Moving towards mandatory CSR – EU’s mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence proposal
By Johanna Jarvela ◦ 2 min read ◦ Last March European parliament gave a proposal to create mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence directive. The aim is to prevent...
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Jun 30, 2022
Environmentally sound and financially rewarding? Key findings from an exploratory study on the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)
By Milena Bar, Ottilia Henningsson, & Dr. Kristjan Jespersen ◦ 5 min read ◦ The Science-Based Targets initiative aligns firms’ emission reduction targets with a...
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Jun 27, 2022
Constructing Social Portfolios: A Quantitative versus Screening Approach
By Alina Hofer, Lea Katharina Kasper & Dr. Kristjan Jespersen ◦ 5 min read ◦ When we talk about ESG, one could argue that there...
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Jun 24, 2022
Corporate social responsibility and societal governance
By Jeremy Moon ◦ 3 min read ◦ Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine reminds us that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is both a reflection of the times...
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Jun 23, 2022
Do nudges work in organisations?
By Leonie Decrinis ◦ 3 min read ◦ Introduced by Thaler and Sunstein in 2008, nudges have become popular policy tools to change the behaviour of...
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Sustainable brands on Black Friday: What do consumers perceive as authentic?
By Nina Böntgen, Sara Derse and Meike Janssen ◦ 4 min read ◦ The fashion industry has repeatedly come under fire for its negative effects...
Climate Change and Magical Thinking
By Steen Vallentin ◦ 7 min read ◦ COP26, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference, has just ended. It was supposed to be ‘the next...
Why we should not call for experts instead of experiments
By Jan Michael Bauer ◦ 3 min read ◦ The recent elections in Germany turned out as the historic loss for conservatives that pollsters have...
How the EU Taxonomy Impacts Businesses Beyond Europe
By Andreas Rasche ◦ 4 min read ◦ In 2020, the EU launched its classification system for environmentally sustainable economic activities, the so-called “EU Taxonomy Regulation”...
White People and the Animals they Love
Book Review of Saving Endangered Species: Lessons in Wildlife Conservation from Indianapolis Prize Winners By Lisa Ann Richey ◦ 6 min read ◦ This book review has...
Are we asking the wrong questions in corporate social responsibility (CSR) research?
By Rikke Rønholt Albertsen ◦ 3 min read ◦ The sustainability contributions of business are under increased scrutiny in society. Observations of greenwashing, blue-washing, corporate hypocrisy, and...
Why transparency may not lead straight to CSR paradise
By Dennis Schoeneborn ◦ 2 min read ◦ Business firms worldwide are increasingly engaging in practices of corporate social responsibility (CSR), a trend strongly driven also...