| Céline Louche | |
| Thesis1 Title: | Ethical investment : processes and mechanisms of institutionalisation in the Netherlands, 1990–2002 |
| Thesis1 Year: | 2004 |
Céline Louche is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the University of Waikato, specialising in interactions between business and society, covering topics such as corporate responsibility, sustainable development, and responsible finance.
Louche completed a PhD titled Ethical investment: processes and mechanisms of institutionalisation in the Netherlands, 1990–2002 at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.[1] Louche worked at Triodos Bank in The Netherlands, as a sustainability advisor, before entering academia.[2] [3] Louche was assistant professor of corporate responsibility at the Vlerick Business School in Belgium, and associate professor at the Audencia Nantes School of Management in France.[4]
Louche joined the faculty of the School of Management and Marketing Operations at University of Waikato, rising to full professor.[5] Louche researches topics like corporate responsibility, sustainable development, and responsible finance. Louche co-authored a book on dilemmas in responsible financing, which was published by Routledge in 2011 and reissued as an ebook in 2017.[6]
Louche is on the editorial boards of a number of journals, including Business & Society, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, M@n@gement and Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, Organization & Environment. Louche was the jury chairwoman for the Forum pour l'Investissement Responsable (Sustainable Investment Forum) PIR Awards in 2023.[7] Louche has had visiting fellowships at Stanford University and University of California Berkeley.