
Céline Louche
Présentation
I am Associate Professor at Audencia Nantes School of Management, France. I am head of the corporate social responsibility research axis and joint-head of the "Microfinance and financial vulnerability" Chair.
I research in the areas of sustainability and corporate responsibility. My work builds from organizational, institutional, network and strategic analyses to understand how businesses transform behaviorally, culturally and organizationally in their movement towards sustainability. Prior to academia, I worked as Sustainability Analyst for Responsible Investment at the Dutch Sustainability Research institute/Triodos in The Netherlands.
Areas of research include
• Sustainable Development
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Responsible Investment and sustainable finance
• Change processes in organisations and organisational fields;
Academic Experience
Since 2013: Associate professor, Audencia Nantes School of Management, Nantes, France
2005- 2013: Assistant Professor, Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium
2004-2005: Senior Researcher, Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium
2003: Visiting scholar at Scancor (Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research)Stanford University, California, US
1999-2003 Research Assistant, Erasmus Centre for Sustainable Development and Management (Erasmus University Rotterdam) The Netherlands
Education
1999-2003: Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
PhD in Environmental Sciences
Ethical investment: Processes and mechanisms of institutionalisation in the Netherlands 1990-2002, Dissertation
--Best European PhD dissertation in Finance and Sustainability, FIR European Research Award, 2005--
1997-1998: European Association for Environmental Management Education, Athens, Greece and Rotterdam, Netherlands
European Master in Environmental Management, Environmental and financial business performance in Europe, Master thesis
1995-1996 University of Aix en Provence (I.A.E.), France
Post-graduate, Management Sciences (Strategy, Human Resources), Implementation of environmental strategy, DEA thesis
1993-1995 University Aix-Marseille II, France,
Master in Management Sciences
Other Employment
1998-2003 Triodos Bank/ Dutch Sustainability Research institute (now Jantzi-Sustainalytics), Zeist, The Netherlands
Sustainability Analyst for ethical investment
Publications
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Career bootstrapping and the pursuit of social change: How individuals’ involvement in the design of sustainable financeEGOS, 2024, Milan, Italy
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Exploring the Symbolic Function of Paradoxes in CSR Strategic Communication: Oxfam - Coca Cola partnership case study32nd EGOS Colloquium "Organizing in the shadow of power" (Sub-theme 35: "Paradox theory and research: constituting tensions, power and discourse"), EGOS, Jul 2016, Naples, Italy
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Changing conventional practices : integration of extra-financial information into stock valuation and investment decision processes.International Association for Business and Society Conference (IASB), Jun 2009, Aspen/Snowmass, United States
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The integration of ESG information in investment processes : toward a emerging collective belief ?Colloque RIODD : la RSE : Une nouvelle régulation du capitalisme ? Approches pluridisciplinaires des pratiques et enjeux des démarches socialement et environnementalement responsables, Jun 2009, Lille, France
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Changing conventional practices: Integration of extra-financial information into stock valuation and investment decision processes.20th EBEN Annual Conference, Sep 2007, LOUVAIN, Belgium
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Socially Responsible Investment in the 21st Century: Does It Make a Difference for Society?Céline Louche; Tessa Hebb. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.328, 2014, Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability, 9781783504671
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Dilemnas in Responsible InvestmentGreenleaf Publishing, pp.230, 2011, 978-1-906093-51-8
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Theory and Practice of Corporate Social ResponsibilitySamuel O. Idowu; Céline Louche. Springer, pp.284, 2011, 978-3-642-16461-3
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Finance and Sustainability: Towards a New Paradigm? A Post-Crisis AgendaWilliam Sun; Céline Louche; Roland Pérez. Emerald Group Publishing, 2011, Book Series: Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability, 978-1-78052-092-6
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Innovative CSRCéline Louche; Samuel O. Idowu; Walter Leal Filho. Greenleaf Publishing, pp.442, 2010, 978-1-906093-35-8
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CSR and ShareholdersEsben Rahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen. Corporate Social Responsibility, SAGE Publications Ltd, 2015, 9780857022455
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Responsible investment in BelgiumHebb T.; Hawley J.P.; Hoepner A.G.F; Neher Q.L.; Wood D. The Routledge companion to Responsible investment, Routledge, 2015
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Belgium: Unions questioning the added value of CSRLutz Preuss; Michael Gold; Chris Rees. Corporate Social Responsibility and Trade Unions. Perspectives across Europe, Routledge, 2014, 978-0415856812
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Regulation for social investment: where do we stand?Ivan Tchotourian. Company law and CSR: Convergence or divergence? A comparative Approach about the New Challenge of Law, Bruylant, 2013
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Performance management at the corporate level: beyond financial performanceRegine Slagmulder; Kurt Verweire; Koen Dewettinck. Managing for Performance Excellence, Lannoo, 2012, 978-9020979268
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Changing the Dominant Convention: The Role of Emerging Initiatives in Mainstreaming ESGWilliam Sun, Céline Louche, Roland Pérez. Finance and sustainability : towards a new paradigm ? A post-crisis agenda, Emerald, pp.85-117, 2011, ⟨10.1108/S2043-9059(2011)0000002011⟩
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Changing conventional practices : integration of extra-financial information into stock valuation and investment decision processesLouche C., Perez R. and Sun W. Finance and Sustainability : towards a new paradigm ? A post-crisis agenda, Emerald Book, pp.85-117, 2011
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Strategic process of change: a multiple network game: The Rohner Textil caseMacGregor, Steven P; Carleton, Tamara. Sustaining Innovation, Springer, 2011, 978-1-4614-2076-7
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Socially Responsible InvestingJohn R. Boatright. Finance Ethics: Critical Issues in Theory and Practice, John Wiley & Sons, pp.393-418, 2010, 9780470499160
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Socially Responsible Investment: Global Convergence or Local Divergence?Henri-Claude de Bettignies; François Lépineux. Finance for a Better World: The Shift Toward Sustainability, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.51-70, 2009, 9780230551305
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Understanding the CSR landscape in BelgiumSamuel O. Idowu; Walter Leal Filho. Global Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility, Springer, pp.125-148, 2009, 978-3-540-68815-0
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Corporate Social Responsibility: The investor’s perspectiveSamuel O Idowu; Walter Leal Filho. Professionals' Perspectives of Corporate Social Responsibility, Springer, 2009, 978-3-642-02630-0
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Stakeholder Management: A trajectory frameworkJan Jonker; Marco de Witte. Management Models for Corporate Social Responsibility, Springer, pp.171-179, 2006, 978-3-540-33247-3
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From financial corporate governance towards responsible corporate governanceAbove the Clouds: A Guide to Trends Changing the Way We Work: A Project, Greenleaf Publishing, pp.58-61, 2006, 978-1874719946
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The corporate environmental performance-financial performance link: Implications for ethical investment in Sustainable BankingMarcel Jeucken; Leon Klinkers; Jan Jaap Bouma. Sustainable Banking: The Greening of Finance, Greenleaf Publishing, 2001, 978-1874719380
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