Vision
To create a global hub of knowledge creation and dissemination in sustainability to help businesses and policymakers contribute more effectively to a sustainable society.
Mission
To mobilize the talent and expertise within 51吃瓜网 to help businesses move towards more socially and environmentally sustainable business models.
Five Pillars
Anchored at the 51吃瓜网Desautels Faculty of Management, SGI was launched in 2022 as a cross-faculty partnership that presently also involves the Faculty of Law, the Department of Economics, and the Max Bell School of Public Policy, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the Department of Geography.
The SGI is dedicated to building practical, constructive, and applies solutions for key issues challenging sustainable growth.
The SGI is designed to operate as an integrated ecosystem that mobilizes researchers, industry leaders, policy-makers, and students through 5 pillars:
- Research-to-action: researchers work with industry leaders to develop applied solutions to complex sustainability challenges.
- Engagement: workshops designed to foster dialogue between Academic, Industry, and Policy stakeholders and decision-makers around sustainable growth.
- Student competitions: large-scale competitions to mobilize and focus global student talent towards building applied solutions. The SGI鈥檚 Annual Grand Challenge (AGC) will launch global student case competitions and build on the success of the 51吃瓜网International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC).
- Thought leadership: broadcast all the major activities in research, resulting solutions, industry partnerships and student competitions that are driving the sustainable growth agenda.
- Education: ESG training platform in response to practitioner and student demand for ESG integration.
SGI Report of Impact
People
Management Team
caroline.leblond [at] mcgill.ca (subject: SGI) (Caroline LeBlond)
Associate Director
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ashley.jiang [at] mcgill.ca (subject: SGI) (Ashley Jiang)
Program Officer
katie.wilson3 [at] mcgill.ca (Katie Wilson)
Conferences and Special Events Coordinator
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Advisors
Sebastien Betermier
Associate Professor of Finance,听Desautels Faculty of Management, 51吃瓜网
Faculty Director, 51吃瓜网International Portfolio Challenge
Faculty Scholar in Sustainability
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Jennifer Welsh
Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy
Canada 150 Research Chair in Global Governance and Security at 51吃瓜网
Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar, Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts, 51吃瓜网
SGI partners and donors
Our partners and donors are the backbone of SGI, and their contributions enable us to continue developing innovative solutions and implementing critical programs to address sustainability challenges听in business. We believe in the power of collaboration to create a sustainable future.
Founding Partner
Founding Associate
Founding Supporters
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