Leading Change
Sustainable Strategy - Eagle Airlines
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Kelly George, Nnanna Emetu
In this study, we explore Eagle Airlines, a fictitious, commercial airline headquartered in the United States, that offers domestic and international flights with a strong focus on customer safety and service. Recently, the company has embarked on a strategic shift towards minimizing its environmental footprint, recognizing the aviation industry's critical role in contributing to pollution and climate change. Eagle Airlines is committed to aligning its operations with sustainable development goals and fostering a more economic, social, and environmentally sustainable future.
Art and Sustainability: The Role of Art in Climate Change Education
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Auranzaib Noor Ali
This study explores the potential of arts-based education to enhance environmental literacy and promote sustainable living among students. By integrating arts and environmental education, we can develop a deeper understanding of the human-nature relationship and encourage students to adopt environmentally conscious behaviors. The study examines the role of arts in fostering empathy, creativity, and critical thinking skills, which are essential for addressing the complex environmental challenges we face today. The findings suggest that arts-based education can be a powerful tool in promoting environmental awareness, encouraging community engagement, and inspiring students to take action towards a more sustainable future.
Governance for Climate Resilience
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Petra Dilling
Our study empirically investigates the relationship between several corporate characteristics and climate change reporting, using panel data for years 2018 to 2022 of 108 Canadian public companies. The level of climate change reporting was assessed by using the CDP Score that the company received by CDP (previously Climate Disclosure Project). The findings show that higher levels of climate change reporting is significantly related to board gender diversity, independent board member ratio, board size, commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Goal 13, external sustainability report auditing, financial exposure to physical risks, climate commercial risks, developed emission targets and are operating in certain sectors. This study employs instrumental variable fixed effect panel and ordered probit regression analyses. Our results were robust to various regression specifications and alternatives. The study used the extended ordered probit regression with endogenous treatment to account for potential endogeneity of independent board members by applying the two instrumental variables capturing the existence of a corporate governance board committee and the fact of executive compensation for long-term objectives using data from the LSG EIKON Reuters and CDP databases.
