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Pushing Prices Higher: Options and Implications of Pricing Carbon 
If you missed our Environment Speaker Series presentation, the slides from the expert discussion panel are now available. Please click here to read more.
People
Peter Dauvergne   Simon Donner   Hadi Dowlatabadi   Milind Kandlikar   Philippe Le Billon   Jane Lister   Yoshitaka Ota   Jerry Spiegel   Douw Steyn   Yves Tiberghien   Hisham Zerriffi
Projects
The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Shipping Industry
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A Research Collaboration between the Liu Institute for Global Issues and the Nippon Foundation.
A Study of Chinese Consumer Good Manufacturer's Response to Big Brand Supply Chain Sustainability
Jane Lister, Genevieve LeBaron
In recent years, big brand companies have competed to adopt far-reaching sustainability goals. They are now racing to drive these commitments into their core operations as well as through their global supply chains. This project analyzes the impact of this accelerating trend on the environmental and social practices of consumer goods manufacturers in China.
The Contentious Political Economy of Biofuels
Kate Neville
In coastal east Africa, Liu Scholar Kate Neville navigates the complexity of the political economy of biofuels through visiting organizations and local communities.
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Publications
The Eco-Business Market Advantage
Peter Dauvergne, Jane Lister
An excerpt from Peter Dauvergne and Jane Lister's book, Eco-Business, is published in The World Financial Review.
May 29, 2013
Eco-Business: A Big-Brand Takeover of Sustainability
Peter Dauvergne, Jane Lister
A new book by Peter Dauvergne and Jane Lister.
April 10, 2013
The Corporatization of Sustainability
Jane Lister, Peter Dauvergne
Peter Dauvergne and Jane Lister published a new open access article on the e-IR website for International Relations scholars on the corporatization of sustainability.
January 22, 2013
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Events
Apr
16
2013
Earth Governance Roundtable: Transnational Environmental Governance
April 16, 2013
Presented by Professor Jolene Lin, Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong.
Feb
22
2013
A Dialogue with John Ruggie: CSR, Global Governance, and the Extractive Sector
February 22, 2013
Please join us for a dialogue with Professor John Ruggie, Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Affiliated Professor in International Legal Studies at Harvard Law School.
Dec
10
2012
Agriculture and the transformation of Planet Earth
December 10, 2012
A talk by Professor Navin Ramankutty on agricultural land use and environmental impacts.
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