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Monthly Archives: November 2022

How to Be a Responsible Leader. “Responsibility always starts with the person at the top – and the right culture will trickle down.” Professor Dimitrios Spyridonidis, Warwick Business School, refreshes the call and takes us through the journey to becoming a responsible leader.

How to Be a Responsible Leader

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Prof. Dimitrios Spyridonidis, Warwick Business School, refreshes the call and takes us through the journey to becoming a responsible leader.

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Climate Change: A new and unavoidable cause for philanthropy. Professor Arthur Gautier, Executive Director, and Éléonore Delanoë, Research Fellow at the ESSEC Philanthropy Chair, together with Dr. Charles Sellen, Global Philanthropy Fellow, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI, explore the recent upsurge in philanthropic interest for this urgent cause – climate change. Climate Change: A new and unavoidable cause for philanthropy. With kind acknowledgements to Arthur Gautier. Translated by Tom Gamble. Originally published in French on The Conversation.

Climate Change: A new and unavoidable cause for philanthropy

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Arthur Gautier, Éléonore Delanoë, ESSEC, and Charles Sellen, IUPUI, explore the surge in philanthropy for an urgent cause – climate change.

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Human rights, ESG, sustainability, modern slavery, working conditions,, green bonds, freedom of speech, LGBT, gender equality, gay rights, religious rights, supply chain. How to Embed Human Rights in SFRD Articles 8 and 9 PASI Disclosures Margaux Dillon, Senior Sustainability Consultant at Ksapa, takes us through the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation to understand how to embed human rights in impact funds.

Human Rights: Embedding them in SFRD Articles 8 and 9 PASI Disclosures

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Margaux Dillon, Senior Sustainability Consultant at Ksapa, takes us through the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation to understand how to embed human rights in impact funds.

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Sustainability Transition: Getting to the essentials. Part 2: Professor Concepción Galdón, Director of the IE Center for Social Innovation and Sustainability, rounds off the interview with José Luis Blasco, Global Head of Sustainability at Acciona, with a focus on the need for employees and firms to see how sustainability is essential and how it can positively transform their business, society, and the Planet.

Sustainability Transition: Getting to the essentials

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Part 2 of IE Prof. Concepcion Galdon’s interview with Acciona CEO José Luis Blasco on the essentials of sustainability transition.

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For Better or for Worse – the impact of managerial decisions on conflict risk. An increasing number of places around the globe face the risk of turbulent and even violent conflict. Do managerial decisions impact inter-group relations and the risk of conflict? How do impacts flow from the boardroom into the broader society? Professor Brian Ganson, Stellenbosch Business School shares his research into the issues.

The impact of managerial decisions on conflict risk

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Prof. Brian Ganson, Stellenbosch Business School, shares his research on how managers and businesses can impact the risk of conflict.

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Salhil Shahane, ESSEC Business School, looks at greenflation and the cost of building a clean and green economy. There is a debate around the potential cost of a green transition. "Greenflation" would be caused by higher demand for greener solutions, and the consequences of new public policies (e.g. green taxes). How can we deal with the social tensions that could possibly arise with greenflation? Salil Shahane, ESSEC Business School MiM student and competition finalist, explores.

Greenflation: The dirty cost of building a clean and green economy

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Salhil Shahane, ESSEC Business School, looks at greenflation and the cost of building a clean and green economy.

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Business, People, and the Transition to Sustainability. José Luis Blasco, Global Head of Sustainability at Acciona, and Professor Concepción Galdón, Director of the IE Center for Social Innovation and Sustainability, discuss the steps organizations and individuals can take to push the transition toward a sustainable economy.

Business, People, and the Transition to Sustainability

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CEO José Luis Blasco and Prof. Concepción Galdón: An interview focus on business, people and the transition to sustainability.

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Prof. Lory Barile, Warwick University, explores how a persuasive nudge can re-calibrate our assumptions to tackle climate change. Climate Change: Can we be nudged to act? Warwick Business School and Warwick University professor Lory Barile explores how we select what we want to strengthen our assumptions on climate change and how a positive and persuasive nudge can re-calibrate our assumptions and trigger climate action.

Climate Change: Can we be nudged to act?

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Prof. Lory Barile, Warwick University, explores how a persuasive nudge can re-calibrate our assumptions to tackle climate change.

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2022: A Social Odyssey. Prateek Jha, ESSEC Business School MiM student, and finalist in the CoBS 2022 student CSR article competition, contends that business schools can provide a unique contribution to building back better post-Covid and winning the battle against social vulnerability.

2022: A Social Odyssey

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Prateek Jha, ESSEC, contends that in 2022 business schools can provide unique contribution to winning the battle against social vulnerability.

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