Lobbying and the virus – three trends to take note of
By Dieter Zinnbauer Writing about anything in relation to Covid-19 is rather hopeless. Any attempt to describe current developments has a half-time of 30...
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May 27, 2020
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...
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May 25, 2020
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....
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May 20, 2020
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...
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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...
Supply Chain Responsibilities in a Global Pandemic
By Jette Steen Knudsen, Erin Leitheiser, Shaidur Rahman & Jeremy Moon What is the responsibility of Western retailers to the workers who make their...
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...
Sustainable Development, Interrupted?
By Steen Vallentin The coronavirus and responses to the pandemic are right now defining human existence inside and outside of organizations. All societal attention...
Ensuring effective collaboration in cross-sector partnerships: three valuable lessons for partnership managers
By Leona Henry Cross-sector partnerships (CSPs) have become a popular form of collaboration to address various sustainability matters, including plastic pollution, fair labor conditions...
When business is not as usual – why companies should engage with humanitarian crises
By Verena Girschik and Jasper Hotho As evidenced in places such as Syria and Yemen, humanitarian crises are becoming ever more complex (OCHA, 2017a). In...