Michael Jantzi

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Our current retail system is set up to sell new products, which are used and then disposed of – very much a linear (and inefficient) process. The Closed Loop system implies that once products are used they can be reconditioned and brought back into the sales loop
Europe`s future depends on cities resilient to climate change
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This week, Microsoft is announcing an unusual initiative that it hopes will change how the company operates. Microsoft is charging every division and data center for the carbon emissions they generate. Will it be enough to drive change?
Life Cycle Approaches Key to Canada's Competitivenes
The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy today released a new report that identifies the need for Life Cycle Approaches in environmental and economic decision-making by companies and government.
Clean mining association launched
A new industry association has been launched aimed at supporting and advocating technological advancements to make the mining industry cleaner and more environmentally responsible.

Michael Jantzi

CEO, Sustainalytics, Canada

Michael Jantzi is the CEO of Sustainalytics, a leading global provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and analysis. With offices in nine countries, Sustainalytics works with asset owners, investment managers and civil society organizations, helping them integrate ESG factors into their investment and business decisions.

With more than 20 years experience in responsible investment research, Michael has worked with both values-based investors and institutions that incorporate ESG factors within a materiality framework. He is a thought leader on sustainability investment and corporate social responsibility issues and regularly appears in the global media. Michael co-authored The 50 Best Ethical Stocks for Canadians: High Value Investing, published by MacMillan Canada.

In June 2010 Michael was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Social Investment Organization in recognition of his contributions to the Canadian socially responsible investment market thorough leadership, initiative, collaboration and innovation. Sustainalytics was also internationally recognized in 2010 as the Best ESG Research House of the Year by IPE-TBLI Group.

Michael mentors social entrepreneurs through his involvement in the Ashoka Support Network. He also sits on the practitioner advisory council for the Research Network for Business Sustainability, overseen by the Richard Ivey School of Business, and is a member of the Schulich School of Business' Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business. Michael holds degrees from the University of Western Ontario and Dalhousie University.