18193: Business and Biodiversity: Foregrounding the Natural Environment in Management Studies

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

10:15 - 11:45 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall B- B2-m6

Session Type: Symposium (panel)
Orientation: Practice,Research
Highlight: Showcase Symposium
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/ganMXL

Panelist(s)

GW

Gail Whiteman

U. of Exeter Business School
RP

Rajat Panwar

Oregon State U., United States
GS

Garima Sharma

American U., Kogod School of Business, United States
MW

Miriam Michiko Wilhelm

WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
SP

Stefano Pascucci

U. of Exeter, United Kingdom

Organizer(s)

RN

Ryan Nolan

University of Exeter, United Kingdom
PQ

Patrick Oko Quaye

University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Drawing on perspectives from leading scholars across management, sustainability, and supply chain studies, this panel symposium addresses how biodiversity and nature are fertile grounds for building novel organizational theories. While businesses increasingly recognize nature-related risks, management scholarship lacks robust frameworks for understanding corporate responses to biodiversity loss. Our expert panel explores critical themes including transdisciplinary research approaches, fail-safe corporate interventions, global supply chain impacts, and research-practice partnerships for systems change. Through moderated discussion, we examine how multidisciplinary collaboration can strengthen theoretical foundations while addressing challenges associated with practical implementation. The symposium particularly speaks to ONE's focus on organizational-environmental interactions while engaging broader management theory interests in power dynamics, institutional change, and strategic adaptation to grand challenges. By bringing together scholarly perspectives, we aim to position nature as central to management research while advancing both theoretical understanding and practical implementation of corporate biodiversity action.