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EHL secures B Corp certification milestone

EHL secures B Corp certification milestone

EHL has joined the B Corp movement by achieving certification. The hospitality business school says the milestone should reinforce its sustainability agenda and shape how future leaders are taught to balance service, governance, and long-term value.

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.

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