International honour for course entitled Leadership climatique : cours à vélo vers une économie net zéro

A course in French entitled Leadership climatique : cours à vélo vers une économie net zéro (Climate Leadership: Cycling Towards a Net Zero Economy) won the 2024 Educational Transformation Award from the Association internationale de management stratégique (AIMS) at its annual conference, which was held from June 4 to 6, 2024.

The purpose of this innovative course which was launched for graduate students in 2022 by Associate Professor Yves Plourde, is to encourage participants to become stakeholders in the fight against climate change. This course incorporates cycling as an educational tool to make students aware of mobility issues as well as the impact of their travel activity. It is divided into 3 parts:

1. Theoretical basics regarding the science of climate change, principles for setting carbon neutrality objectives and the various standards enabling companies to declare carbon neutrality.
2. Meetings with practitioners and visits to commercial, historical and environmental sites of interest.
3. Intervention project with the Port of Montreal to help it achieve its carbon neutrality target by 2045; divided into 4 mandates for as many teams, which are renewed each year in line with the progress made.