- Sustainability
CSR Ratings
So, does more information add more value? We decided to examine the extent to which dimensions of CSR behaviour used by various rating organizations are in fact complementary or redundant.
Published on January 22 2014 | Corporate Knights
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Written by Dror Etzion
Troubled waters: World’s groundwater increasingly at risk
The groundwater footprint. If you haven’t heard that term yet, read on, because it soon could become as familiar as “carbon footprint.”
Published January 29 2014 | McGill Reporter
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Written by Patrick McDonagh
Petrocultures 2014 preview
The myriad of ways in which petroleum is reshaping our politics, economy and culture will be the focus of the 2014 annual conference of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, to be held on Feb. 6 and 7.
Published on January 28 2014 | McGill Reporter
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Written by Will Straw
McGill Net Positive: strength, and synergy, in numbers
A professor at the McGill School of Environment and the Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Elena Bennett, spends much of her research time looking at the ways ecosystems interact and provide multiple services for people.
Published on January 21 2014 | McGill Reporter
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Written by Neale Devitt
Froid, consommation d’énergie, écologie
Comment une université comme McGill est-elle chauffée l’hiver?
Published on January 21 2014 | Le Délit
Written by Camille Gris Roy
L’hiver à McGill, ce sont environ 225 bâtiments étendus sur près de 850 000 m² qui doivent être chauffés.
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Four Burning Questions for John Robinson, Associate Provost, Sustainability at UBC
John Robinson is the Associate Provost, Sustainability at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and is a professor with UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability and Department of Geography.
Published on January 21 | McGill Reporter
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ECOLE to Integrate Sustainable Living into McGill Residence
The student-run initiative “ECOLE” (Educational COmmunity Living Environment) is working to transform a MORE house into a space for sustainable living to open in September 2014.
Published on January 20 2014 | Bull and Bear
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Written by Tess Wrobleski
Des étudiants de l’Université McGill se mobilisent
Alors que la population des abeilles chute de façon alarmante, des étudiants de l'Université McGill amassent des fonds pour construire un pavillon où vivront des colonies entières de ces insectes afin de conscientiser la population à la problématique.
Published on January 20 2014 | Journal de Montréal
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Written by Ewan Sauves
Student-Run Café opens for business
Project managers seek student feedback on The Nest, cite dedication to sustainability as main goal.
Published January 14 2014 | McGill Tribune
Written by Catherine-Laure Juste
Redel said the SRC has been successful in achieving a main goal so far—the promotion of sustainability.
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New research establishes link between CSR and financial performance
A major new study at Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University in Canada has established a direct and measurable link between corporate social initiatives and financial performance.
Published January 07 2014 | Angel News
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The campus divestment movement against fossil fuels
A growing divestment campaign aims to push universities into divesting their holding in the fossil fuel industry.
Published on December 19 2013 | CBC Day 6
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À toutes les latitudes, chercher à s’adapter
Qu’ils vivent dans le Grand Nord canadien, au Pérou ou en Ouganda, les peuples autochtones sont les premiers à pâtir du réchauffement du climat.
Published January 04 2014 | Le Devoir
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Written by Amélie Daoust-Boisvert
Sustainable living at McGill
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Published November 21 2013 | CBC Daybreak Montreal
ECOLE (Education Community Living Environment) is an ongoing project from McGill University that aims to create a sustainable living house in the Milton-Parc community.
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The Sustainability Projects Fund: Green and growing
Founded in 2009, the SPF is a beacon of collaboration between McGill students and administration.
Published November 18 2013 | McGill Reporter
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Written by Jaspreet Pannu
The Great Green North
Many campuses have adopted clean energy policies to reduce their carbon footprint.
Published by Earth Island Journal
Written by Megan Tady
Canadian students have flocked to join or start sustainability initiatives on their college campuses like they’re running for the dinner bell.
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