Asper Sustainability News Archive
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The Asper School Announces the Chiu Centre for Business Serving Community
November 10, 2025 —
Thanks to a generous $5.4 million gift by Drs. Wayne and Elanor Chiu, the Asper School of Business is establishing a new research centre dedicated to fostering culture change in capitalism.
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Sustainability Month: Asper PhD Candidate Studies the Gender Gap Among Vegans
October 8, 2025 —
How can marketers make more men interested in trying a vegan meal?
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Seeing the Supply Chain as a Chain of Relationships
August 20, 2025 —
Asper Professor and Director of Sustainability Minelle Silva publishes a years-in-the-making research article in FT50-ranked publication
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Get to know Asper School of Business Director of Sustainability, Minelle E. Silva
September 9, 2024 —
Associate professor of supply chain management and newly appointed director of sustainability, Minelle E. Silva pursues research that mainly concerns supply chain sustainability and inter-organizational relationships. He is passionate about social and environmental justice and develops academic work that sheds light on problems in supply chains. Silva was appointed director of sustainability at the Asper School of Business effective July 1, 2024.
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Winnipeg Free Press: Planet before profit: local businesses featured in students’ sustainability film
July 31, 2024 —
Planet before profit: local businesses featured in students’ sustainability film
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Documentary spotlighting sustainable local businesses has Winnipeg premiere
June 25, 2024 —
Beyond Profit: Seeking Sustainability, a short documentary film directed by Ridley, had its Winnipeg premiere on June 12, 2024. Featuring an introduction from the film’s executive producer, Bruno Dyck and a fireside chat moderated by Asper MBA alum, instructor and producer Rohan Shanker [MBA/23], the premiere welcomed community members, local business owners, students and faculty to connect over their passion for sustainable business.
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Asper School of Business marks sustainability month reflecting on a year of progress
October 24, 2023 —
The Asper School of Business is championing sustainability with a series of initiatives engaging staff, faculty, students and alumni. In light of UM’s Sustainability Month, Dean Bruno Silvestre is excited to highlight Asper’s commitment to sustainability in business education.
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Asper PhD candidate explores how businesses can contribute to creating a better world
October 13, 2023 —
Asper School of Business researcher, instructor and PhD candidate Mojtaba M. Shourkaei explores how businesses can advance sustainability. He recently completed research on Patagonia, an outdoor apparel brand, and published his findings this year in Business Strategy and the Environment, a leading academic journal in the field of business sustainability.
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Asper associate professor’s work named best paper by top management journal
September 12, 2023 —
Buchanan’s work, whether he is studying reality TV or standards of sustainable forestry, takes our capacity for change seriously, approaching business as a dynamic and responsive field and pursuing individual phenomena with curiosity and a willingness to acknowledge, critique and learn.
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Replacing profit with purpose
August 8, 2023 —
Asper researchers are publishing work that rethinks traditional business models and prioritizes sustainability. Despite the lingering, outdated sentiment that sustain-centric business is an alternative perspective, they demonstrate how and why sustainability is the future—and the now—of business.