ChangeNOW and Les Echos Start Ranking: Excelia Business School in the Top 10

Our performance is based on two essential dimensions

ChangeNOW 2025 Excelia Ranking60 institutions took part this year in the ChangeNOW and Les Echos START ranking. It highlights the schools and universities that are leading the way in integrating environmental and societal issues. This year, Excelia stands out across two dimensions:

  • Our ability to guide our alumni towards impact-driven careers

Thanks to dedicated pathways, the integration of transition-related issues within our programmes, and a highly engaged network, we are increasingly supporting students towards careers that transform organisations and society.

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  • An exemplary institutional strategy

Our governance drives a coherent and ambitious dynamic:

  • Implementation of an ESG/Sustainable Development master plan
  • Integration of the Ecological and Social Transition (EST) into our academic frameworks
  • Internal training dedicated to the EST
  • A DD/RS-certified institution committed to a decarbonisation plan

Excelia Business School remains among the ten most committed business schools in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), ranking 10th in the Les Echos Start ChangeNOW ranking of the schools most committed to ecological transition. This achievement recognises its pioneering commitment to ecological and social transition and its social and economic impact.

A pioneer in CSR and sustainable development for over 20 years, Excelia has made these topics a strategic priority, both in research and in its teaching. With the ambition to play an even more active role in the transformations required by the climate emergency.
This ranking therefore acknowledges educational and strategic choices aimed at offering responsible and purpose-driven programmes.
 

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Find out more about our CSR vision at Excelia

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