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DESCRIPTION:BLP / SGI-OSF Seminars in Business & Society 2022-2023\n\nWith 
 Professor Richard Janda and Iseoluwa Akintude DCL (PhD) candidate\n\nParti
 cipation of Sara Seck (Professor of Law\, Dalhousie)\, Coro Strandberg (Pr
 esident\, Strandberg Consulting)\, and Robert Yalden (Sigurdson Professor 
 in Corporate Law and Finance\, Queens) \n\nAbstract\n\nThe presentation in
 troduces Professor Janda’s and Iseoluwa Akintude’s January 2023 Report for
  the David Suzuki Foundation. The full text of the Report is available her
 e. In their report the authors provide legal recommendations to the Canada
  Business Corporations Act in order to mainstream the idea that corporatio
 ns should have a stated social purpose. The authors consider such recommen
 dations a necessary step in the broader transition to a well-being economy
 \, which prioritizes the long-term quality of life of people and health of
  nature over short-term profits. Their report delves into the legal histor
 y of corporate purpose and\, through case studies in France and the U.K.\,
  shows how other countries have already taken the lead towards establishin
 g the legal framework necessary. \n\nBio\n\nProfessor Janda joined 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ 
 in 1997 and teaches extracontractual obligations\, business associations\,
  administrative process and environmental law. A former clerk to Justices 
 Le Dain and Cory of the Supreme Court of Canada\, he was also Director of 
 the Center for the Study of Regulated Industries at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ. He 
 is currently leading the Myko project (www.myko.org)\, which explores how 
 to connect everyone to the environmental footprint of their choices in rea
 l time. He has written\, among other things\, on corporate social responsi
 bility\, digital law\, and theories of justice. Iseoluwa Akintude is a DCL
  (PhD) candidate at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ and works on the colonial foundations of intern
 ational climate finance.\n\nHybrid event: Zoom link.\n
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LOCATION:New Chancellor Day Hall (3644 Peel)\, 312 
SUMMARY:Bringing Corporate Purpose into the Mainstream: Directions for Cana
 dian Law 
URL:/law/channels/event/bringing-corporate-purpose-mai
 nstream-directions-canadian-law-346350
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