Dr. Truzaar Dordi

Expertise

• Climate Finance
• Energy Policy
• Sustainability Transitions

Background

Truzaar Dordi is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Victoria, working in the fields of climate finance, energy policy, and sustainability transitions. His research examines the effectiveness and acceptability of climate-related financial regulations in meeting Canada's greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. Truzaar holds a Doctorate in Sustainability Management from the University of Waterloo, where he examined the role of capital markets in low-carbon transitions. Truzaar currently serves as the Vice President for the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics and served as a member and author for the University of Waterloo’s Responsible Investing Advisory Group. He is recognized as a 2020 Corporate Knights’ Top 30 Under 30 Sustainability Leader and a 2023 Clean50 Emerging Leader, awarded for his work on climate action and financial stability.

Select Publications

1. Dordi, T., Gehricke, S. A., Naef, A., & Weber, O., (2022). Ten Financial Actors Can Accelerate a Transition Away from Fossil Fuels. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.
2. Dordi, T., & Palaschuk, N. (2022). Mapping 70 years of advancements in management research on sustainability journals. Journal of Cleaner Production.
3. Carter, A.V., Dordi, T. (2021). Correcting Canada’s “One Eye Shut” Climate Policy. Cascade Institute.
4. Strauch, Y., Dordi, T., & Carter, A. (2020). Constraining fossil fuels based on 2° C carbon budgets: the rapid adoption of a transformative concept in politics and finance. Climatic Change.
5. Dordi, T. & Weber, O. (2019). The impact of divestment announcements on the share price of fossil fuel stocks. Sustainability.

Conference Proceedings and Presentations

1. Dordi, T., Gehricke, S. A., Naef, A., & Weber, O., (2022, September 27). Ten Financial Actors Can Accelerate a Transition Away from Fossil Fuels. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Fossil Fuel Supply and Climate Policy: Oxford, United Kingdom.
2. Dordi, T., Gehricke, S. A., Naef, A., & Weber, O., (2022, August 9). Ten Financial Actors Can Accelerate a Transition Away from Fossil Fuels. Paper presented at the 82nd annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Organization and Natural Environment Division: Seattle, Washington.
3. Dordi, T., Krueger, R., Duff, P., Brodsky, G., (2022, June 7). Social Movements in the Media: A Content Analysis of Fossil Fuel Divestment in Higher Education. Paper presented at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Social Responsibility Division: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
4. Dordi, T., Gehricke, S. A., Naef, A., & Weber, O., (2021, September 2) Ten Financial Actors Can Accelerate a Transition Away from Fossil Fuels. Paper presented at 4th Annual Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment (GRASFI) Conference: Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China (Virtual).
5. (Best Paper Award) Dordi, T., Stephens, P., Geobey, S., & Weber, O., (2020, June 12) Delineating Impact Investing: A Bibliometric Review. Paper presented at Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Social Responsibility Division: Memorial University, St. John’s, Canada (Virtual).

Select Recognitions and Awards:

2023 Canadian Clean50 Emerging Leader Award, Delta Management
2021 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship
2021 Hurst Legacy Award for Lifelong Commitment to Community Service
2020 “30 Under 30” Canadian Sustainability Leader, Corporate Knights
2020 Best Paper Award, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada