Raising the bar for sustainable events
By Louise Thomsen How often do we as event coordinators ask ourselves: how can I minimize the plastic use, the waste, the paper? I...
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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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Nov 27, 2018
Corporate contributions to United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
The days of corporate greening are over. Many companies kicked off their sustainability strategies decades ago by picking the low-hanging fruit. But there is nothing left within arm’s reach to pick. Now we expect companies big and small to demonstrate their contribution to broader societal and environmental sustainability challenges beyond firm boundaries.
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A framework for assessing the potential of behaviour change for global decarbonisation
By Kristian Steensen Nielsen Addressing climate change requires an urgent implementation of far-reaching solutions. Policy-makers and natural scientists have mainly offered supply-side solutions to...
A Taxonomy of Sustainable Business Model Patterns
By Florian Lüdeke-Freund & Sarah Carroux. In recent years, so-called “sustainable business models” are increasingly gaining in importance in both practice and research.[1] There...
Acting Collectively and Bottom-up for Sustainability: Does it work? How do we know? Why does it matter?
by Maria Josefina Figueroa. Collective bottom-up actions for sustainability are on the rise in many corners of the global community. Actions are inspired by...
How two CBS Alumni are Selling Ugly Fruits and Veggies for a Change
By Carolin Schiemer. Never seen a 3-legged carrot in real life? You might not be alone, because you can’t find crooked fruit and veggies...
Considering Impact on the Road to Sustainability
By Paige Olmsted. Mainstreaming the environment is a key component to achieving sustainability objectives – how organizations account for their existing impact, and assess...
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...
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...