March for Gender #3: We need a manifesto for Maya, not just a celebration of John
By Pierre McDonagh and Andrea Prothero ◦ 5 min read ◦ To mark International Women’s Day 2021, the University of Bath’s Business and Society blog and...
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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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Arguing for Climate Adaptation
By Stella Whittaker ◦ 3 min read ◦ This month saw the publication of the Climate Policy Initiative’s (CPI) long awaited analysis of climate...
March for Gender #2: The Gendered Impact of Covid-19
By Maha Rafi Atal ◦ 5 min read ◦ Most years, International Women’s Day is greeted by articles highlighting both progress made towards gender...
Under the radar: How companies can redefine what we consider socially responsible
By Verena Girschik ◦ 2 min read ◦ Notwithstanding promises of win-wins and synergies, we have good reasons to question whether companies address social problems in...
Who really cares about the SDGs when it comes to nobody’s responsibility?
By Suhyon Oh ◦ 2 min read ◦ The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the common goals of global development as we all agreed. Since its...
Is Pollution the Only Road to Business Prosperity?
Sustainable Visioning as a driver of Corporate Transformation By Heather Louise Madsen ◦ 4 min read ◦ CO2 reduction is a hot topic for almost every...
A Southern-centered perspective on climate change in global value chains?
By Peter Lund-Thomsen ◦ 2 min read ◦ The garment and textile industries account for around 10% of global CO2 emissions, and their fast fashion approach...
Do we need to sacrifice to mitigate climate change?
By Laura Krumm ◦ 3 min read ◦ It is not news anymore that a change of consumer behavior is needed in order to...