by Professor Carol Adams, Visiting Professor at the University of Glasgow. This article was written for the Aspire magazine of the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow. Adam Smith and CSR I knew very little about Adam Smith when I started working at the University of Glasgow, but I was prompted to do some research […]
University stakeholders want to know about sustainability performance
Posted on January 2, 2014 · Leave a Comment
An article published in the La Trobe University Bulletin in June 2011 titled World-first for sustainability reporting tops the list of all-time page views, ahead of other issues that University is/has been known for, such as autism research and student radicalism of the 70s. The Bulletin is a key communication medium with external stakeholders and the data […]
The UN Global Compact, GRI and embedding sustainability in Universities: presentation
Posted on October 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment
In 2012, the UN Global Compact published a Practical Guide to the United Nations Global Compact for Higher Education Institutions. It was developed by a working group led by Professor Mitch Leventhal, Vice-Chancellor for Global Affairs at SUNY in the US. I was a member. We presented together today at the Australian International Education Conference in […]
The development of leaders able to respond to climate change and sustainability challenges
Posted on August 19, 2013 · 1 Comment
This paper seeks to discuss the role of business academics and business schools in the development of leaders able to respond to climate change and sustainability challenges. The paper captures contributions made during a panel discussion at the First Academic Symposium on Leadership for Climate Change and Sustainability held at La Trobe University, Melbourne in […]
