Ivey wins multiple awards at case competition
The Building Sustainable Value Research Centre congratulates Oana Branzei and Kim Poldner, co-authors of the award-winning case " Veja: Sneakers With a Conscience". The case took first prize in EFMD's case competition for the Latin American Business Case category. A second case, co-authored by Oana Branzei, Satyajeet Subramanian and Charles Dhanaraj and titled " Bayer CropScience in India (A): Against Child Labor", won first place in EFMD's Indian Management Issues and Opportunities category.
Short-term gains versus long-term value creation: What have we learned?
Ivey's MBA Sustainability Club coordinated a very successful conference, bringing together MBA students and senior investment leaders. For what purpose? To explore the role of short-termism in the recent economic crisis and the trade-offs between short-term gains and long-term value creation. Guest speakers included Mr. Richard Nesbitt (Senior Executive Vice-President, CIBC), Tim Hodgson (Managing Partner, Alignvest Capital Management), Wayne Kozun (Senior Vice-President, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan) and Kris Smith (Senior Vice-President of Supply, Trading and Corporate Development, Suncor).
Diversified social enterprise: Showcasing the economic miracle of Rwanda
Ivey and the Africa Institute brought Anny Batamuriza's inspiring stories to Western on March 8. Anny is the founder and CEO of New Dawn Associates (http://www.newdawnassociates.rw/AboutUs.htm) (NDA), a social enterprise providing sustainable tourism services in Rwanda. She works collaboratively with local communities to develop eco-social tourism experiences, designed to be transformational for both tourist and host.
Social Innovation@Ivey connects students and social innovation thought-leaders
Now in its fourth year, this annual event was co-hosted by Ivey's Centre for Building Sustainable Value and its Sustainability Certificate Program, Sustainability Club and Ivey Connects. The full-day event was convened by Professor Oana Branzei and co-sponsored by Ivey and its partners on the Social Enterprise for Sustainable Communities Program in London (Pillar Nonprofit Network and United Way), Sarnia (Community Roundtable) and Ottawa (CISED). This year's forum focused on the role of leaders in visioning and realizing path-breaking social innovations. The forum was fast-paced and interactive, featuring diverse keynote speakers, live case studies, interactive panels and workshops, showcases and networking events.
The 9 habits of highly effective resource economies: Lessons for Canada
Madelaine Drohan, an award-winning journalist and Canada corespondent for The Economist, argues that without strong leadership and collaboration, Canada risks losing an opportunity to become a real resource superpower. Drawing on more than 160 expert interviews, Drohan shared her advice for Canadian resource managers with Ivey faculty and students.
A Global TV story of the year: Ivey EMBA raises $100,000 for Habitat for Humanity
In the summer of 2012, Ivey's EMBA class raised $100,000 for Habitat for Humanity. The money was enough to provide a Toronto-based single mother of four with a new home for her family. Global TV selected this powerful story as one of its top stories of the year. The piece was part of Global's holiday programming, which aired December 25 and 26. Read more here.
Textbooks for Change: Support the led-student social enterprise now!
Textbooks for Change is a textbook and novel redistribution system run by Ivey HBAs. Incoming textbooks are sold to students and the money raised is used for microfinance loans in developing nations. Unsold textbooks are shipped to Africa for educational development. To date, Textbooks for Change has distributed over $7,000 in microloans and donated over 3000 textbooks. To donate textbooks, please email cjanssen.hba2013@ivey.ca or deliver your books to room 2B02 in the Old Ivey Building.
When Will Consumers Pay to Be Good?
Ivey Professor June Cotte addressed an audience of 3000, as keynote speaker at the Public Relations Society of America 2012 International Conference. Cotte spoke about effective communication of corporate sustainability activities. She advised companies to avoid over-stating their good deeds, understand complex customer values and rely on word-of-mouth recommendations. Hear more from Cotte on green marketing.
New case on LGBTA at Toronto-Dominion Bank
Congratulations to Cara Maurer, who recently published a case on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Allies at TD Financial Group. Her case reviews the implementation and strategic direction of LGBTA initiatives at TD and is now featured on CasePlace.org. To view Cara's case, visit: www.caseplace.org/d.asp?d=6776
Ivey HBAs raise awareness and funds to reduce plastic water bottle use
During the week of November 19th 2012, the Ivey Sustainability Club led by Patrick McNaught and Nicole Harvey launched an initiative to reduce the purchase of single-use plastic water bottles. Six hundred refillable aluminum bottles were donated by Canadian Springs and water refilling stations were installed in classrooms. The initiative rose awareness of the negative environmental impact of plastic water bottles, as well as the economic savings from using refillable bottles. For each single-use plastic bottle equivalent (500 mL) that students consumed using refillable, Ivey's Centre for Building Sustainable Value donated $1 towards the purchase of a permanent water refilling station in the New Ivey Building.
The Leap: How to Survive and Thrive in the Sustainable Economy
Chris Turner, award-winning writer and author of "The Leap: How to Survive and Thrive in the Sustainable Economy", makes a compelling argument for building a green economy. With award-winning Ivey Professor Rob Klassen. Ivey's ING Direct Leadership Centre, Toronto. Includes a free copy of Turner's book. For more details.
Innovating for Sustainable Growth
Join award-winning Ivey Professor Tima Bansal, and an outstanding panel of senior leaders - Catherine Cobden, Executive Vice President, Forest Products Assoc. of Canada and Laurent Tainturier, President, BASF Canada as they discuss new research that strengthens the link between innovation and growth. Ivey's ING Direct Leadership Centre (King & York St), Toronto. For more details.
Oana Branzei will host the 5th annual PhD Sustainability Academy. This is an annual event of the Building Sustainable Value Research Centre in collaboration with the Alliance Research in Corporate Sustainability (ARCS). The theme this year is Theories and Paradigms for Sustainability.
Sustainable Innovation
Tima Bansal discusses new research that shows how firms can grow through innovations that help people, planet and the firm. Read more and watch interview.
Congratulations to Sara Hajmohammad, recipient of the PhD Research Stipend for sustainability-related research. The paper co-authored with Professor Stephan Vachon is titled Safety Culture: A Catalyst for Sustainable Development. Read the abstract. Sara's research interests focus on exploring the linkages between operations and the triple bottom line: economic, social, and environmental outcomes. Specifically, the internal dimension of "sustainable operations management", consisting of the management of human resourches, health and safety at work, and adaptation to change; the management of environmental impacts and natural resources.
Eden Full, Founder of Roseicollis Technologies Inc. spoke to Ivey's HBA students as part of the J.J. Wettlaufer Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series about how a passion for making a difference in people's lives led to the development of the SunSaluter renewable solar panel rotator. RTI believes that the most disruptive technologies are ones that can be implemented in both developed and emerging markets. In order to preserve our planet and encourage societies to adopt renewable energy resources, we need to lower the cost of solar energy so it is more affordable for individual families in their homes and villages. Read more Watch her interview Watch her presentation
Visiting Scholar Appointment
Oana Branzei, Associate Professor at Ivey has been appointed a visiting scholar position at the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan for the 2012-2013 academic year.
The case for Africa
The Globe and Mail did an extensive profile on Professor Nicole Haggerty's innovative service-learning initiative involving a group of HBA students teaching their business student peers in Africa.
Medals in Management: Golden Lessons from the Olympic Games
Financial Times featured an extensive piece by Dean Carol Stephenson about her experience as a Board member for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics highlighting the value of sustainability, legacy building and community service. Read the article
Konrad's comments spark a lively debate on women in business
Alison Konrad commented on gender equality for women in business arguing that new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is a fine example of progress for females, which led to active debate on what it means to "have it all". Read the article
Academy of Management Best Paper Award
Michael Wood, PhD Candidate at Ivey, received the best paper award at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (Organizations and Natural Environment division). The paper co-authored with Tima Bansal is titled "Attenuating the Link Between Geographical Orientation and Environmental Management". The research explains how geographical orientation is related to a firm's ability to identify and respond to environmental issues.
Congratulations to Stephan Vachon for his successful SSHRC Partnership Development Grant application. He and his co-investigators were awarded $198,500 (plus additional $210,920 from partners) for "Sustainable Procurement: Practices, Training and Metrics".
Tima Bansal has been nominated as Outstanding Contributor to Clean Capitalism, Canada's Clean50 2012, Delta Management - Corporate Sustainability & Clean Technology Search. "Behind the drive towards building a sustainable future for Canada, there are many who have strived to make that difference. These are the individuals who have made us aware, motivated teams, led organizations, generated ideas, developed technology, championed innovation and, above all, have made things happen." Gavin Pitchford - Delta Management
Best Paper Award - GRONEN
Michael Wood, PhD Candidate at Ivey, received the best paper award at the prestigious Group of Research on Organizations and Natural Environment (GRONEN) conference Corporate Sustainability - Off to Pastures New or Back to the Roots? in Marseilles, France.
In his co-authored paper with Tima Bansal "Do you see what we see? The role of spatial scale in perceiving environmental issues" the authors develop theory that explains how spatial scale affects the organization's perception of environmental issues. They argue that environmental issues whose scales match that of the organization are detected, whereas those that do not, fail to garner attention. By systematically failing to identify some issues, firms take the risk of not only undermining organizational performance, but also planetary health.
The GRONEN Conference is held every 2 years and is considered one of the highest profile sustainability conferences attracting top researchers. GRONEN Conferences offer a unique opportunity to develop an international network of scholars interested in the natural environment and management, and a special environment to promote personal interactions.
How corporate social responsibility improved these companies' bottom lines
Maclean's journalist Alex Ballingall argues for the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility, backing up his claims with Tima Bansal's fresh research on the long-term value of having sound CSR principles.
Are female executives finally worth more than men?
In 2009, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz received a pay package of $42.7 million, believed to be the largest in history for a female executive. Bartz was not the only female executive whose compensation raised a few eyebrows. Karin Schnarr for Ivey Business Journal.
Congratulations to Greg Zaric for receiving an NSERC Discovery Grant this year! "Optimal Pricing, Purchasing, and Co-Development with Applications in Public and Private Sector Pharmaceutical Management" Awarded $380,000
Congratulations to the following faculty who received the new SSHRC Insight Grant! Alison Konrad, "Effective Human Resource Management in a Diverse Workplace" Awarded $97,080 Oana Branzei, "Cross-sector Solutions to Complex Environmental Issues" Awarded $424,014
April 20, 2012
Community Shift -- Creating value in not-for-profit organizations
Ariff Kachra will launch this new Executive Development program in January 2013 thanks to the generous support of KPMG.
Putting Sustainability into Business Practice: Improving the Global Reach and Impact of Sustainability Centres
The Network for Business Sustainability will host an inaugural workshop for sustainability-related centres that will allow them to identify synergies and best practices. Read more.
Ivey Sustainability Conference - Theorizing Organizational Response to Systemic Problems
Hosted by Ivey and sponsored by the Beryl M. Ivey Fund, (host - 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. Read more.
Ivey Connects Annual Report
Ivey Connects is a student-led organization working to inspire students at the Richard Ivey School of Business to contribute in the societies in which they operate - a vital aspect of the school's mission statement. Ivey students have a wealth of resources that, if harnessed, translate to great potential to effect positive change in the community. Ivey Connects provides opportunities for students to give their time through volunteerism and fundraising efforts, and their talent - management or otherwise - to those in need in the community.
Ivey students heading to Africa to share case method of learning
Although Africa was once known as the "dark continent" because it was one of the last regions explored by Europeans, Ivey students and faculty are working to ensure its business opportunities aren't also the last revealed.
Prompted by the demand for case-based management education at universities and the need for business cases in Africa following the launch of Ivey Publishing's 39 Country Initiative, Ivey Associate Professor Nicole Haggerty has initiated a new elective course for Ivey's HBA students this spring called International Business Environment Studies: Service Learning in Africa, in hope of shedding light on the rapidly changing African business world and the opportunities there. Read more.
April 9, 2012
Ivey students put learning into action for United Way
Braving rain, snow and tests of their business knowledge, Ivey students raised more than $42,500 in 48 hours for United Way of London & Middlesex's Matched Savings and Microloan Program via home-made lemonade stands - with a twist.
The twists - including not being able to use the word "lemon", only being allowed to sell to wholesalers, creating an alternative product to sell (made with lemons), and donating a portion of their earnings to charity - were created by Hunter Straker for the 2nd Annual Hunter Straker and Ivey Give LemonAid event, which ran April 9-11. Read more.
April 5, 2012
David Backstrom and Jody Rosenberger from Environment Canada will be visiting Ivey to discuss Environment Canada's National Pollution Release Inventory (NPRI). The NPRI is Canada's legislated, publicly accessible inventory of pollutant releases (to air, water and land), disposals and transfers for recycling. It tracks chemical releases, disposals, and transfers for 300+ chemicals at 8,400+ facilities throughout Canada. All facilities with employees working greater than 20,000 man hours must fill out annual NPRI reports if they process chemicals in quantities that exceed thresholds established by Environment Canada.
April 2, 2012
Bang for the buck Stephan Vachon shows that sustainable development in operations leads to financial success, but in ways that are surprising. As governments and consumers become more concerned about the environment, firms are being proactive in lowering emissions and reducing waste. The challenge, though, is choosing what kinds of green projects to undertake. Should a firm run the risk of making changes to its core products, or is it better to focus on peripheral activities?
March 30, 2012 Advancing a National Dialogue" Awards - Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute - (CAPI) is an independent, non-partisan policy forum that addresses mid to long-term policy issues of significance to the agrifood sector. CAPI has identified three major themes on which to focus its work: food and wellness, sustainability, and viability. The Institute is focused on stimulating a national dialogue on agriculture and agri-food issues by addressing the policies that will enable Canada's agri-food sector to thrive in the domestic and global agri-food marketplace. CAPI's objective includes developing policy ideas that provide future options for the framework agreement developed by federal, provincial, and territorial governments, known as Growing Forward. The Awards Program, "Advancing a National Dialogue," seeks out fresh ideas from graduate students for policies or models that will enhance Canada's competitiveness in the emerging agriculture and agri-food world.
March 28, 2012
MBAs give back to London for Ivey Impact Day Ivey MBA students made an impact in London by volunteering in various activities throughout the community for their inaugural Ivey Impact Day. 150 students participated in activities ranging from business consulting to spring cleaning. Read more.
March 23, 2012 Tata leader promotes corporate sustainability initiatives
When Jamsetji Tata founded Tata Group in 1868, he did it under the premise that the community is not just a stakeholder, but the very purpose of a business' existence.
That mindset has continued and today CEOs of Tata companies embed it in their systems, people and processes.
During a visit to the Richard Ivey School of Business, Anant Nadkarni, Vice-President, Tata Council for Community Initiatives, spoke to Ivey faculty and students about how Tata companies have approached social, environmental and related initiatives and how it has helped them and the community. Nadkarni is also the executive-in-residence for the Ivey Centre for Building Sustainable Value Certificate in Sustainability. Hosted by Oana Branzei. Read more.
March 22, 2012
The Ivey Sustainability Club will host Andreas Souvaliotis, President of Air Miles for Social Change. His presentation is entitled "How Entrepreneurs Can Change the World".
March 2012 Ivey Assistant Professor Mike Valente interviews Doug Burgoyne, MBA '02, president and founder of FROGBOX, about his career and the benefits of a sustainable business model. Watch the 5 minute interview.
March 21, 2012
Interview with David Sparling on businesses and sustainability. Incorporating sustainability into business doesn't just help the environment, it also improves the bottom line. Avninder Buttar, Co-President of the Ivey MBA Sustainability Club and Ivey Professor David Sparling discuss why sustainability is good business practice.
March 20, 2012
Shifting Today for a Prosperous Tomorrow
The Ivey MBA Sustainability Conference was attended by faculty and students at Western and members of the London community. With over 100 attendees, the conference focused on three pillars of sustainability; Social, Economic and Environmental. With support from RBC and Purolator, the conference was an enormous success with positive feedback received from all who attended. Building on the success from the first conference in 2011, the MBA Sustainability Conference promises to be a staple of the University in upcoming years as sustainability becomes even more top of mind for businesses and the broader community. Details on this conference and future conferences may be found on the MBA Sustainability Club's website at www.greenwithivey.com.
March 16, 2012 Ivey Research Series - William Pierskalla, UCLA "Challenges in Health Care - Marching Forward"
March 9, 2012
Ivey Connects held its first formal gala at Museum London to celebrate Ivey student's efforts with the IMPACT Challenge, CCP projects, and other community events. The event is to raise further awareness about the charities they partner with, while recognizing students for their accomplishments. The new logo was released at the event.
March 7, 2012
The Building Sustainable Value Research Centre, the HBA Sustainability Certificate Program, and the Sustainability Club will co-host the third Social Innovation @ Ivey forum. Convened by Professor Oana Branzei in collaboration with Ivey's partners in three communities - London (Pillar Nonprofit Network and United Way), Sarnia (Community Roundtable) and Ottawa (CISED). Read more.
March 6, 2012
Jason Steinberg, Sustainability Specialist (SAP) will do a presentation "SAP Sustainability Case Study" in Oana Branzei's Sustainability in Action class, Room 2B02. Jason is an Executive in Residence for the HBA Sustainability Certificate.
March 3, 2012
Junior Achievement Tradeshow
The HBA Section 5 class from the Richard Ivey School of Business teamed up with Junior Achievement London to host a district trade show for JA's company program. The tradeshow was an important event in the development of business skills for student run companies; it also provided them with an opportunity to obtain feedback from HBA students and Professors David Wood and David Sharp. The winners were team Alpine Guard and their product was Snow Cap (fitted tarp for the windshield).
March 2, 2012
Ivey Research Series -- Leonard Kostovetsky, Simon School of Business, University of Rochester"Are Red or Blue Companies More Likely to Go Green? Politics and Corporate Social Responsibility"
Mar 1, 2012
Best Paper Award Congratulations to Alison Konrad for receiving the Carolyn Dexter Best Paper Award at the Eastern Academy of Management Conference for her paper - "Gender differences in work and family gender-role attitudes: A multinational study" which she co-authored with L. Stickney.
February 29, 2012 Ivey student lauded for sustainable business idea Ivey PhD student Mark DesJardine is $20,000 richer after taking second prize in the Walmart Green Student Challenge in Toronto. DesJardine won for his sustainable business idea, One Degree, an initiative that encourages businesses to permanently adjust their buildings' temperatures one degree Celsius closer to the natural outdoor temperature. The CEOs judging the competition said they were impressed with the simplicity and overall impact of the idea.
Ivey Research Series - Anita McGahan, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto "The Influence of Intellectual Property Protection on the Geography of Trade in Knowledge-Intensive Goods" February 17, 2012
February 20, 2012
Microfinance Brigade to Honduras - First Honduras study trip led by Assistant Professor Niels Billou along with 30 students during Reading Week. Read the blog.
February 9, 2012
Congratulations to Karin Schnarr, recipient of the PhD Research Stipend for sustainability-related research. The paper co-authored with David Kunsch and Professor Glenn Rowe is titled Do the Ends Justify the Means? A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Illegal Organizational Activity.
February 7, 2012 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
February 4, 2012
Over 30 children enjoyed crafts, games, a bouncing castle, and watched as the Mustangs took on Ryerson. Ivey Connects volunteers helped out as the children made t-shirts and signs for the game, got their faces painted, and played with skipping ropes, soccer balls, hula-hoops and the mustang bouncing castle. Both the volunteers and the children had an excellent day!
February 2, 2012
Tal Dehtiar, founder of MBA without Borders, top 20 under 40, and founder of Oliberte - This is Africa will speak to Ivey students and community. He is a social entrepreneur and double finalist on Dragon's Den.
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 January 17, 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. Rob Klassen wins Best Paper at the Decision Sciences Institute conference. The paper is titled "Is safe production an oxymoron?Exploring how firms simultaneously manage safety and operational competitiveness." November 22, 2011
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!
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 titled 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
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.
For the Ivey Business School to be recognized as a global leader in sustainability research and teaching and a major force for positive change.
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