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...
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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...
Jun 5, 2019
More CEOs Sacked For Ethical Failure Than For Poor Financial Performance
According to a recent study, for the first time more CEOs have been dismissed for ethical lapses than for poor financial performance (in 2018). What is the lesson? I think that we overvalue compliance and undervalue the effects of a corporate culture on sustainable business decisions…
May 22, 2019
Thinking outside the box on corporate tax practice
Corporate tax practice of multinational corporations (MNC) have been the topic of intense debate in the media and among policy makers in recent years. Most recently the news broke that Amazon would pay zero tax on their more than 11 billion profit in 2018. The OECD have coordinated a large project on the topic and involved countries around the world in discussing attempted solutions to the issue of “base erosion and profit shifting” which is the technical term for states finding it challenging to tax the profits of MNCs.
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Can Your Green Building Rub Off On You?
By Lara Anne Hale. How can the standardization of green default rules influences those living in or working with buildings? Both the green and...
CBS Hosts 6th Biennial International Symposium on Cross-Sector Social Interactions in June 2018
How can business, government, and civil society interact to better address societal challenges such as climate change, immigration, social exclusion, and poverty? The 6th...
Challenges & Opportunities in Local Textile Production
By Kirsti Reitan Andersen. Today the progressive digitalization of the economy is shaping the way in which the fashion industry operates. The overarching discourse...
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...
Need an SDG Solution? Hack it.
By Lara Anne Hale. November 16 – 18, 2017 marked the beginning of a student-driven innovation era at Copenhagen Business School. The Student Innovation...
Empowerment Inc.
By Lauren McCarthy. Empowering individual women will not on its own bring about a transformation in gender relations between men and women There’s a...
When Good CSR Intentions With Communities Go Bad
By Rajiv Maher. Can companies get CSR efforts “right” by engaging in dialogue with communities, thus improve relations and their impacts? Reality shows that companies tend...