How Should Arctic Drilling Be Defined? The 3 Key Problems with Formulating Investment Exclusions
By Zuzanna Lewandowska and Dr. Kristjan Jespersen ◦ 7 min read ◦ Oil and gas development in the Arctic has long been a subject of...
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Nov 9, 2022
Should We Boycott the FIFA World Cup in Qatar?
On 20 November, the FIFA World Cup in Qatar is opening its doors. Billions of football fans around the world will tune in and watch this mega sport event. As we are getting closer to the opening match, I am often being asked whether I believe it is responsible to watch the World Cup or whether it is better to boycott the tournament. Here is my personal assessment.
Jun 15, 2022
Institutions matter: The importance of institutional quality when embedding sustainability within the capitalistic realm
By Lisa Bernt Elboth, Adrian Rudolf Doppler, & Dr. Kristjan Jespersen ◦ 5 min read ◦ Institutions not only structure any sort of social interaction...
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Jun 10, 2022
Corporate sanctions in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Summary of the discussion with Sophia Opatska at CBS ◦ 8 min read ◦ This blog post is a repost and has first been published by UCU Business...
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Are sustainable and healthy diets always compatible? Needs for an emic-oriented cultural research on sustainable consumption
By Fumiko Kano Glückstad ◦ 6 min read ◦ It is widely acknowledged that a plant-based diet is healthier than an animal-based diet (Willett, et...
To stay or to go: Corporate complicity in human rights abuses after the coup d’état in Myanmar
By Verena Girschik & Htwe Htwe Thein ◦ 2 min read ◦ Foreign investors in Myanmar have come under increasingly intense pressure to cut ties...
“A Little Less Unsustainable Is Not the Same as Sustainable” – Why Including Fossil Gas and Nuclear Power Will Harm the EU Taxonomy
By Andreas Rasche ◦ 3 min read ◦ The EU Taxonomy reflects a classification system that assesses whether certain economic activities are environmentally sustainable. Without...
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...
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...
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...
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...