Fresh Air: An Impact Story
By Lara Anne Hale What do fresh air, canaries, and research all have in common? Academics often humbly conduct and publish research, hoping but...
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Sep 4, 2020
Different pathways to sustainability standard adoption
How local norms may be able to help drive the spread of voluntary programs – the case of the RSPO in Japan. By Hattaya...
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Jun 8, 2020
Supplier perspectives on social responsibility in global value chains
By Peter Lund-Thomsen Worldwide there is now a search for new ideas, business models, and innovations that can help us in rebounding from the...
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The rise of social media bots – how do they work, and how can you spot them?
By Daniel Lundgaard Bots and their impact on online conversations is rapidly becoming an important problem on social media. If we look at the...
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Building A Better Planet: Toward a Sustainable Post-COVID-19 Society
By Daniel C. Esty Covid-19 has dominated policy thinking across the world for several months – highlighting our vulnerability to unexpected threats, the fundamental...
Small, yet important – and still responsible. Reflections on SMEs and social responsibility in times of Covid-19
By Søren Jeppesen One thing seems to be clear by now – that we are all challenged by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic....
On the Ground: What CSR and sustainability standards fail to address
By Hannah Elliott In the fall of 2019, there was a flurry of news stories in the British media about political events in western...
How the pandemic can reset cities and transform aspects of urban mobility
By Isabel Froes Cities are hard and complex systems. With their defined policies, grids and routes, they offer limited space for experimentation, with a...
How to make food systems more resilient: Try Behavioural Food Policies
By Lucia A. Reisch The vision of healthy and sustainable food systems that facilitate appropriate food choices by individuals is gaining momentum in practice...
A Green and Fair COVID-19 Recovery Plan
By Stefano Ponte This article is based on his previously written piece for the Centre for Business and Development Studies. The COVID-19 crisis has made...
The Political Economy of the Olympics – Misconceptions about Sustainability
By Faith Hatani In the midst of the global coronavirus crisis, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Japanese government finally decided last month to...