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A recent study found that family owned firms have a better environmental record than their non-family counterparts.
Pam Laughland
Managing Director
Network for Business Sustainability
MSc in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph
Pam Laughland was Managing Director at the Network for Business Sustainability from 2011 to 2017, and previously was the organization's Knowledge Manager. Prior to joining NBS, Pamela held research positions at the Richard Ivey School of Business, Statistics Canada, and the University of Guelph. Her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Ivey Business Journal and the International Journal of Biotechnology. She holds an MSc in Resource Economics from the University of Guelph.
Articles by Pam
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How can managers prevent burnout in employees who don’t like their jobs? Show them how their work helps others.
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Social product features such as labour practices can affect a person's buying intentions, but most people will not trade off on functionality.
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Manufacturing plants can improve their performance and help the environment by investing in environmental technologies. However, if given the choice between remediating pollution or preventing it at the source, the latter was more related to corporate profits
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Employees who give feel more committed to their organization.
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The authors apply a stakeholder management lens to the recurring question: why do some firms have higher financial performance than others?
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Researchers contrast corporate responses to climate change in the UK and Pakistan. How does your firm's response compare?
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Companies can support corporate environmental initiatives and create social benefits by linking executive compensation to environmental performance. This study investigated the link between compensation and environmental performance across high-polluting industries in the U.S.
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They also punish companies for unethical practices.