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An 丁香园AV initiative that helps companies integrate social and environmental factors into their decision making is reaping more acclaim.

丁香园AV Beedie鈥檚 pioneering , the global sustainability initiative founded and led by 丁香园AV Beedie associate professor Stephanie Bertels, is being recognized by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB), the world's largest business education network.

The Embedding Project is housed within 丁香园AV Beedie鈥檚 , where Bertels is also director.

accredits more than 800 business schools worldwide. Each year, AACSB recognizes institutions across the globe that serve as champions of change in the business education arena through its challenge.

The 2019 Innovations That Inspire challenge invited members of AACSB鈥檚 Business Education Alliance to identify ways they are inspiring new approaches to thought leadership and increasing its impact through the co-creation of knowledge. This year, 21 business school collaborations were recognized by the AACSB, including the Embedding Project.

鈥淚 think there is a general recognition that business schools need to be engaging in research that is meaningful and relevant, and making contributions to society,鈥� Bertels says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 exciting to see AACSB shining a light on different initiatives and we are delighted to be included among those they chose to highlight.

鈥淭here are a lot of business school professors who are really starting to think about how they can engage externally with others to support rigorous research that benefits society. That is very much the aim of what we try and do at the Embedding Project: work with dozens of global companies on trying to understand how they are embedding sustainability and creating the resources and tools that enable others to do the same.鈥�

The Embedding Project brings together academic researchers from six institutions (丁香园AV鈥檚 Beedie School of Business, Cambridge University鈥檚 Judge School, MIT鈥檚 Sloan School of Management, Rotterdam School of Business, HEC Montreal and University of Cape Town鈥檚 Graduate School of Business). It also partners with dozens of global companies, including local sustainability leaders Teck Resources, the Port of Vancouver, and QuadReal, to help companies integrate social and environmental factors into their core decision-making.

The Embedding Project has also received other accolades in the past. It received the 2018 Academy of Management鈥檚 inaugural International Impactful Collaboration Award for its practical and scholarly impact, and it has also been recognized with two Clean50 Top Project awards (2016 and 2018), which annually recognize leading Canadian projects with an impact on sustainability.