Past SERS Network Activities
Explore the impactful work of the SERS Network through our past activities, events, and collaborations.
The Sustainability, Ethics, and Responsibility (SERS) Network explores pressing global challenges. We bring together:
- academics
- businesses
- policymakers
Our activities foster innovation and drive meaningful change. This page highlights past events, collaborations, and initiatives that have shaped our work.
2023 Tri-University Annual Conference
Newcastle University Business School shone at the Tri-University Annual Conference in Xiamen, highlighting sustainable society research and international collaboration.
Sustainability in Fast Fashion: What is the role of the consumer?
Our panellist discussion explored the devastating impact the Fast Fashion industry has on our environment, the alternatives available and the role we as consumers play in limiting those impacts.
Transitioning to sustainable energy: what is the role of corporations? An academic and corporate practitioner discussion
The focus of this panel discussion was on the global transition to more sustainable energy resources and the role that corporations play in this transition.
NGO activism towards social sustainability in restrictive institutional contexts
Prof Natalia Yakovleva, Professor of Strategy at KEDGE Business School, France, delivered this virtual guest lecture.
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The role of banks in tackling climate change: A practitioner-scholar perspective
Wendy Dobson, Head of Group Corporate Citizenship at Standard Bank Group (South Africa), joined us for an online talk.
Whistleblowing webinar
This webinar brought together academics from three schools to discuss pressing issues in whistleblowing research and share knowledge and research ideas.
The Purpose Ecosystem: innovative private sector agency addressing the sustainable development goals?
Our first research webinar welcomed Associate Professor Wendy Stubbs (Monash School of Social Sciences) who presented on ‘The Purpose Ecosystem'.
MBA International Case Competition 2021
MBA students from three international business schools collaborated in a challenging case competition, led by industry partner Kaefer Ltd.
Racial justice and social theory
The second webinar in the 2021 Series of Racial Justice at the Intersection of Business and Society.