POMPEU FABRA UNIVERSITY, BARCELONA A WEEK FOR CHANGE ADDRESS DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL LAW The aim of organizing global climate change Sustainable Company Project week at the Civil Law Department of Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona Pompeu Fabra University, Office 40.222 GLOBAL was first and foremost to raise awareness on Carrer Ramon Trias Fargas 25-27 challenges and opportunities of climate 08005 Barcelona change mitigation and adaptation academic, Spain CLIMATE corporate and entrepreneurial sectors. CHANGE The main idea was to connect independent CONTACT US yet interconnected sessions from professionals in the field throughout the week, with an open door policy and without WEEK 2019 previous registration to allow not only the academic community but also the broader A summary of participants and activities community to access the implicit knowledge on sustainability and climate change. www.upf.edu/web/sustainable-company [email protected] [email protected] The What - Summary STUDENT DAY – MONDAY FIGHT AGAINST FOOD WASTE - WEDNESDAY Students presented their B Alba Canovas from Espigoladors presented Barcelona-based proposals for a sustainable u change: José Fermín suggested a focus on company for fighting food waste. institutional quality that enables appropriate sustainable policies; Antonella Seide SECTORAL OVERVIEW - THURDSAY raised the issue of environmental impacts of the tobacco industry, Carles Anton Blasco Carina Hopper from ESMOD presented his model of predicting air Fashion Indust Business School pollution and Lena von Zabern analyzing Paris provided an insight on sustainability the type of media coverage of Fridays For in fashion and in luxury industries, “We cannot Future. followed by Miguel Castañeda Loayza from SUSTAINABLE CORPORATIONS - Sustainability.es discussion on the solve our TUESDAY differences between corporate social Raimon Puigjainer presenting responsibility and sustainability. Paula problems with Roots for Sustainability Veciana Botet from Formacio i Treball inserting purpose back into organizations presented the organisation’s work on the the same through BCorp certification, followed by social aspects of sustainability, while Oriol Vaneet Sharma presenting CityBell Segarra Pol from ZeroWasteApp provided thinking we used application to connect the disconnected insights into sustainability entrepreneurship neighborhoods and Lela Mélon presenting and the impact of bottom up initiatives in the when we created the EU funded Sustainable Company quest for sustainable development. them. project, proposing a systemic change - Albert Einstein - PARTICIPANTS Carina Hopper Jose Fermin Raimon Puigjainer ESMOD Fashion Business School Student of Masters programme in Roots for Sustainability Paris Law at the UPF Miguel Castañeda Antonella Seide Loayza Vaneet Sharma Student of Masters programme in Sustainability Law at the UPF CityBell App Worldwide Center Carles Anton Blasco Paula Veciana Botet Winner of Planetary Wellbeing Lela Mélon Fundació Formació I Treball Competition at the UPF Sustainable Company Project UPF Lena Von Zabern Finalist of Planetary Wellbeing Competition at the UPF Alba Canovas Espigoladors Oriol Segarra Pol Zero Waste App .