NBS hosted the inaugural workshop for sustainability-related centres allowing them to identify synergies and best practices.
The workshop, Putting Sustainability into Business Practice: Improving the Global Reach and Impact of Sustainability Centres, convened over 50 invited representatives of business school sustainability centres from around the world.
The four major objectives of the workshop were:
improve sustainability centres’ joint and individual impact (both research and outreach)
find efficiencies
increase research capacity
identify partnership opportunities
Agenda
Monday, April 16
4:00 – 6:30 PM
Registration
6:30 – 9:00 PM
Welcome reception (Garden Room) and presentation by Dr. Brian Branfireun
Tuesday, April 17
8:30 – 9:30 AM
Mapping Our Global Impact: Dr. Tima Bansal, Building Sustainable Value Research Centre, Richard Ivey School of Business
Managing a Business Sustainability Research Centre:
Dr. Marie-France Turcotte, Network for Business Sustainability, UQAM
9:30 – 12:30 PM
Sustainability Research: Dr. Maurizio Zollo, GOLDEN, Bocconi University; and
Building Research Capacity: Dr. Renato J. Orsato, Centre for Sustainability Studies (GVces), São Paulo Business School (EAESP)
1:30 – 4:30 PM
Translating and Promoting Research: Pam Laughland, Network for Business Sustainability
4:45 – 5:15 PM
Open Mic for Centre Presentations
6:00 – 9:00 PM
Reception and Industry Panel on Bridging the Research-Practice Gap
Barb Steele (facilitator), Network for Business Sustainability
Tim Faveri, Tim Hortons Inc.
Peter MacConnachie, Suncor Energy Inc.
Deborah Moynes-Keshen, Automotive Industries Association of Canada
Luc Robitaille, Holcim (Canada) Ltd.
Wednesday, April 18
8:30 – 11:30 AM
Teaching Sustainability: Dr. Andrew King, Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS), Dartmouth College
12:30 – 3:30 PM
Developing and Measuring Impact: Dr. Jost Hamschmidt, oikos, University of St. Gallen
Funding a Sustainability Centre: Rick Bunch, Erb Institute, University of Michigan
The Difficulty of Wearing Multiple Hats When Managing a Business Sustainability Centre: Alberto Aragón-Correa, ISDE – Innovation, Sustainability, and Development – Research Group, University of Granada
3:30 – 5:00 PM
Wrap up and Next Steps
Attendees
Alberto Aragón-Correa, ISDE – Innovation, Sustainability, and Development – Research Group, University of Granada, Spain
Tima Bansal, Building Sustainable Value Research Centre, Richard Ivey School of Business, Canada
Luciano Barin Cruz, Interdisciplinary Research Group on Sustainability, HEC Montréal, Canada
Christian Brodhag Sciences, Information and Environmental Technology, École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne, France
Rick Bunch, Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan, United States
Thomas Callarman, Siemens Centre for Sustainability and Supply Chain Management, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), China
Barry Colbert, CMA Centre for Business & Sustainability, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
Neil Craik, School of Environment, Enterprise, and Development (SEED), University of Waterloo
Freek Cronjé, Bench Marks Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, North-West University, South Africa
Tina Dacin, QSB Centre for Responsible Leadership, Queens University, Canada
Jim Dewald, Strategy and Global Management Area (SGMA), Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Canada
Rumina Dhalla, Sustainable Commerce @ Guelph, University of Guelph, Canada
Jean Egmon, Ford Center for Global Citizenship, Northwestern University, United States
Joël Ernult, CSR Project Leader, ESG Dijon Bourgogne, France/Burgundy School of Business, France
Dewi Fitriasari, Centre for Sustainability and Business Innovation Studies, Naratoma University, Indonesia
Céline Fiorucci, Network for Business Sustainability, UQAM, Canada
Corinne Gendron, Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development Research Chair, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
Jost Hamschmidt, oikos, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Erika Herz, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, United States
Joey Johannsen, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Alison Kemper, The Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship, Rotman School of Management, Canada
Andrew King, Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS), Dartmouth College, United States
Robert Klassen, Building Sustainable Value Research Centre, Richard Ivey School of Business, Canada
Ans Kolk, Amsterdam Business School & Partnership Resource Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Elizabeth Kurucz, Sustainable Commerce @ Guelph, University of Guelph, Canada
Oliver Laasch, Center for Sustainability and Responsibility, Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico
Pam Laughland, Network for Business Sustainability, Richard Ivey School of Business, Canada
Benyamin Lichtenstein, Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness, University of Massachusetts, United States
Thomas Lyon, Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan, United States
Jo Mackness, Berkeley Center for Responsible Business, University of California Berkeley, United States
Steve Maguire, Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM), McGill University, Canada
Daniel Malan, Centre for Corporate Governance in Africa, University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa
Dirk Matten, Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business (COERB), Schulich School of Business Canada
Geoffrey Mazullo, Emerging Markets ESG, United States
Mark Milstein, Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise (CSGE), Cornell University, United States
Ivan Montiel, Loyola Marymount University, United States
Jeremy Moon, International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR), The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Eliada Nwosu, The Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Renato J. Orsato, Professor – São Paulo Business School (EAESP; Academic Director – Centre for Sustainability Studies (GVces) Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), São Paulo, Brazil
Mollie Painter, The Academy of Business in Society (EABIS), Belgium
Ron Peracchio, Business and Environment Initiative (BEI), Harvard University, United States
Subhasis Ray, Centre for Resettlement & Rehabilitation and Corporate Social Responsibility (CRRCSR), Xavier Institute of Management, India
Andrew Ross, David O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise (DOCSE), Concordia University, Canada
Murray Silverman, Center for Ethical and Sustainable Business (CESB), San Francisco State University, United States
André Sobczak, Institute for Global Responsibility and Entrepreneurship (IRGE), Audencia Nantes School of Management, France
James Tansey, ISIS Research Centre, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Canada
Helen Tregidga, Sustainability Research Cluster, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Marie-France Turcotte, Network for Business Sustainability (SRC), UQAM, Canada
Monika Winn, Centre for Social and Sustainable Innovation, University of Victoria, Canada
David Wright, Sustainability Centre, University of Ottawa, Canada
Rossitsa Yalamova, Sustainable Growth and Resilience Building, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Maurizio Zollo, Center for Research in Organization and Management (CROMA), Bocconi University, Italy
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