According to a recent study, for the first time more CEOs have been dismissed for ethical lapses than for poor financial performance (in 2018). What is the lesson? I think that we overvalue compliance and undervalue the effects of a corporate culture on sustainable business decisions…
Corporate tax practice of multinational corporations (MNC) have been the topic of intense debate in the media and among policy makers in recent years. Most recently the news broke that Amazon would pay zero tax on their more than 11 billion profit in 2018. The OECD have coordinated a large project on the topic and involved countries around the world in discussing attempted solutions to the issue of “base erosion and profit shifting” which is the technical term for states finding it challenging to tax the profits of MNCs.
By Erin Leitheiser. Can ever-higher rates of consumption ever truly be sustainable? Consideration of up-and-coming consumers will be key to making progress in the...
The overconsumption of sugar, especially among children, and its long-term health risks re-gained public awareness with the introduction of the British soda tax in 2018. What can we learn for 2019?
By Amanda Williams, Steve Kennedy and Gail Whiteman. 2018 went down as the ‘year of corporate caring’ about the palm oil controversy. A banned...
By Charlotte Piller, Luna Stæhr Andersen and Mikkel Mezer Morgensen. If not now, when? As the days get shorter and the year slowly draws...
The project SUSTEIN is looking at localized translations of transnational sustainability standards in Kenya, the United Arab Emirates and corporate headquarters in Europe.
By Robin Porsfelt. While the recent US ’opioid crisis’ has been widely reported, a second, less recognized, crisis related to opioids has been taking...
By Ali Aslan Gümüsay. Sharing is not always caring In 2015, thousands of refugees arrived in Europe. A recent paper by Kornberger and colleagues...
By Jan Bauer. MSC reviews six months of its sustainable food policy Setting defaults can be highly effective Guiding principles for the “right” defaults...
By Stefano Ponte. What if we used our size and resources to make this country and this earth an even better place for all...