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MICHAEL LEE-CHIN FAMILY INSTITUTEFOR CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP

PROGRESS REPORT2015-2016

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The Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship helps business leaders – both current and future – integrate sustainability into business strategy and practices.

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LCI 2015-2016 HIGHLIGHTS 4OUR TEAM 6OUR IMPACT THIS YEAR 7DEDICATED RESEARCH 8SUPPORTED ACADEMIC RESEARCH 11FELLOWS OF THE INSTITUTE 12EVENTS & MEDIA 14 STUDENT CURRICULUM & ACTIVITIES 17THE YEAR AHEAD: 2016-2017 19

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A year of impact: more research, greater media coverage and a stronger curriculumIn 2015-2016, the Lee-Chin Institute increased our impact through the growth of our research, outreach and curriculum work.

RESEARCH REACH AND IMPACT GROWS • Published our second book: Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship

Works (Harvard Business Press 2015) • Published two Harvard Business Review articles and five business trade articles by

our researchers• Conducted an impact investing research project for RBC Financial Group • Published three articles and two working papers by our Fellows, with a book in

development, plus extensive media coverage• Funded seven more faculty-led sustainability research projects, for a total of 69

FIVE-FOLD GROWTH IN MEDIA COVERAGE • Media coverage at an all-time high this year, with our team appearing more than

135 times (five times the previous year). • Hosted and sponsored nine sustainability-related events at Rotman with over 1000

participants, and appeared as speakers at more than 25 events in Toronto and around the world.

MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN SUSTAINABILITY CURRICULUM AT ROTMAN • New Sustainability major at Rotman implemented Summer 2015• New capstone course on responsible investment delivered Spring 2016• Continued support for student clubs, competitions, travel, career activities, and a

Sustainability Design Sprint

In summary, this year the Lee-Chin Institute published more research, generated more media coverage, and helped Rotman build a stronger sustainability positionthan ever before.

Our ongoing thanks to Michael Lee-Chin(Chairman, Portland Holdings Inc.) and his family for their shared vision and generous support.

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LEE-CHIN INSTITUTE2015-2016 TIMELINE

Roger Martin and Sally Osberg in “Two Keys to Sustainable Social Enterprise,” Harvard Business Review, May 2015

Roger Martin in “Self-Fulfilling Prophesies and Inclusive Capitalism,” Huffington Post Business, June 2015

2016 Hult Prize at UofT, December 2015 - three Rotman teams progress to Regional Finals in London, Dubai, and Shanghai.

Roger Martin and Alison Kemper in “The Overvaluation Trap,” Harvard Business Review, December 2015

Prof. András Tilcsik (Lee-Chin Institute Fellow) and Christopher Clearfield win the 2015 Bracken Bower Prize for their book proposal Rethinking the Unthinkable: Managing the Risk of Catastrophic Failure in the Twenty-First Century, November 2015

Capstone Course for 1st year MBAs: Finance & Environmental, Social, Governance Factors, with Prof. Alexander Dyck (Lee-Chin Institute Fellow) and The Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, April 2016

Roger Martin, Sally Osberg and Jennifer Riel in “Social Entrepreneurship by the Billions,” Strategy + Business, March 2016

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November March

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FebruaryMay June

The 2015 Hult Prize: Rotman Team Attolo’s Quest for $1,000,000 to Solve Early Childhood Education in the Urban Slum, September 2015

September

October

October

Roger Martin and Sally Osberg in Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works, Harvard Business Press, October 2015

Roger Martin and Sally Osberg (authors of Getting Beyond Better) win Thinkers50 Social Enterprise Award

July November

The Lee-Chin Institute hosts Sustainability at Rotman Business Design Sprint, November 2015

December

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Roger Martin in “Yes, Short-termism Really is a Problem,” Harvard Business Review, October 2015

October JanuarySeptemberAugust March

Curriculum Review:Sustainability in the Curriculum Team presented to the Dean, April 2016

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Rotman School of Management introduces Sustainability Major, MBA, June 2015

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ALISON KEMPERSENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, GRANT REVIEW PANEL MEMBER

ANDRÁS TILCSIKASSISTANT PROFESSOR, STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND FELLOW, LEE-CHIN INSTITUTE, GRANT REVIEW PANEL MEMBER

ALEXANDER DYCKPROFESSOR, FINANCE & BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND FELLOW, LEE-CHIN INSTITUTE

GLEN WHYTEPROFESSOR, ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR & HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, GRANT REVIEW PANEL MEMBER

REBECCA REUBERPROFESSOR OF STRATEGIC MANAGE-MENT, GRANT REVIEW PANEL MEMBER

ROD LOHINEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GRANT REVIEW PANEL MEMBER

ROGER MARTINACADEMIC DIRECTOR

OUR TEAM

JENNIFER PUSKARRESEARCH ASSISTANT

FELLOWS OF THE INSTITUTE

GRANT REVIEW PANEL MEMBERS

TO DO THIS, WE:

• Conduct and publish dedicated research on sustainability theories, models, strategies and actions for academic and business audiences;

• Support related academic research by Rotman faculty and PhDs;

• Disseminate our research and the leading thinking of others through events and the media; and

• Enhance curriculum and co-curricular activities relating to sustainability at Rotman.

This report outlines the achievements of the Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship at the Rotman School of Management for 2015-2016. The report also highlights some of the ongoing sustainability-related initiatives at Rotman.

The purpose of the Lee-Chin Institute is to help business leaders – both current and future – integrate sustainability into business strategy and practices.

OURIMPACTTHIS YEAR

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The Lee-Chin Institute works to help leaders make sense of business sustainability through our research. Our research program includes both academic research (for publication in academic journals) and applied research (in which we apply our academic work in active engagements with businesses and contribute to the trade press). Our research comprises a range of sustainability issues, but focuses on sustainability strategy, social entrepreneurship and social finance.

This year, our researchers Roger Martin and Alison Kemper (and their colleagues) published one book, two Harvard Business Review articles and five trade publications. Another book and three further papers are currently in development.

DEDICATEDRESEARCH

A BIG YEAR FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: GETTING BEYOND BETTER 2015-2016 was a significant year for demonstrating our thought leadership in the area of social entrepreneurship.

Building on an earlier, definitional piece in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (2007), Roger Martin and the Skoll Foundation’s CEO, Sally Osberg, published Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works (Harvard Business Press, 2015).

Getting Beyond Better presents a framework for how social entrepreneurs can develop, build and scale their solutions to bring about fundamental change.

IN 2015-16, WE PUBLISHED:

“Two Keys to Sustainable Social Enterprise” by Roger Martin and Sally Osberg Harvard Business Review, May 2015 Issue

“For Retailers, Expensive Lawsuits Focus the Mind Wonderfully” by Roger Martin and Alison Kemper The Globe and Mail, May 2015

“Self-Fulfilling Prophesies and Inclusive Capitalism” by Roger Martin Huffington Post Business, June 2015

“Yes, Short-termism Really is a Problem” by Roger Martin Harvard Business Review, October, 2015

Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works by Roger Martin and Sally Osberg Harvard Business Press, October 2015

“The Overvaluation Trap”by Roger Martin and Alison KemperHarvard Business Review, December 2015 Issue

“Health and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”by Roger Martin and Sally Osberg Rotman Magazine, Winter 2016

“Social Entrepreneurship by the Billions” by Roger Martin, Sally Osberg and Jennifer Riel Strategy+Business, March 2016

Roger and Sally further co-authored three related articles this year. “Two Keys to Sustainable Social Enterprise,” (Harvard Business Review) identifies what social entrepreneurs can do to increase their chances of achieving sustainability and profitability. “Health and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” (Rotman Magazine) describes the realm of the social entrepreneur and their vision for systemic change. “Social Entrepreneurship by the Billions” (Strategy+Business) highlights the modelat the heart of equilibrium transformation when scaling a social enterprise, co-written with Jennifer Riel of the Rotman School of Management.

In recognition of their work and contributions to social enterprise, Roger Martin and Sally Osberg were honoured with the Thinkers50 Social Enterprise Award in 2015.

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APPLIED RESEARCH: IMPACT INVESTING PROJECT WITH RBC

The Lee-Chin Institute also works with select companies to apply our research and provide advice on sustainability challenges and opportunities – and learn from this application. In past years, the Lee-Chin Institute has assisted RBC, SunLife, Blackberry and others, guiding them through the development of sustainability strategies, competitive reviews and other related research.

In 2015, the Lee-Chin Institute worked again with RBC to help them build on their leadership position in “impact investing”- an investment approach that generates both financial returns and a positive impact to society.

Rod Lohin, Executive Director, conducted research and developed insights for RBC Social Finance to map out the impact investing landscape and the likely interest of high net-worth investors. The project was conducted in partnership with UK-based impact investing specialists Bridges+ and with the support of researcher Jason Visscher (MBA 2015).

The project culminated in a confidential internal report for RBC (March 2016) and a public document to help financial advisors understand impact investing and better support interested clients (May 2016).

SUPPORTEDACADEMICRESEARCH

The recipients were:

• Andrew Ching (Associate Professor of Marketing) and Jinghui Qian (PhD Candidate, Marketing), “The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility Activities in Retail Chain Expansion: Evidence from Walmart.”

• Anil Verma (Director, Centre of Industrial Relations & HR, Professor of Industrial Relations and HR Management) on

“Decoding Firm Motivation for Investing in CSR: The Risk Mitigation Hypothesis.”

• Avi Goldfarb (Professor of Marketing) and Jun Bum Kwon, (PhD student, Marketing), “Can Advertising Message Change the Content of Mass Media? An Examination of the Dove Real Beauty Campaign.”

• Avni Shah, (Assistant Professor, Marketing) and Amber Holden (PhD Student, OBHRM) on “Second Place is Just the First Loser, Unless You’re a Woman: Effects of Payment Form and Gender on Employee Motivation After Not Receiving a Bonus.”

• Chen-Bo Zhong (Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior & HR Management) and Yeun Joon Kim (PhD student OBHRM) on “Ethical Leadership Dilemma on Sustainable Innovation.”

• Gordon Richardson (KPMG Professor of Accounting), Yue Li, Associate Professor of Accounting, Peter Clarkson (Professor of Accounting, University of Queensland) and Albert Tsang (Associate Professor, Accounting, Schulich) on “Voluntary Assurance of CSR Reports.”

• Ole-Kristian Hope (Deloitte Professor of Accounting), Aida Sijamic Wahid (Assistant Professor of Accounting) and Jingjing Wang, PhD student (Accounting) on “Management Deception, Big Bath Accounting, and Capital Market Consequences: An Analysis Based on Linguistic Cues.”

Grant recipients were selected by a panel of Rotman academics and Institute staff. The grants review committee included Rotman faculty members Glen Whyte, Rebecca Reuber and András Tilscik, and the Lee-Chin Institute’s Rod Lohin and Alison Kemper.

In addition to the 2015-2016 Lee-Chin Institute Grants Program, the Lee-Chin Institute also supported the following Rotman faculty projects:

• Anil Verma (Director, Centre of Industrial Relations & HR, Professor of Industrial Relations and HR Management) on social enterprise case studies

• Sarah Kaplan (Professor of Strategic Management) on gender and investing

The Lee-Chin Institute also encourages and supports sustainability research by other Rotman faculty and PhDs across the management disciplines.

In 2015-2016, the Lee-Chin Institute awarded grants supporting research in sustainability by Rotman faculty and PhDs for 2016-2017.

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András Tilcsik Assistant Professor of Strategic Management

András Tilcsik is a rising scholar and professor at Rotman whose work for the Institute includes identifying corporate practices and decision-making processes that reduce the risk and impact of environmental disasters, and providing practical advice on how organizations can ensure equal opportunity in their hiring. In 2015-2016, his work included:

• Book Proposal – Meltdown: Preventing Catastrophic Failure in Organizations (with Chris Clearfield), which won the 2015 Bracken Bower Prize from Financial Times and McKinsey (book in development).

The following articles were published (or are forthcoming):

• Tilcsik, A., M. Anteby, and C. Knight. 2015. “Concealable Stigma and Occupational Segregation: Toward a Theory of Gay and Lesbian Occupations.”Administrative Science Quarterly, 60: 446-481.

• S. Kang, K. Decelles, A. Tilcsik, and S. Jun. “Whitened Résumés: Race and Self-Presentation in the Labor Market.” Administrative Science Quarterly.

• J. Almandoz and A. Tilcsik. “When Experts Become Liabilities: Domain Experts on Boards and Organizational Failure.” Academy of Management Journal.

Media / Business Press• Harvard Business Review blog (2016) • LSE Business Review (2016)• Harvard Kennedy School Review (2015)• The Guardian (2015)

Course Development• Enhancement of Catastrophic Failure in Organizations, which the United Nations Office

for Disaster Reduction recognized with an award as best existing course on disaster risk management in a business school. The course also won a Rotman School of Management Teaching Award in early 2016.

FELLOWS OF THEINSTITUTE

In 2015-2016, the Lee-Chin Institute welcomed two new Fellows: Alexander Dyck and András Tilcsik. Fellows are chosen to honour and support their work relating to sustainability topics.

Alexander DyckProfessor of Finance and Business Economics, ICPM Professor in Pension Management and Manulife Financial Chair in Financial Services

Alexander Dyck is a distinguished senior Rotman scholar and teacher, whose primary work for the Institute explores whether institutional ownership has played a causal role in driving firm adoption of increased environmental and social governance.

This year, his related work included:

• Can Institutional Investors Improve Corporate Governance through Collective Action?” September 2015, (working paper)

• Do Institutional Investors Drive Corporate Social Responsibility?” December 2015, (working paper)

• Course Development – New MBA Capstone Course for the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance on “ESG Investments: The Role of the CCGG”

SUSTAINABILITY CAPSTONE COURSE

In 2015-16, Alexander Dyck developed and offered a rigorous new Capstone course for MBA students. The Lee-Chin Institute provided staff support, direct support to purchase data, and hands-on help to students during the course.

All first-year MBA students were exposed to a real-world corporate sustainability challenge with strategic and financial dimensions.

The client, the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG), asked students to help it understand if it should take a stronger stance on environmental and social factors in investment on behalf of its members – a full array of Canada’s institutional investors (pension funds, mutual funds and money managers) with more than $3 trillion assets under management.

Students were provided with data and asked to investigate the relationship between the financial and ESG performance.

Teams developed a strategic recommendation to CCGG on how it should approach ESG issues. The top three teams were invited to present to the CCGG board and senior staff at the offices of the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board.

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DISSEMINATING RESEARCH THROUGH EVENTS AND THE MEDIA

The Lee-Chin Institute builds profile about sustainability issues and approaches through presentations, publications and media for business and academic audiences at Rotman, and beyond.

THIS YEAR, THE LEE-CHIN INSTITUTE SPONSORED OR HOSTED 9 EVENTS, WITH MORE THAN 1000 REGISTRANTS:

• Lee-Chin Institute Sustainability Business Design Sprint, November 2015 (25 MBA student participants)

• Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works, December 2, 2015 (195 registrants)

• 2016 University of Toronto Hult Prize Quarterfinal, “Ending Poverty in Crowded Urban Spaces: Generating Income by Connecting People, Goods, Services, and Capital” (Social Enterprise Challenge), December 5, 2015 (100 registrants)

• How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate: Andrew Hoffman, December 11, 2015 (15 registrants)

• The Wealthy Invest Differently Opportunities Typically Reserved for the Affluent and Institutional, January 21, 2016 (314 registrants)

• Rotman Net Impact 2016 Sustainability Innovations Case Competition, January 23, 2016 (20 MBA Student Teams, 2 corporate partners, 16 Judges)

• Social Venture Financing, February 10, 2016 (133 registrants)

• Catastrophic Failures in Business and Beyond: Why They Occur and How to Prevent Them, March 9, 2016 (207 registrants)

• Building a Culture of Innovation and Sustainability To Strategically Deploy

Sustainability-Led Innovation - Lessons from 4 CEOs, April 07, 2016 (159 registrants)

MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM APPEARED AT THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

Roger Martin:

• Business Strategy Interfaces & Frontiers Conference, New York, NY, May 15, 2015

• Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, CO, July 1, 2015

• Academy of Management Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, August 9, 2015

• Senior College Lecture Series, Toronto, ON, October 14, 2015

• National Press Club, Washington, DC, October 21, 2015

• Dinner @ Bill Drayton’s, Washington, DC, October 21, 2015

• State Dept., Global Entrepreneurship Program, Washington, DC, October 22, 2015

• Thinkers 50 Awards, London, November 9, 2015

• Monocle Book Event, London, November 10, 2015

• IDEO book Event, San Francisco, November 18, 2015

• Bain & Company, San Francisco, November 19, 2015

• Rotman book event, Toronto, December 2, 2015

• Commonwealth Club event, San Francisco, February 23, 2016

• Burgundy Asset Management Lunch event, Toronto, February 24, 2016

• MaRS Discovery District Book event, Toronto, March 29, 2016

• Deloitte Global Conference, Milan, Italy, April 5, 2016

• Royal Society of the Arts Event, London, April 7, 2016

• Pi Capital Breakfast, London, UK, April 13, 2016

• Skoll World Forum for Social Entrepreneurship, Oxford, UK, April 14, 2016

• Said Business School, Oxford, UK, April 18, 2016

• Behavioral Science & Policy Association Conf., Washington, DC, April 29, 2016

• Ed Snider Center Debate, College Park, MD, April 29, 2016

Rod Lohin:

• Rotman Sustainability Career Roadmap Roundtable, Toronto, January 19, 2016

• Rotman Sustainability Careers Panel and Networking, Toronto, February 16, 2016

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Each year, the Lee-Chin Institute engages with faculty and students and works to advance sustainability offerings for students – in the curriculum and beyond – at Rotman.

In the past year, we have put particular emphasis on creating and supporting new curriculum opportunities and co-curricular activities (events, competitions, and career help) relating to sustainability for students.

RAISING OUR IMPACT: SUSTAINABILITY IN THE CURRICULUM

New Sustainability Major

2015-2016 marked a significant milestone with the launch of a new Rotman major in Sustainability. The major provides students with an interest in sustainability to select from a group of related electives and signal their commitment to learning about sustainability in-depth, including:

• Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in business

• Corporate social responsibility or corporate citizenship strategy and programs

• Social entrepreneurship or social innovation

• Responsible investment or social finance.

Faculty members Glen Whyte and Laura Doering, along with senior program staff Leanne Pollard, played instrumental roles in the development of this major with the help of the Lee-Chin Institute’s Rod Lohin.

Among courses offered in past years (such as Corporation 360°, Social Entrepreneurship, and Catastrophic Failures in Organizations), the major included a new course this year: Business Sustainability Strategy, taught by new adjunct faculty member Richard Blundell in Spring 2016.

MBA students can also undertake an Independent Study Project as an elective in their second year. This year, Rod Lohin co-supervised (with Prof. Walid Hejazi) an Independent Study Project with Rotman/Munk School of Global Affairs student Richard Vitari on “Mining Acquisition, Development and CSR Risks,” in the Fall of 2015.

ENHANCING THE CURRICULUM & CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS:

Corporate sustainability is frequently covered in the media and the Lee-Chin Institute is often driving the conversation. In 2015-2016, the work of the Lee-Chin Institute received more than 135 mentions in the media, including:

• Roger Martin and Sally Osberg’s Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works in Rick Spence’s “What it really means to be a social entrepreneur,” National Post, September 28, 2015.

• Roger Martin and Sally Osberg’s book on social entrepreneurship profiled in Carol Goar’s “Greed is not the only driver of economic growth,” Toronto Star, November 2, 2015

• Lee-Chin Institute Fellow András Tilcsik (and his colleague Chris Clearfield) win the Financial Times/McKinsey Bracken Bower prize for best business book proposal by an author aged under 35, Financial Times, November 18, 2015

• Roger Martin and Alison Kemper’s “The Overvaluation Trap” featured in Steve Denning’s “Seven leadership keys to resolving mission impossible,” Forbes Leadership, November 22, 2015

• Roger Martin’s work on shareholder wealth maximisation referenced in “Profit maximisation is passé, The

Hindu Business Line,” February 15, 2016

• Lee-Chin Institute Fellow András Tilcsik’s study, in “Why minority applicants scrap race from their résumés,” Bloomberg, March 29, 2016.

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NEW SUSTAINABILITY CAPSTONE

In April 2016, first year MBA students completed the “Capstone Term,” where they are presented with a real business challenge and apply their learning to develop solutions and recommendations. Under the supervision of Lee-Chin Institute Fellow Professor Alexander Dyck, students worked with The Canadian Coalition for Good Governance on an ESG (environmental, social, and governance factors) finance and strategy case. The course exposed all first year Rotman full-time MBA students to an ESG related challenge, marking a significant achievement for the program.

2016 CURRICULUM REVIEW

In 2016, Rotman started a formal curriculum review to update the formal MBA program (and align co-curricular activities). Jan Mahrt-Smith, Academic Director, Full Time MBA Program and Associate Professor of Finance asked Richard Blundell and Rod Lohin to work with a team of students to provide advice to the faculty-led Review Committee on sustainability in the curriculum. The students interviewed faculty members and peers, researched offerings at other schools, and ran a workshop to develop their recommendations. The student team presented to Dean Tiff Macklem and senior staff in April 2016, and will present to the review committee in the summer of 2016.

Co-curricular Experiences & Career Development

The Lee-Chin Institute also supports student initiatives relating to sustainability. This year we:

• Hosted the 2nd annual 2015 Design Sprint on Sustainability at Rotman in November, 2015, exploring ways to improve co-curricular sustainability engagement for students.

• Worked closely with Rotman Net Impact (RNI), the Rotman Chapter of an international organization of MBA students interested in sustainability. Rotman was named the Net Impact Chapter of the Year in 2015. The Lee-Chin Institute sponsored two RNI-run competitions:

• 2016 Hult Prize at the University of Toronto, December 5, 2015

• Rotman Net Impact Sustainability Innovations Case Competition, January 23, 2016

Supported student travel for sustainability competitions, including:

• Three Rotman teams who progressed to Hult Prize semi-finals in Dubai, San Francisco and Shanghai, March 12, 2016

• Student travel for 2015 Hult Prize Global Finals, New York, September 2015

Co-hosted Sustainability Career Events for MBA students

• Sustainability Career Roadmap Roundtable & Resources (January 19, 2016)

• Sustainability Careers Panel and Networking (February 16, 2016)

Sustainability is not something you do in your spare time.It’s core to your strategy.“

Dean Tiff Macklem,

Rotman School of Management

THE YEAR AHEAD:2016-2017

In the coming year, the Lee-Chin Institute will continue to develop and publish insightful research on critical sustainability issues for business leaders.

For 2016-2017, our researchers will emphasize sustainability strategy and social finance.

We will also continue to support the remarkable work being done by our Fellows and funded faculty researchers, and share this work with Rotman faculty and students in a research roundtable.

Early in the year we will host an international academic conference on the social and political legitimacy of business. We will also increase our reach through more public events and further upgrade our growing presence in traditional and social media.

Working with faculty and students, we will seek further enhancements to the curriculum and extra-curricular activities relating to sustainability, including more student events, travel and competitions, supporting the School’s ambitious agenda.

Ultimately, we will strengthen our position – and that of Rotman – as a growing thought leader on sustainability in business.

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