NEWS AND EVENTS

New workshop takes a broad look at sustainability
Since sustainability now permeates a wide range of industries, including art and agriculture, Ivey Professor Tima Bansal has spearheaded a new multi-disciplinary workshop that looks at sustainability through different lenses.  February 7, 2012.

Ivey Sustainability Conference - Theorizing Organizational Response to Systematic Problems   Hosted by Ivey and sponsored by the Beryl M. Ivey Fund, (hosted by Mike Valente) this conference brings together leading scholars in management to explore how to rethink management thought to build theory and frameworks that speak to how businesses can play leading roles in responding to systemic problems.  April 14 - 16, 2012

Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives of Sustainability  Hosted by Ivey, and sponsored by RBC and the Centre for Environment and Sustainability (organzied by Tima Bansal).  The workshop is comprised of six sessions, each facilitated by a faculty member representing a different academic discipline.  Open to faculty members and PhD students.  January 19 - April 6, 2012. 

EDC’s International Business Scholarships – 30 awards valued at $4,000.  Eligible for 2nd, 3rd or 4th year (non-graduating) bachelor degree students of international business or business combined with sustainability / environmental studies.  Must be continuing bachelor degree studies in the 2012-2013 academic year to be eligible.   Apply online by January 30, 2012.  

Water and Agri-Food Innovation: Does Our Future Profitability Depend On It? Helmi Ansari, Dianne Cunningham, Kevin Jones and David Sparling discuss the key competitiveness issues facing the Ontario agri-food sector, and how the sector’s future growth and profitability will critically depend on the ability of companies to innovate their products and processes and integrate sustainability into their business practices. Ivey's ING Direct Leadership Centre, Exchange Tower, Toronto. January 17, 2012

Show Me The Green competition, University of Toronto Mississauga is a one day case competition for undergraduate students. The goal of the competition is to challenge students to redefine conventional methods of sustainability and come up with a green product or service that is both sustainable and economically feasible. Register your team by Sunday, January 15, 2012. The registration fee is $100.

Rob Klassen wins Best Paper at the Decision Sciences Institute conference (Nov 22, 2011).  The paper is titled "Is safe production an oxymoron? Exploring how firms simultaneously manage safety and operational competitiveness."

Export Development Canada (EDC) launched its 14th annual International Business Scholarship competition. EDC’s scholarship program offers up to 30 scholarships annually, 25 of these for outstanding undergraduate students in international business and five for those in programs that combine business with environmental or sustainability studies. Recipients will receive a $4,000 award.  Deadline is January 30, 2012.  Program

                  November 19, 2011

Ivey Connects will host a holiday party for 60+ children from the Children's Aid Society.  The children will use their creative talents at craft tables and enjoy a pizza lunch.  Each child will also receive a gift!

November 17-22, 2011
PhD Sustainability Academy  Passion and Compassion for Sustainability
This is an annual event of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) hosted by The Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario.

November 11, 2011
Nancy Sutherland, National Executive Director, Sunshine Foundation of Canada will come to Ivey for an evening to celebrate and recognize the University of Western Ontario volunteers.   

November 10, 2011
Ivey Sustainability Club presents Andrew Telfer, Manager of Sustainability at Walmart Canada.
2:00pm-3:00pm, Room 1R40 (Ivey)
Walmart has 3 core sustainability goals: 1) to be supplied 100% by renewable energy; 2) to create zero waste; 3) to sell products that sustain people and the environment.  Everyone welcome!

Submit your best, most creative, most innovative idea to help business be more sustainable.  $100,000 in cash prizes to be awarded by panel of top CEOs. Deadline is January 20, 2012.  More information.

November 4, 2011
Paul Boothe, the Deputy Minister of Environment Canada, will meet informally with faculty and PhD students on smart regulations. Dr. Boothe has witnessed the impact of both good and bad regulation in his many years in public policy, so can speak from experience about good and effective regulations.  

October 2011
Interview with Rob Klassen on environmentally and socially responsible supply chain management.  The public is increasingly holding companies accountable for the social and environmental performance of their global supply chains.

October 27, 2011
Ethical Oil: Join the Conversation
While an increasingly accepted viewpoint is that the development of Canada’s oil sands only benefits energy companies and their shareholders, lawyer and conservative pundit, Ezra Levant, makes an equally compelling ethical argument for the support and development of Canada’s oil sands. He will be joined by award-winning Ivey Professor Rob Klassen whose research revolves around sustainable development and the environment.

September, 2011
HBA Sustainability Certificate
(NEW THIS FALL)
The Certificate aims to engage Ivey students in the knowledge and practice of sustainability and to create in them the ability to build and lead more sustainable organizations.

Executives in Residence join the HBA Sustainability Certificate  John Howe, Anant G. Nadkarni, Michelle Quintyn, Jason Steinberg

September 17, 2011
Ivey students interested in building sustainability in developing nations joined microfinance representatives from across the globe at the 2011 Toronto International Microfinance Summit.  With conference fees sponsored by the MasterCard Foundation, over 20 students attended from Ivey, making us the best represented school at the event.

September 13, 2011
Master Innovators: The Best Business Lessons are Not-for-Profit. The Ivey Idea Forum presents Craig Kielburger, co-founder of Free the Children and Me to We, and award-winning Ivey Professor Oana Branzei, as they share winning practices from the not-for-profit sector. (Toronto)

September 13, 2011
J. J. Wettlaufer Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series featuring Craig Kielburger, CM, MSM, OMC, a Canadian activist for the rights of children. He is the founder of Free The Children and co-founder of Me to We, a social enterprise that donates half its annual profits from selling products such as organic, fair-trade clothing to Free The Children.  (London)  More details.

August 15, 2011
Congratulations to Michael Wood - the 1st recipient of the PhD Research Stipend for sustainability-related research. The paper co-authored with Tima Bansal is titlted Do you see what we see? The role of spatial scale in perceiving environmental issues.
 

July 6, 2011
Susan Vinnicombe, Cranfield School of Management, speaks at Ivey - The Myths and Reality of Women on Corporate Boards - the myths of why there are so few women on corporate boards, followed by looking at the comprehensive business case for having gender diversity on boards.  Hosted by Alison Konrad.

June 14, 2011
Water Innovation Report
Lawrence Centre launches new report to address water-use challenges in Canada’s agricultural sector at Canadian Water Summit, Toronto. Watch 6-min interview.
 

June 1, 2011
MBA's Corporate Social Responsibility Day
Frogbox founder, Doug Burgoyne, shared his success story of switching from investment banker to environmentally-friendly moving solutions.  Read more.

Ivey MBA's helped plant 300 trees. Their contribution was part of Reforest London's 10,000 Trees for the Dingman Creek project.  Read more.
Seeing sustainability as more than just green tech showcased how important it is and the scope it covers (social responsibility, education and development in emerging economies, environmental responsibility). Avninder Buttar, MBA 2012.

June 2011
Guy Holburn, Director of Energy@Ivey looks at obstacles to renewable energy.
Although Canada has been encouraging investments in renewable energy, investors haven’t responded with enthusiasm. Guy Holburn explains why policy environments are deterring renewable energy investors and governance changes are in order.  Watch the interview.

April 29, 2011
Ivey Connects is a student-led organization working to inspire students at Ivey to contribute to the societies in which they operate, a vital aspect of the school's mission statement. Ivey Connects provides opportunities for students to give their time through volunteerism and fundraising efforts, and their talent to those in need in the community.  Annual Report available here.

Dr. Tima Bansal
Director, Building Sustainable Value Research Centre

Centre Activities

Ivey's Building Sustainable Value Research Centre exists to provide practitioners and students with the knowledge, tools and capabilities to manage both private and public interests effectively through organizational actions.

Vision: For the Ivey Business School to be recognized as a global leader in sustainability research and teaching and a major force for positive change.

2011 Annual Report

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The 2011 Ivey Jantzi Brief on Getting to Know Your Food: The Search for Clarity in Our Food Supply Chains

The Centre for Building Sustainable Value now offers a Certificate in Sustainability

Conference Funding Opportunities

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