Associate Professor of Management and acclaimed climate change strategist was awarded the 2020 Book Award from the Organizations and Natural Environment (ONE) Division of the Academy of Management this summer for her guide on how to adapt to what climate change may bring.
Haigh鈥檚 book, , sets out an engaging step-by-step scenario planning method that executives, board members, managers, and consultants can follow to develop a long-term strategy for climate change tailored for any business.
Haigh said she was excited to receive the award.
鈥淢y goal in writing the book was to codify a scenario planning method and apply it to climate change, so that any manager, who might be a lay person in terms of climate science, can learn about how climate change could affect their organization, and understand what they should be doing to prepare,鈥 she said. 鈥淧revious recipients of this award are some of the scholars I admire most, and it鈥檚 a great honor to be counted among them.鈥
The ONE Division is a group of scholars that study, teach, and engage with business and policymakers on a wide variety of topics related to environmental sustainability. The ONE Book Award recognizes the best book published in the previous three years in the area of organizations and the natural environment.
鈥淚t was a unanimous decision, we loved Scenario Planning for Climate Change for bringing sound research to practitioners and its ability to inspire them to include scenario planning for climate change in their decision-making process. A wonderful read,鈥 stated the 2020 ONE Book Award Committee.
Originally from Australia, Haigh has spent the better part of 15 years researching how businesses react to climate change. She has taught hundreds of executives and business students how to strategize for climate change resilience using scenario planning. Her work has been profiled in , and cited in outlets such as , , , and .