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Article by Robert Strand in Fortune Magazine “How CEOs Decided Trump Is a Bad Investment” (Aug 16, 2017)

In this article, Robert explores how a Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) strategy lens can be used to make sense of the dynamics between political agendas and businesses’ investment decisions. As the article observes, the political positioning of Donald Trump has provoked not only strategies of engagement and negative screening, but in the face of Trump’s recent awful comments following the tragedy in Charlottesville, a strategy of divestment en masse from “Trump Inc.” has taken place.

Read the full article here.


Recording of John Robinson’s CBS Inaugural Lecture: Making a Difference: Universities as Living Labs and Agents of Change (Aug 25, 2016)

In this lecture, John explores the challenges and opportunities facing universities attempting to respond to this demand with regard to sustainability. Based on an agenda which moves beyond harm reduction to what we call regenerative sustainability (human activity that improves both human and environmental wellbeing), and using CBS as an example, he outlines an agenda for transforming the campus into a living laboratory of sustainability, where faculty, staff and students, along with private, public and NGO sector partners, use the university’s physical plant, as well education and research capabilities, to test, study, teach, apply and share lessons learned, technologies created and policies developed.

Learn more about John here.

This lecture marks the beginning of John Robinson’s adjunct professorship with the Department of Intercultural Communication and Management at Copenhagen Business School.


Interviews from the International Conference on Business, Sustainability and Policy, ISC16 (Jun 16 – 17, 2016)

On June 16 – 17, 2016 Copenhagen Business School hosted the International Conference on Business, Policy and Sustainability. The conference has explored the theme of national and global policy, business and academic approaches to sustainability. The conference is co-organized by the CBS Sustainability Platform and the Velux Chair in Corporate Sustainability at CBS. It is also sponsored by the Carlsbergfondet, Danish Society For Education And Business (DSEB), Ministry of Higher Education and Science, (WCRE) Governing Responsible Business, and Velux Foundations. The purpose is to provide a forum for high quality participants (scholars and practitioners) for discussion of current and possible interdisciplinary approaches to sustainability. The conference serves future knowledge exchange and collective research applications.

You can enjoy the highlights of the conference as well as short videos of the keynote speakers below.

Highlights of #ISC16

Interview with Dirk Matten

Interview with Ed Freeman and Robert Strand

Interview with Gail Whiteman

Interview with Hans Bruyninckx

Interview with Jonas Haertle

Interview with Marianne Haar

Interview with Julie Andrea Junge-Jensen

Interview with Michael Hauschild