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Magali A. Delmas is a leading scholar in the field of corporate sustainability. She received her Master's Degree in Political Science from Pantheon-Sorbonne University and Sciences Po and her PhD in Strategy at the HEC School of Management.

Professional career
She has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is a Professor of Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. She is the director of the Center for Corporate Environmental Performance.

From 2014 to 2017, she was the President of the Alliance for Research in Corporate Sustainability (ARCS).

Delmas has written over 80 articles, book chapters, and case studies on corporate sustainability. She is known for her work developing effective information strategies to promote conservation behavior and the development of green markets. Her book: “The Green Bundle: Pairing the Market with the Planet” is forthcoming at Stanford University Press.

Her research includes the investigation of the barriers and incentives to adopt energy efficient solutions,  the analysis of the link between organic certification and product quality, the exploration of the mechanisms that link corporate sustainability practices to employee productivity, and the development of methodologies to measure and communicate firm sustainability.

Her work has been supported by the US Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation and the California Air Resources Board.

Selected Publications

 * Delmas, M. A & Pekovic, S. 2018. Organizational Configurations for Sustainability and Employee Productivity: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis approach. Business & Society. 57(1):216-251.
 * Chen, V.L., Delmas, M.A., Locke S. & Singh, A. 2017. Information Strategies for Energy Conservation: A Field Experiment in India. Energy Economics. 68: 215-227.
 * Asensio, O.I., & Delmas, M.A. 2017. The Effectiveness of US Energy Efficiency Building Labels. Nature Energy. 2(17033): 1-8.
 * Delmas, M. A. & Lessem, N. 2017. Eco-Premium or Eco-Penalty? Eco-labels and Quality in the Organic Wine Market. Business & Society. 56(2): 318-356.
 * Zhou, P., Delmas, M.A., & Kohli, A. 2017. Constructing Meaningful Environmental Indices: A Nonparametric Frontier Approach. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 85: 21-34.
 * Asensio, O. I & Delmas, M. A. 2016. The Dynamics of Behavior Change: Evidence from Energy Conservation. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 126(A): 196-212.
 * Delmas, M. A., Lim, J., & Nairn-Birch, N. 2016. Corporate Environmental Performance and Lobbying. Academy of Management Discoveries. 2(2): 1–23.
 * Delmas, M & Pekovic, S. 2016. Corporate Sustainable Innovation and Employee Behavior. Journal of Business Ethics. doi:10.1007/s10551-016-3163-1.
 * Delmas, M. A., Gergaud, O. & Lim, J. 2016. Does Organic Wine Taste Better? An Analysis of Experts’ Ratings. Journal of Wine Economics.
 * Delmas, M. A., Nairn-Birch, N., & Lim, J. 2015. Dynamics of Environmental and Financial Performance: The Case of Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Organization & Environment. 28(4): 374-393.
 * Asensio, O. I. & Delmas, M. A. 2015. undefinedNonPrice Incentives and Energy Conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. January. 112(6): E510-E515.
 * Delmas, M. A. & Lessem, N. 2014. Saving Power to Conserve your Reputation? The Effectiveness of Private versus Public Information. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 67: 353-370.
 * Blass, V. Corbett, C., Delmas, M. A. & Muthulingam, S. 2014. Top Management Involvement in the Adoption of Energy Efficiency Projects. Energy. 65: 560-571.
 * Delmas, M. A. & Grant, L. 2014. Eco-labeling Strategies and Price-Premium: The Wine Industry Puzzle. Business & Society. 53(1): 6–44.
 * Delmas, M. A., Etzion, D., & Nairn-Birch, N. 2013. Triangulating Environmental Performance: What do Corporate Social Responsibility Ratings Really Capture? Academy of Management Perspectives. 27(3): 255-267.
 * Delmas, M. A. & Pekovic, S. 2013. Environmental Standards and Labor Productivity. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 34(2): 230-252.
 * Delmas, M. A. & Burbano, V. C. 2011. The Drivers of Greenwashing. California Management Review. 54(1): 64-87.
 * Delmas, M. A., Montes-Sancho, M. & Shimshack, J. 2010. Mandatory Information Disclosure Policy: Evidence from the electric utility industry, Economic Inquiry. 48(2): 483–498.
 * Delmas, M. A. & Montiel, I. 2009. Greening the Supply Chain: When is Customer Pressure Effective? Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. 18(1): 171-201.
 * Delmas, M. A & Toffel, M. 2008. Organizational Responses to Environmental Demands: Opening the Black Box, Strategic Management Journal. 29(10): 1027-1055.
 * Delmas, M. & Toffel, M. 2004 Stakeholders and Environmental Management Practices: An Institutional Framework, Business Strategy and the Environment. 13: 209-222.