinking about the role of business in society, whether through research or teaching. She created the HEC Paris Master of Science in Sustainable Development and also co-founded the HEC Chair Social Business / Enterprise and Poverty, which became the Movement for Social*Business Impact in 2016. Her research work focuses on social innovation and reverse innovation as catalysts for strategic evolution.

faivretavignot@hec.fr

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Latest articles

May 10th, 2023

Camif Case: Leveraging Company Purpose for an Impactful Transformation

The case on Camif by Margot Bréard, HEC Paris graduate, in collaboration with Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot and Laurence Lehmann-Ortega, Education Track...

By Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot, Laurence Lehmann-Ortega

January 17th, 2023

Addressing “S” Demands of ESG: What Role the Board Can (and Should) Play

Faced with rising demands from society, it is crucial that companies address their social/societal impact and the board has a key role to play. A report...

By Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot

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Social Innovation

December 20th, 2022

Spotlight on the Social Dimension Measurement in ESG

Three HEC academics joined forces with an S&P Global social specialist in ESG research (Bruce Thomson) to bring out a landmark report on the social...

By Marieke Huysentruyt, Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot, Leandro Nardi, Bruce Thomson

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Social Innovation

January 17th, 2023

Teaching Inclusive Economy at HEC Paris by Challenging Organizational Beliefs

At present, companies understand the urgency to act in favor of the protection of the planet by reducing their carbon footprint but do not often see the...

By Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot

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Reinventing Business Education

April 17th, 2019

Making a Change: Teaching Sustainable and Inclusive Business

“Continuing to do business as usual is no longer an option,” argues Professor Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot. She explains the push at HEC Paris to develop...

By Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot

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Social Innovation

June 07th, 2016

The Danone Case: How Social Innovation Can Help a Multinational Company Reinvent Itself

The ambition to change the world is at the heart of the most innovative entrepreneurial endeavors – be they those of Ford, yesterday, or, today, of...

By Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot

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Sustainable Development

December 12th, 2017

Think, Teach, Act for an Inclusive and Sustainable World!

On 8th November, 15,000 scientists from 184 different countries signed a “warning (letter) to humanity,” urging the global community to tackle problems...

By Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot

Think, Teach, Act for an Inclusive and Sustainable World! @HECParisSnO par Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot, HEC Paris

August 31st, 2016

Finance For Good?

How can Finance help address the main challenges of our global society?

By Rodolphe Durand, Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot, Afshin Mehrpouya

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