Navigating the Ecological Transition

Hugues Bouthinon-Dumas is Associate Professor of Law in the Public and Private Policy department and the Head of the Public Affairs Track at ESSEC Business School in Paris. He holds a doctorate in economic law from Paris Dauphine University and his “Habilitation” from Paris Sorbonne University. He teaches business law, legal aspects of the ecological transition, sustainable finance, company law, and economic criminal law. He is also a part-time judge at the Nanterre court (Paris Business District). His interest areas cover markets regulation, company law, including corporate governance issues, Law and Management, and legal theory. Arijit Chatterjee is Professor of Management and Academic Director of the Asian Strategy Consulting Project at ESSEC Business School. His research interests are in strategic decision-making, how inequality within and outside of firms is addressed through institutional mechanisms and social movements, how challengers and incumbents use disruptive tactics in strategic action fields, and how small organizations can address grand challenges. Bernard Leca is Professor of Management Control, Chaired Professor on Ecological Transition at ESSEC Business School, and Academic Director of the Evaluation et Mesure d’Impact Social et Environnemental (EMISE) Laboratory. He researches and works with companies and other organizations on topics related to sustainability. He focuses on sustainable development goals, and issues related to climate change and biodiversity collapse with a particular focus on power asymmetry among actors, and how this might influence adaptation and mitigation processes.