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EandB Connect : Issue 13 Nov 2010
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ORGANISATIONAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH ALUMNI MAGAZINE 2010 THE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS 7 While at this stage our research has focused on larger organisations, addressing the significance of climate change is likely to be equally important to small-medium sized organisations. For example, changes in the supply chains of larger organisations because of environmental or changed regulatory factors could seriously impact smaller businesses down the line. Local government is another sector that is in increasing need of sustainability managers, particularly in regard to the issues around extreme weather events, rising water levels and how cities will cope with potential relocation issues. During 2011 we aim to expand our research, beyond our focus on the role of individuals, into a number of detailed case studies of new business strategy and practice in this area, and are organising a specialist stream at the 2011 European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium on business responses to climate change. (www.egosnet.org) While at times this research can be quite overwhelming and the realisation hits that there are significant gaps in climate change policy, it is rewarding to learn that most of the companies we've spoken to are fundamentally changing their strategies to make real significant change. Some companies are changing the products they produce; some are looking at greater efficiencies while others are becoming advocates for the climate change cause. We've certainly come across very few climate change sceptics. Professor Chris Wright Chair, Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies
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