{"id":44885,"date":"2025-06-23T13:12:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T10:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbs.strathmore.edu\/?p=44885"},"modified":"2025-06-23T13:14:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T10:14:44","slug":"sbs-recognized-as-a-transforming-institution-in-global-positive-impact-rating-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbs.strathmore.edu\/en_gb\/sbs-recognized-as-a-transforming-institution-in-global-positive-impact-rating-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"SBS Recognized as a Transforming Institution in Global Positive Impact Rating 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Strathmore University Business School (SBS) has been honored as a\u00a0Transforming Institution (Level 4)\u00a0in the 2025 Positive Impact Rating (PIR), recognizing its commitment to sustainability and societal impact. This prestigious distinction was announced earlier this month at the\u00a0PIR Global Summit 2025\u00a0and the\u00a0UN PRME Global Forum, placing SBS among global institutions driving meaningful change in business education worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>As one of only\u00a086 participating business schools\u00a0from 30 countries, SBS saw\u00a017,167 student responses globally in a record-breaking year, a 13 percent increase from 2024. This achievement reflects its dedication to developing\u00a0ethical, responsible business leaders\u00a0for Africa and beyond.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The PIR is a unique rating created by students for students, which was designed to capture how participants perceive their schools\u2019 positive impact on the world. Participants evaluated how SBS addresses societal and sustainability challenges and how well it prepares its students to become responsible leaders. The data collection at SBS was organized and led by the various class presidents who distributed the survey across the campus. This year, 143 respondents from SBS participated in the survey: 76 undergraduate students, 45 graduate students, and 22 MBA students.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>SBS&#8217;s performance was assessed across seven critical dimensions: governance &amp; culture, programs &amp; teaching, learning methods, student engagement, institutional practices, external engagement, and research impact.<\/p>\n<p>The PIR uses 20 questions grouped into seven dimensions across three overarching areas: Energizing, Educating, and Engaging. These results place schools into one of five levels, three of which are published: Level 3 (Progressing), Level 4 (Transforming), and Level 5 (Pioneering).<\/p>\n<p>The PIR \u2013 supported by\u00a0WWF, Oxfam, UN Global Compact, and leading student organizations \u2013 has become an essential tool for accreditation processes. &#8220;As African business schools rise in global prominence, SBS&#8217;s PIR achievement sets a benchmark for the continent,&#8221; said\u00a0Prof. Thomas Dyllick, PIR Founder. &#8220;Their student-centered approach exemplifies how institutions can drive academic excellence and societal progress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With this recognition,\u00a0(SBS) reaffirms its position as\u00a0East Africa&#8217;s premier institution\u00a0for responsible management education while contributing valuable insights to the global conversation about business school impact.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[492,491],"class_list":["post-44885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-positive-impact-rating","tag-pir"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2.1 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - 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