The CBS Sustainability (re-) Launch
This is blog post one of two throwbacks providing key insights from the speakers. By Oliver Laier. On Monday, December 3rd, a new centre...
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Sep 11, 2019
Social Enterprises = Sharing Economy Organizations?
By Johanna Mair, Nikolas Rathert and Georg Reischauer. Sharing Economy Organizations Uber, Airbnb, and Lyft are frequently cited and popular examples of new organizational...
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Jun 14, 2019
Are we trying to solve climate change, or are we merely playing the “blame game” on social media with the future of the Earth at stake?
By Daniel Lundgaard. The climate change debate is something that is on the minds of most people these days. The most recent elections in...
Dec 17, 2018
We Need To Pay More Attention To Business Associations
Despite their key role in both national and international affairs, business associations remain strangely absent from academic discourse, teaching and research on corporate responsibility and sustainability. We clearly need to pay more attention to business associations.
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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...
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.
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.
“Publish or Perish”
by Luisa Murphy In academia -especially for young researchers- there seems to be only one way to the top: publish frequently and in well-regarded...
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...
CSR: When High Aspirations Go Low – and How to Avoid it
By Peter Winkler & Michael Etter. Managers’ public claims to improve CSR can have self-persuasive effects on corporations and their members. However, sometimes such...