Toronto – For the third year in a row, the annual Rotman Sustainability Conference returns to the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. Hosted by Rotman Net Impact, a graduate student club focused on sustainability, this year’s event on March 25 will focus sustainability and climate resiliency in the post-COVID-19 era through the lens of government policies, big corporations, and enterprises. Participants will also learn to develop sustainable solutions using business design in a special session from the Business Design Initiative at the Rotman School.
Ingrid Betancourt, a Colombian politician and former presidential candidate will be the keynote speaker.
Other panelists and moderators including Richard Blundell, Head of Strategy, Pantonium Inc.,and Rotman School lecturer; Frances Edmonds, Head of Sustainability, HP Canada; Laura Doering, assistant professor of strategic management, Rotman School; David Goodrich, US-based Climate Scientist; Brian Lawson, Vice Chair, Brookfield Asset Management; Apala Mukherjee, President of BASF Canada; and, Peter Thorne, Ireland-based Climate Scientist.
Organized by Rotman Net Impact, the Rotman Sustainability Conference is generously supported by RBC and the Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship. The Institute is a cornerstone of the School’s commitment to “creating positive value for business and society.” Since 2004, the Lee-Chin Institute has conducted and supported research to help business leaders - current and future - integrate sustainability into business strategy and practices.
Further information is available online at https://inside.rotman.utoronto.ca/netimpact/rotman-sustainability-conference/. Registration for students from business schools around the world and professionals interested in sustainability and social impact is online here.
Rotman Net Impact is the principal student club focused on sustainability at the Rotman School of Management. RNI has continually been at the forefront of positive change. It is the local chapter of an international network of more than 60,000 MBA students and professionals creating positive social and environmental change in the workplace and in the world. Rotman Net Impact’s mission is “to inspire, educate and collaborate with Rotman students to harness the power of business in creating social and environmental impact, and to help them secure rewarding careers in sustainability.” For more information, visit https://inside.rotman.utoronto.ca/netimpact/
The Rotman School of Management is part of the University of Toronto, a global centre of research and teaching excellence at the heart of Canada’s commercial capital. Rotman is a catalyst for transformative learning, insights and public engagement, bringing together diverse views and initiatives around a defining purpose: to create value for business and society. For more information, visit www.rotman.utoronto.ca.
-30-
For more information:
Ken McGuffin
Manager, Media Relations
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
Voice 416.946.3818
E-mail mcguffin@rotman.utoronto.ca