{"id":84125,"date":"2022-09-15T14:24:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T18:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=84125"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:18","slug":"carleton-experts-available-patagonias-green-corporate-restructuring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2022\/carleton-experts-available-patagonias-green-corporate-restructuring\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Experts Available: Patagonia\u2019s Green Corporate Restructuring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton Experts Available: Patagonia\u2019s Green Corporate Restructuring\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton University experts are available to discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patagonia.com\/ownership\/\">Patagonia\u2019s radical green corporate restructuring plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The billionaire founder of the outdoor clothing company Patagonia announced on Wednesday that he is giving away his company to fight the climate crisis and protect undeveloped land around the world. Yvon Chouinard says he is transferring his family\u2019s ownership to a specially designed trust and non-profit organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in speaking with the experts below, please feel free to reach out directly. If you require other assistance, please email Steven Reid, Media Relations Officer, at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:steven.reid3@carleton.ca\">steven.reid3@carleton.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graeme Auld<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, with a cross appointment in the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:graeme.auld@carleton.ca\">graeme.auld@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Auld\u2019s expertise includes, comparative and global environmental politics and policy, international political economy, transnational private governance and private regulation, corporate social responsibility, climate change, and natural resource governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on Auld visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sppa\/graeme-auld\/\">https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sppa\/graeme-auld\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leanne Keddie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor, Sprott School of Business at Carleton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:Leanne.Keddie@carleton.ca\">Leanne.Keddie@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keddie is available to discuss sustainability and companies, including how firms measure and report their impact on society and the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keddie\u2019s research examines corporate sustainability reporting, sustainable bonuses being paid by companies to executives as part of corporate compensation plans and sustainability performance. Her current research project looks at how companies pay bonuses based on greenhouse gas emission goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on Keddie visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/sprott.carleton.ca\/profile\/leanne-keddie\/\">https:\/\/sprott.carleton.ca\/profile\/leanne-keddie\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<br>\n<\/strong>Steven Reid (he\/him)<br>\nMedia Relations Officer<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-265-6613<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Steven.Reid3@carleton.ca\">Steven.Reid3@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\nCOVID 19 Updates:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/coronavirus-covid-19\/messages\/\">https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/coronavirus-covid-19\/messages\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University experts are available to discuss Patagonia\u2019s radical green corporate restructuring plan. The billionaire founder of the outdoor clothing company Patagonia announced on Wednesday that he is giving away his company to fight the climate crisis and protect undeveloped land around the world. 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