Upcoming Activities
Climate Change Concerns and the Performance of Green vs. Brown Stocks – Une réflexion sur la « durabilité » de la technologie : 250 années singulières
20 septembre 2024 Séminaire Dans un monde où l’heure est à la décarbonisation des entreprises pour lutter contre les changements climatiques, notre deuxième saison de ...
Michael D. Penner Institute on ESG and Scotiabank Sustainable Development Innovations Observatory conference
One hundred fifty participants gathered on May 2nd, 2024, at the first Michael D. Penner Institute on ESG and Scotiabank Sustainable Development Innovations Observatory conference, ...
Multidisciplinary Seminars on ESG and Sustainable Development Innovations
In our multidisciplinary seminars, researchers from the Penner Institute present their latest research and discuss their results with other researchers, graduate students, and members of ...
Our Mission
The mission of the Michael D. Penner Institue on ESG issues is to:
1. Support interdisciplinary and critical research into ESG issues, their regulation and implementation, and the impact of practices incorporating them.
2. Train students from the two partner universities and practitioners with a trans-disciplinary understanding of ESG issues;
3. Create opportunities for exchange between researchers and the finance, business and civil society worlds.
The Scotiabank Sustainable Development Innovations Observatory aims to study and disseminate innovations that support achieving one or more of the 17 sustainable development goals proposed by the United Nations.
