/desautels/taxonomy/term/3179/all en /desautels/channels/event/mcgill-desautels-sustainability-network-alumni-cocktail-2022-342913 <p>Location: <strong>Faculty Club</strong> 3450 Mc Tavish Street Montreal, QC H3A 0E5</p> Wed, 19 Oct 2022 21:35:31 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 87781 at /desautels /desautels/channels/event/integrating-sustainability-study-programs-involvement-opportunities-and-roundtable-discussion-342912 <p>An opportunity for U0, U1 and U2 students to discover study and campus engagement options in sustainability, learn how to create their academic degree plan and share their interests and ideas about sustainability at Desautels in a roundtable discu</p> Wed, 19 Oct 2022 21:31:13 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 87780 at /desautels /desautels/channels/event/food-companies-tour-ceos-342911 <p>Join the Desautels Sustainability Network for the DSN x Radish food sustainability workshop!</p> Wed, 19 Oct 2022 21:24:36 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 87779 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/desautels-students-campaign-green-future-302463 <p>BCom student<b> Maxime Lakat</b>, co-president of the student-led Desautels Sustainability Network, joins <i>Corporate Knights </i>to chronicle the network’s efforts in bringing sustainability to the forefront of their education. The award-winning network has taken a cross-disciplinary approach to sustainability, bringing students and industry leaders together for a sustainable business conference, with plans to publish a student handbook highlighting how students can get involved in their own institutions.</p> Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:33:26 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 75060 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/catalyzing-sustainable-business-across-campus-296008 <p>Congratulations to the student-led <strong>Desautels Sustainability Network (DSN)</strong> who received a Catalyst Award from the ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Office of Sustainability this week under the category of Sustainability in Connectivity & Governance!</p> <p>The DSN seeks to promote sustainability as a profitable opportunity for businesses. Through various events, they aim to break silos between Faculties, connecting Montreal’s professional community with students in the BCom program and beyond.</p> Fri, 05 Apr 2019 17:52:17 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 74200 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/great-strides-desautels-sustainability-network-290478 <p>The <strong>Desautels Sustainability Network (DSN)</strong> registered the greatest amount of students among ten student clubs from Montreal’s six main universities to the Desjardins Coopérathon, the world’s largest open-innovation challenge. For their efforts, the DSN won a prize package worth $5,000 from Desjardins that includes financial aid for the Desautels Business Conference on Sustainability (DBCS), ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ's largest conference dedicated to the impacts of sustainability within the private sector, and a lunch with Desjardins experts.</p> Tue, 09 Oct 2018 17:30:47 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 73549 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/bcom-student-leads-charge-toward-sustainable-business-337411 <p>As a current BCom student majoring in Managing for Sustainability, <strong>Maxime Lakat </strong>embodies Desautels’ commitment to integrate sustainability into all facets of business. In only a short time at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ, Lakat has already rallied students around the cause through founding the Desautels Sustainability Network (DSN) and the Canadian Business Youth Council for Sustainable Development.</p> <div class="bl-tpl"><a class="button--outline" href="https://giving.mcgill.ca/all-stories/born-manage-sustainably" target="_blank">Learn more</a></div> <p> </p> Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:27:34 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 86947 at /desautels /desautels/channels/event/desautels-business-conference-sustainability-291562 <h2>Exploring the impacts and opportunities of sustainability in business.</h2> Mon, 12 Nov 2018 21:30:07 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 73683 at /desautels /desautels/initiatives-institutes/sustainability <p><big>Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. At the Desautels Faculty of Management, we are committed to advancing management for sustainability through our teaching, research, community engagement, and operations.</big></p> <div class="two-column-1"> <p><img alt="United Nations Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME)" title="United Nations Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME)" height="311" width="470" style="width: 360px; height: 238px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid;" class="file-original " src="/desautels/files/desautels/prme-470.jpg" /></p> <h3>United Nations PRME</h3> <p>Desautels has been an official signatory of the <strong><a href="https://www.unprme.org/">United Nations Principles of Responsible Management Education (PMRE)</a></strong> since <a href="/desautels/about/accreditation-membership">July 2017</a>. The faculty joins leading business and management schools globally in working towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals.</p> <div class="bl-tpl"><a class="button--outline" href="/desautels/files/desautels/desautels-prme-report-2021.pdf">2021 Desautels PRME Report</a></div> </div> <div class="two-column-2"> <p><img alt="Responsible Research for Business and Management (RRBM)" height="311" width="470" style="width: 360px; height: 238px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid;" class="file-original " src="/desautels/files/desautels/rrbm-institutional-partner-label-470x311.png" /></p> <h3>RRBM</h3> <p>Desautels is an institutional partner of <a href="https://www.rrbm.network/" target="_blank"><strong>Responsible Research for Business and Management (RRBM)</strong></a> to advance and promote responsible research in business and management for a better world.</p> <div class="bl-tpl"><a class="button--outline" href="https://www.rrbm.network/supporters/partners/">RRBM Partners</a></div> </div> <div class="two-column-1"> <p><img height="311" width="470" style="width: 360px; height: 238px;" class="file-original " src="/desautels/files/desautels/sustainable-growth-institute-sgi-banner-470x311.jpg" alt="" /></p> <h3>Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI)</h3> <p>A cross-faculty venture that mobilizes academics, students, industry, and policy leaders to build actionable solutions that businesses can use to successfully transition to a sustainable economy.</p> <div class="bl-tpl"><a class="button--outline" href="/desautels/about/sustainable-growth-initiative">Learn more about SGI</a></div> </div> <div class="two-column-2"> <p><img alt="ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Sustainability" height="311" width="470" style="width: 360px; height: 238px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid;" class="file-original " src="/desautels/files/desautels/mcgill_sustainability_seal_final-470x311.png" /></p> <h3>Sustainability at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ</h3> <p>The <strong><a href="/sustainability/sustainability-strategy">ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Climate & Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025</a></strong> includes three bold objectives that Desautels can play a role in supporting: achieving carbon neutrality by 2040, becoming zero-waste by 2035, and receiving a platinum sustainability rating by 2030.</p> <div class="bl-tpl"><a class="button--outline" href="/sustainability/files/sustainability/mcgillclimatesustainability2025_-_reduced.pdf">ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Climate & Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025</a></div> </div> <p> Tue, 13 Nov 2018 22:17:46 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 73688 at /desautels