Banking on the Future – Driving Responsibility and Sustainability in the Financial Sector
By Lavinia Iosif-Lazar. While the world seems to have moved on from the last financial crisis, one can only wonder if banks and financial...
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Sep 17, 2021
Connecting, Cohering, and Amplifying: The Work of Transformation Catalysts
By Sandra Waddock and Steve Waddell ◦ 4 min read ◦ The shocking 2021 IPCC report on the climate emergency makes clearer than ever that...
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Jun 30, 2021
Social impact bonds in the Nordics: insights from ‘Copenhagen Impact Investing Days 2021’
By Mikkel M. Andersen and Ferran Torres ◦ 5 min read ◦ A social impact bond (SIB) is an innovative model for public service delivery...
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Jun 28, 2021
The Concept of Fragmented Labour Markets
By Janine Leschke and Sonja Bekker ◦ 4 min read ◦ The employment and social impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic have been larger on some...
Jun 22, 2021
The maker movement, the quiet, game-changing revolution near you #2
By Efthymios Altsitsiadis ◦ 5 min read ◦ One of the most overlooked and yet promising agents in the fight against climate change and towards...
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Can Your Green Building Rub Off On You?
By Lara Anne Hale. How can the standardization of green default rules influences those living in or working with buildings? Both the green and...
CBS Hosts 6th Biennial International Symposium on Cross-Sector Social Interactions in June 2018
How can business, government, and civil society interact to better address societal challenges such as climate change, immigration, social exclusion, and poverty? The 6th...
Considering Impact on the Road to Sustainability
By Paige Olmsted. Mainstreaming the environment is a key component to achieving sustainability objectives – how organizations account for their existing impact, and assess...
Challenges & Opportunities in Local Textile Production
By Kirsti Reitan Andersen. Today the progressive digitalization of the economy is shaping the way in which the fashion industry operates. The overarching discourse...
Entrepreneurship: The Solution to Africa’s Youth Unemployment Crisis?
By Thilde Langevang and Katherine V. Gough. Small-scale entrepreneurial activities currently provide livelihoods to a large proportion of the youth population in sub-Saharan Africa...
About Meta-MSIs and Private Governance
By Luisa Murphy. What are Meta-Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives (MSIs)? What is their role and contribution to private governance? How do Meta-MSIs enable the translation of...
Is CSR Effectively Altruistic?
By Lot Elshuis. CSR is the part of a company that focusses on doing good. Interestingly enough, business is all about impact and effectiveness...