Sustainability Research Lunch: Pathways for Investor Climate Impact
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E62-346
100 Main Street, Cambridge, Mass 02142-1347, United States
Speakers
Jason Jay
Director
MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative
Jason Jay is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of the Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan. He teaches courses on leadership, strategy, and innovation for sustainable business. Jason engages students and alumni in hands-on projects with leading companies and organizations. These efforts help build a community of innovators for sustainability that includes MIT students and alumni, faculty and researchers, with partners in business, government, NGOs, and hybrid organizations.
Jason’s research focuses on how people navigate the tensions inherent in the quest for sustainability, as they simultaneously pursue their own self-interest and the flourishing of human and other life. This work includes deep case studies of cross-sectoral collaboration and hybrid organizations that combine social and business goals. These case studies have been published in the Academy of Management Journal and California Management Review. He also contributes to the MIT Sloan Management Review, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and Greenbiz on the topic of sustainability-oriented innovation (SOI). A key finding of his research is that social innovation occurs through authentic conversations that hold the tension between divergent values and perspectives. With Gabriel Grant, he is the author of Breaking Through Gridlock: The Power of Conversation in a Polarized World.
Jay holds an AB in psychology and a Master's in education from Harvard University, and a PhD in Organization Studies from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Pedro Oporto
Researcher
MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedrovoporto/
Pedro de Vasconcellos Oporto is a Technology and Policy Master's student at MIT working with the Sustainability Initiative at Sloan. He is a Research Assistant looking at climate transition in the financial sector and engaging investors on climate action. Pedro has a Bachelors from WPI in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering with a technical background in data science, data engineering, and mechanical design.