NBS Webisodes
Tima Bansal On NBS
NBS Executive Director, Tima Bansal talks about the value of NBS.
Leadership Council
About the Council
The Leadership Council is a group of Canadian sustainability leaders from diverse sectors whose priorities inform NBS's research agenda.
Advisory Board
About the Board
Our Advisory Board provides strategic guidance on all aspects of NBS.
Councils
About the Councils
NBS has two active working groups. They include the Industry Association Council and the SME Council.
Topic Editors
About the Editors
Our Topic Editors are academic leaders in their field. They review the world's top scholarly journals to identify the most significant and rigorous sustainability research.
What is NBS?
A Canadian non-profit established in 2005, the Network for Business Sustainability is a powerful and growing network of international academic experts and business leaders. NBS produces authoritative resources on important sustainability issues – with the goal of shaping management practice and research. We connect thousands of researchers and professionals worldwide who are interested in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and who believe in the value of research-based practice and practice-based research. Read NBS's Strategic Plan - Short or Long Version (pdf)
How We Work
NBS uses its academic and industry funding to commission research on the Canadian business community's top sustainability challenges. We identify the best researchers in the world to study those issues and manage the research process to ensure findings are relevant and actionable for industry. We translate the academic studies into practical planning resources for business and disseminate them at no cost worldwide.
To date, NBS has produced eight systematic reviews on sustainability challenges identified by our Leadership Council. These reviews provide the scope for all other work and publications.
Adaptation to Climate Change
Engaging the Community
Socially Conscious Consumerism
Valuing Sustainability
Organizational Culture
Global Supply Chains
Measuring and Valuing Environmental Impacts
Developing Environmental Policy
We also host and participate in events that enable sustainability researchers and professionals to exchange research insights and best practices.
Academic and Industry Funding
NBS holds $2.4 million CDN in research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Spread over seven years, this academic funding enables us to provide professionals and academics with practical, rigorous management resources free of charge. We also receive approximately $120,000 CDN annually from our industry partners.
Offices
Our main office is located at the Richard Ivey School of Business (The University of Western Ontario). Our French office is located at the Université du Québec à Montréal.