Current issues in Business and Human Rights: report from the 2018 Annual Forum in Geneva
By Karin Buhmann. ‘Building on what works’ was the key topic for the annual Forum on Business and Human Rights that took place in...
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Feb 25, 2021
Portfolios at risk of Deforestation
How can financial investors better understand underlying risks and act accordingly By Amanda Wildhaber, Dominik Wingeier, Jessica Brügger, Nico Meier, and Dr. Kristjan Jespersen...
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Feb 23, 2021
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...
Feb 19, 2021
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...
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Why Corporate Sustainability is Bullshit (And Why This is a Good Thing)
By Andreas Rasche. Corporate sustainability is full of statements, terms, and concepts that are empty, unclarifiable and vague. Instead of rejecting such vagueness altogether,...
The Academic Smarts in the Smart City
By Lara Anne Hale. Smart Cities 101 Last week I had the pleasure of being one of eight students to join the University of...
Fake news and what it means for discussions about CSR-related issues
By Daniel Lundgaard. There is a saying on online forums that “About 78% of all statistics shared online are made up to prove a...
Green – a special shade of innovation.
By Valentina De Marchi. How can firms change for sustainability? As political and societal pressures increase, and more and growing evidence supports a business...
Three Ways to Integrate Sustainability in Business Schools
Sustainable business has been taught and researched in business schools for decades. For nearly as long, proponents have warned about barriers to genuine integration of sustainability in business schools. This article explores three types of fit: technical, political and cultural.
Sustainability’s Infrastructure
The project SUSTEIN is looking at localized translations of transnational sustainability standards in Kenya, the United Arab Emirates and corporate headquarters in Europe.
The BUSINESS Model is Dead: Long Live the Organizational Value Model!
By Oliver Laasch. An ApPeaRange! Business models are logics of value proposition (Pr), creation (Cr), exchange (Ex) and capture (Ca). When closely looking at...