/desautels/taxonomy/term/773/all en /desautels/channels/news/pivot-platform-helping-small-businesses-tackle-climate-change-347600 <p>Climate anxiety is real, and sometimes it can feel overwhelming, but the key to addressing it is to stop dwelling and start doing. Business owners can do more than most. The ƻ����Ժ Sustainability Systems Initiative wants to help them do exactly that, writes Prof. <a href="/desautels/karl-moore">Karl Moore</a> for Forbes.com. Called PIVOT for short, the program is led by Prof. <a href="/desautels/dror-etzion">Dror Etzion</a>, and it’s creating an online community where business owners can share and discover what others do.</p> Tue, 04 Apr 2023 21:08:49 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 88341 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/triangulating-environmental-performance-what-do-corporate-social-responsibility-rating <p><strong>Authors:</strong> Delmas, Magali A.;<strong> Etzion, Dror</strong>; Nairn-Birch, Nicholas</p> <p><strong>Publication:</strong> Academy of Management Perspectives, August 2013</p> <p><strong>Abstract:</strong></p> Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:05:56 +0000 trang.nguyen@mcgill.ca 62283 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/rbc-faces-competition-bureau-inquiry-greenwashing-343187 <p>RBC has positioned itself as a champion of clean economic growth – but has continued to finance fossil fuel industry, according to a complaint filed with Canada’s Competition Bureau. The Bureau has opened an inquiry into greenwashing at Canada’s largest bank, but that’s only the first step according to <a href="/desautels/dror-etzion">Dror Etzion</a>, Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization at Desautels.</p> Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:57:42 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 87815 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/professors-etzion-animesh-and-luederitz-awarded-sshrc-partnership-development-grant-332085 <p><big><strong><a href="/desautels/dror-etzion">Dror Etzion</a></strong>, <strong><a href="/desautels/animesh-animesh">Animesh Animesh</a></strong> and <strong>Christopher Luederitz</strong> awarded SSHRC Partnership Development Grant</big></p> Thu, 22 Jul 2021 21:37:43 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 80982 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/implications-research-carbon-labels-340710 <p><strong>Author:</strong> <a href="/desautels/dror-etzion">Dror Etzion</a></p> <p><strong>Publication:</strong> <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01442-1"><i>Nature Climate Change, </i>Correspondence article, Published online 04 August, 2022</a></p> <p><strong>Abstract:</strong></p> Thu, 11 Aug 2022 19:46:10 +0000 sabatino.dellicompagni@mcgill.ca 87512 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/pivot-project-celebrates-heroes-sustainable-business-336383 <p>In a new episode of “Canada’s Podcast,” Professor <a href="/desautels/dror-etzion"><strong>Dror Etzion</strong></a> describes the PIVOT Project’s ongoing efforts to shine a spotlight on Canadian SMEs that are leading the charge toward a sustainable, low-carbon economy.</p> <div class="bl-tpl"><a class="button--outline" href="https://canadaspodcast.com/drior-etcion-pivot-project/" target="_blank">Learn more</a></div> <p> </p> Wed, 12 Jan 2022 20:05:31 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 86856 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/what-weve-learnt-youth-led-climate-march-324909 <p>Twelve months ago, youth across the world took to the streets to demand action against climate change. Now, more than six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, we can see that change is possible—a promising feat for the climate movement.</p> <p>“We’re suddenly realizing that systems can change, things can be different and we just need to press forward and make those changes,” Professor <a href="/desautels/dror-etzion"><b>Dror Etzion</b></a> told <i>CityNews</i>.</p> Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:57:46 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 76400 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/delve-managing-ourselves-out-climate-change-340452 <p>As heatwaves increase around the world and weather patterns become even more unpredictable, top researchers at ƻ����Ժ’s Desautels Faculty of Management are finding novel solutions to the climate crisis—solutions that link multiple industries, regulatory bodies, leaders, entrepreneurs, workers, and consumers. Because the only way forward is together.</p> Tue, 26 Jul 2022 20:13:58 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 87471 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/professor-etzion-highlights-downside-catastrophe-bonds-319675 <p>New research by Professor <a href="/desautels/dror-etzion"><b>Dror Etzion</b></a> highlights the systematic limitations of catastrophe bonds; rather than effectively tackling sustainability issues, they are simply putting more money into investors’ pockets.</p> <p><a href="https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/35186/can-financial-markets-drive-sustainability-not-with-cat-bonds" target="_blank">Read more</a></p> Mon, 03 Feb 2020 20:43:29 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 75286 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/desautels-students-look-sustainable-business-practices-305473 <p>ƻ����Ժ students are once again at the forefront of the climate movement, finding ways for businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Students in Professor <a href="/desautels/dror-etzion"><b>Dror Etzion</b></a>’s <a href="/study/2018-2019/courses/mgpo-440" target="_blank">Strategies for Sustainability</a> course are using solutions proposed by <a href="https://www.drawdown.org/" target="_blank">Project Drawdown</a> to present viable business cases to help combat climate change.</p> Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:50:57 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 75249 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/selling-sustainability-small-and-medium-enterprises-300638 <p>Professor <a href="/desautels/dror-etzion"><strong>Dror Etzion</strong></a> and his co-leads, Professors Catherine Potvin and Jaye Ellis, are on a mission to inspire sustainable business practices among Canada’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which employ 90 percent of the population.</p> <p>Recently, they teamed up with the National Film Board of Canada and a Montreal-based production company to develop a platform to share stories about the steps SMEs are taking on the path to environmental sustainability.</p> Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:21:18 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 74813 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/professor-etzion-co-leads-mssi-research-project-focusing-smes-295725 <p>Professor <a href="/desautels/dror-etzion"><strong>Dror Etzion</strong></a>, along with ƻ����Ժ colleagues Jaye Ellis (Law) and Catherine Potvin (Biology), has been selected to co-lead a research project under the <strong>ƻ����Ժ Sustainability Systems Initiative (</strong><strong>MSSI</strong><strong>)</strong>.</p> <p>Working under the theme of “Transitions”, the team will explore the pivotal role that Small- and Medium-Size Enterprises (SMEs) will play as they increasingly shift toward sustainable practices.</p> Tue, 26 Mar 2019 18:23:40 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 74134 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/now-what-how-deal-climate-change-together-289223 <p>If major initiatives have been undertaken across sectors to combat climate change, the question arises how to consolidate these efforts for maximal impact?</p> <p>Professors <strong><a href="/desautels/henry-mintzberg">Henry Mintzberg</a></strong>, <strong><a href="/desautels/dror-etzion">Dror Etzion</a> </strong>and<strong> <a href="/desautels/saku-mantere">Saku Mantere</a></strong> address this pressing question in a recent piece for the <i>Stanford Social Innovation Review</i>.</p> Tue, 04 Sep 2018 19:31:43 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 72863 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/shaping-socially-responsible-leaders-professor-etzions-course-recognized-aspen-institute-287049 <p>The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program has announced the winners of the 2017 Ideas Worth Teaching Award, an annual prize that recognizes teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels that is redefining excellence in business education.</p> Fri, 04 May 2018 18:48:19 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 68683 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/going-public-debating-matters-concern-imperative-management-scholars-298472 <p><strong>Authors:</strong> <strong><a href="/desautels/dror-etzion"><strong>Dror Etzion</strong></a></strong> and Joel Gehman</p> <p><strong><strong>Publication: </strong></strong><em>Academy of Management Review</em>, Volume 44, Issue 2, Pages 480 – 492, April 2019</p> <p><strong><strong>Abstract: </strong></strong></p> <p>In this review essay, we assess the shale revolution through the lens of management theory and practice. First, we contend that fracking in America is a textbook example of “good” management. Nonetheless, as we subsequently document, fracking’s influence extends beyond immediate impacts in many social, environmental, and economic spheres, often with negative repercussions. Although management scholars have remained on the sidelines, academics from a variety of other disciplines have actively participated in this debate. We identify several topics where management scholars seem positioned to contribute well-informed opinions on fracking.  We close the essay by posing suggestions for what such public engagement might look like. First, we consider the kinds of problems that might lend themselves to public debate. Second, we tackle questions related to the ground rules for such debates, in terms of potential norms. Finally, we differentiate the kinds of public debates we have in mind from other forms of academic relevance. Essentially, we advocate for “going public” as a complement to rigorous and evidence-based academic research.</p> <p><strong> Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:46:51 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 74634 at /desautels