A Story of Poison, Pork and Consumer Protection
By Jan Bauer. Renewal of controversial weed killer supported by Germany despite internal dissent Corporate support seems the only consistency in many decisions What...
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Feb 26, 2019
Conquer the Lock-In: How Food Companies can act on their Political Responsibility towards Children
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?
Feb 18, 2019
The year of corporate acting—does business need a new approach to palm oil?
By Amanda Williams, Steve Kennedy and Gail Whiteman. 2018 went down as the ‘year of corporate caring’ about the palm oil controversy. A banned...
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Dec 25, 2018
Youth Perspective to the Sustainability Agenda
By Charlotte Piller, Luna Stæhr Andersen and Mikkel Mezer Morgensen. If not now, when? As the days get shorter and the year slowly draws...
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Role Reversal: When Business Safeguards the Public Good
By Erin Leitheiser. Earlier this week Patagonia launched what may be corporate America’s most forceful action yet against the government’s assaults on the environment...
Where is the Space for Ethics in Rule Governed Organizations?
By Anna Kirkebæk Gosovic. Imagine that you work in an organization where your choices, your knowledge and your thoroughness in your work could potentially...
Adventures in Materiality. Notes from the first CBS Sustainability Seminar
By Steen Vallentin. On October 31, 2017 the new CSB Sustainability seminar series was launched With a room full of practitioners and academics, the...
The Sustainable Development Goals: Elite Pluralism, not Democratic Governance
By Daniel Esser. Was the process leading up to the SDGs really an exercise in global democratic policy making? Although broad consultation efforts shaped...
Corporate Criminal Liability in Germany – An Idea Whose Time Has Come
By Andreas Rasche. Siemens, Volkswagen, Deutsche Bank … and now Airbus. What is wrong with German companies? It seems that German firms are disproportionally...
Business and Open Government / Open Data – An Advocacy Role for Business?
By Dieter Zinnbauer. There is a much needed conversation on what stronger role business could and should take in the realm of open data...
Enjoy the Silence? CSR Communication and the Phenomenon of “Greenhushing”
By Dennis Schoeneborn. Why do some companies don’t “talk their walk”? Especially SMEs face cost barriers to CSR communication Scandals or reputational crises taught...