Stephanie Berger
Concordia University
Actions speak louder than words: Green investing or greenwashing?

berger.stephanie@gmail.com

Stephanie Berger received her BA (Honours) in Geography from Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario) and spent a decade on Wall Street, in London, and in Paris facilitating Initial Public Offerings and compliance filings in Financial Printing before returning to Montreal to complete her MBA at McGill. During her MBA, Berger specialized in Marketing and CSR, and she led a research team for Christine Arena's 2007 business book on corporate health, The High-Purpose Company. Stephanie is also a past Co-President of Net Impact McGill and a founding organizer for McGill's Social Responsibility Career Fair.

Currently, Stephanie is working toward her PhD in Management at Concordia's John Molson School of Business (JMSB). Her research areas include corporate social responsibility and sustainable development, middle management leadership, and organizational change.

Stephanie teaches several courses on sustainable development as a strategic imperative for business at the John Molson School of Business of Concordia and at the Desautels Faulty of Management of McGill University. She instructs at the executive, graduate, and undergraduate levels.

Stephanie is a Board Member for the David O'Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise (DOCSE) and for VisibleGovernment.ca, she is a career and business consultant for CSR, and was trained by the Honourable Al Gore as an official presenter for The Climate Reality Project.

Actions speak louder than words: Green investing or greenwashing?

What is said in the media drives investment behaviour. Therefore, how news media interpret and report on environmental disclosure is critical. When Newsweek releases their rankings it informs the investing public, in essence, that a good green investment choice can be found in their list. But the way the list is compiled masks many investment risks associated with actual performance.