EHL has achieved B Corp certification, adding a formal sustainability and governance milestone to its positioning as a hospitality business school with a human-centred model. The institution said the certification is intended not as an endpoint, but as the start of a longer-term improvement process shaped by evolving standards, stakeholder expectations, and a broader push to influence hospitality leadership beyond its own campuses.
The school said it received a verified B Impact Score of 98.5, above the 80-point threshold required for certification. EHL said the process also required it to embed stakeholder governance into its legal framework, so that decision-making reflects the interests of students, employees, communities, suppliers, and the environment, as well as shareholders.
Markus Venzin, chief executive of EHL, said: “As a global reference in hospitality management education, EHL has always placed people at the centre of its mission.” He added: “We cannot credibly teach what we do not implement ourselves. We must walk the talk.”
The certification also comes as B Lab shifts applicants certifying from 2026 to newer standards, reinforcing EHL’s point that the next test will be sustained progress rather than a one-off score. Recertification will still be required every three years.
