Sulitest and PRME sign new partnership to promote sustainability knowledge and responsible decision-making
After several years of working together, we at Sulitest, are thrilled to announce a new partnership with the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).
We have been leading the assessment framework of PRME’s Impactful Five (i5) project over the last years and are now excited to provide our assessment tool to the greater PRME community.
What is PRME?
The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) is an initiative of the UN Global Compact, aiming to raise the profile of sustainability in business and management education through Seven Principles focused on serving society and safeguarding our planet.
Its mission is to transform management education and develop the responsible decision-makers of tomorrow to advance sustainable development. In this effort, embedding sustainability in the curriculum, so that all students are equipped with the relevant sustainability knowledge, is vital.
This ties in with our mission to mainstream sustainability literacy, which led us to launch TASK™ (The Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge), a reliable and standardized assessment tool for measuring and monitoring sustainability knowledge in 2023.
As a comparable assessment, TASK can be used to benchmark programs, or in entry- and exit-testing of a cohort of students. Hence, it enables higher education institutions to identify areas of improvement and monitor progress. These detailed and aggregated results provide evidence to accreditors, rankings, and various stakeholders of the tangible outputs of a sustainability education strategy.
“With TASK™, Sulitest is now enabling business schools to assess and demonstrate the impact of their pedagogy on students’ knowledge of sustainability. PRME is happy to contribute to this impactful initiative and to recommend Sulitest as a best practice for integrating the SDGs into business education,” stated Meredith Storey, Senior Manager at PRME.
One year after its launch, 50 institutions have integrated TASK™ into their pedagogical strategy, including many PRME Signatories below:
“We are delighted to partner with Sulitest and to join the TASK™ Change Leaders programme. This is an excellent opportunity for us to enhance our sustainability literacy in pursuing our school's vision and strategy to align our education with the global challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.”
Gabriella Cagliesi, Interim Associate Dean at University of Sussex Business School, a PRME Champion.
What does the future hold?
At Sulitest, we are very proud to consolidate our partnership with PRME. As a result, PRME Signatories who join the TASK™ Change Leader program this year will benefit from an exclusive discount.
The UN PRME team will be hosting an upcoming webinar on the 18th of April, presenting TASK™ and how it can drive sustainability education evaluation at your higher education institution. All PRME Signatory Members are welcome to attend.
This event represents an opportunity for professors, sustainability professionals, and the broader higher education community to better understand how this tool can enhance their impact, support curricular review, equip graduates, and facilitate sustainability reporting to relevant stakeholders.
Register now to advance sustainability education at your institution!
