Sarah Kaplan

Sarah Kaplan is Distinguished Professor, Founding Director of the Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE), Professor of Strategic Management and Fellow of the Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. Her latest book—The 360° Corporation: From Stakeholder Trade-offs to Transformation—is based on her Aspen Institute award-winning course at the Rotman School. In it, she shows companies how to avoid simple “greenwashing” or “pinkwashing” in addressing corporate social responsibility. She lays out a roadmap for organizational leaders who have hit the limits of the supposed win-win of shared value to explore how companies can cope with real trade-offs, innovating around them or even thriving within them. Her current research focuses on applying an innovation lens to social challenges such as gender inequality. She was a strategic lead in developing the 2020 Feminist Economic Recovery Plan for Canada. In 2021, she co-authored with Peter Dey, 360º Governance: Where are the Directors in a World in Crisis which outlines corporate director responsibilities for the 21^st century. She regularly advises corporations, governments and agencies on policies related to environmental, social and governance issues such as board diversity, board governance, care work, employment, pay equity, gender-based analysis and other topics. She was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women Executive Network.