Sustainability Research Resources
Sustainability related research, literature reviews and toolkits to help you learn how about sustainability techniques and trends.
The LCI’s primary focus is to help current leaders make sense of options, opportunities and approaches to sustainable business. The Lee-Chin Institute main assumption is that global business leaders need new ways of thinking about the role of their business in society - and the LCI has the new tools to help them do it.
General Sustainability Resources and Tool Kits
Practical summaries, tools and resources on the evolving realm of corporate social responsibility and sustainability strategy. Currently, our research focuses on three themes:
- Sustainability strategy,
- Responsible Investment/Impact Investment, and
- Social Entrepreneurship/Social Enterprise
Sustainability Strategy
Responsible Investment/Impact Investment
Social Entrepreneurship/Social Enterprise
Ideas You Can Use
The Lee-Chin Institute develops sustainability research for business leaders with a focus on sustainability strategy, social enterprise, and responsible investment. Follow the links below to see examples of how the LCI’s work has been shared with business leaders
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IMPACT INVESTING
Lee-Chin Institute and Purpose Capital | www.openimpact.ca
OPEN IMPACT, an online resource to help Canadian investors find their social and environmental impact launched.
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INCENTIVES & GOVERNANCE
Roger L. Martin |
A proposal to combat short-termism.
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SOCIAL INNOVATION
Roger L. Martin |
To lower the risk of big philanthropic bets, funders should start with smaller, bolder ones.
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IMPACT INVESTING
Rod Lohin
Can Impact Investing help with affordable housing? Lessons from an early approach to improving social conditions through investment.
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IMPACT INVESTING
Jason Visscher | Corporate Knights Magazine | Winter 2017
Alternative investment options for Canadians in the cleantech space.
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IMPACT INVESTING
If impact investing can address barriers to adoption and play up key strengths, it will be one of the breakthrough innovations of our time.
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INCENTIVES & GOVERNANCE
Domain experts are often touted as being invaluable, but when uncertainty prevails, they can actually increase the likelihood of failure.
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SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
On the release of Getting Beyond Better and the companion Syllabus.
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SOCIAL INNOVATION
Roger L. Martin
What it really means to be an entrepreneur. For Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society.
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INCENTIVES & GOVERNANCE
What it really means to be an entrepreneur. For Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society.
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INCENTIVES & GOVERNANCE
A study of banks pursuing uncertain strategies.
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Media
The Lee Chin Institute has sponsored a number of media events and media resources, which can be found below.
We’re also extremely happy to have launched a short conversion series, where well known sustainability practitioners (Academics, thought leaders, etc) provide short talks about their work and research. Check them out!
CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY
Rod Lohin | August 28, 2017
Debunking myths about sustainable business and trade-offs: A
message to the 2019 Full Time MBA Business Ethics Class.