PRESENTATION
Aware of the importance of collaboration between university and business, not just in the development and training of future professionals, but also in the knowledge expansion in the business world and the generation of opinions of general interest, in September 2006 MANGO and ESCI-UPF started a partnership agreement which is specified in the “MANGO Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility”.
There is a mutual interest in in deepening the study of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and, in general, analysing the sustainability of economic and business activity. As part of this Chair, ESCI-UPF and MANGO expect to generate knowledge, analysis and debate on these issues and at the same time, to translate these reflections to the public. In this regard, the Chair’s initiatives are based on fostering research activities in CSR and related areas.
In this spirit we consider that the Chair must act as a conjunction and meeting point between the various companies, institutions and entities linked to CSR, and that all of them can contribute to the different projects and research studies being conducted.
OBJECTIVES
The main objectives of the MANGO Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility are:
- Investigate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in depth and analyse the sustainability of economic and business activity
- Create knowledge, drive analysis and spark debate on these questions and share findings with the public
- Promote research into CSR and related areas
TEAM
The research team of the MANGO Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility is made up of the following professors and researchers from ESCI-UPF:
Dra. Alba Bala
Researcher for the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change – Head of the waste management line
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see LinkedIn profile
Dra. Rosa Colomé
Director of the Internship Programme – Codirector of the Master’s in International Retail – Academic coordinator – Researcher
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Dr. Pere Fullana
Director of the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change – Researcher
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see LinkedIn profile
ADVISORY COUNCIL
In order to advise the MANGO Chair in its activities, the Advisory Council of the MANGO Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility was created. This Council is made up of renowned people in the field of CSR and that are linked to representative business, administrative, social and academic organizations. The main function of the Advisory Council is to identify relevant issues and current trends that allow feeding the lines of work promoted by the MANGO Chair.
The Advisory Council of the MANGO Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility is made up of the following persons:
Albert Alberich
Director of Formació i Treball Foundation
Beatriz Bayo
CSR Director of MANGO
Vicente Blanes
General Director of Institut Tecnològic Tèxtil AITEX
Enric Brull
Director of Knowledge and Quality Area in Diputació de Tarragona
Xavier Carbonell
Director of the MANGO Chair in CSR (ESCI-UPF)
Xavier Cardona
General Director of Col·legi de Censors Jurats de Comptes de Catalunya
Javier Dueñas
CSR Director of Cajamar
Mònica Figueras
Vice-rector for Social Responsibility and Promotion
Pere Fullana
Director of the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change (ESCI-UPF)
Àlex Pérez
Communication Director of Sanofi
Àngel Pes
Deputy General Director of Caixabank and President of Red Pacto Mundial España
Josep Planas
Deputy General Director of Environmental Information and Education of Planning and Sustainability Departament of Generalitat de Catalunya
Nerea Plaza
CSR Head of Suez Water Spain (Agbar)
Marta Roca
Vicepresident of Economy and Sustainability Commission of Col·legi d’Economistes de Catalunya
Josep Santacreu
CEO of Grupo DKV