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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Nov 7, 2019
Towards a Realization of Sustainability Ambitions?
By Lars Thøger Christensen Governments are increasingly being sued by citizens and NGOs for not living up to their sustainability ambitions. Recently, for example,...
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Oct 29, 2019
How sustainable is ecotourism?
Written by Erin Leitheiser, this article is based on her previously written piece for the Centre for Business and Development Studies. Tourism is a...
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Oct 14, 2019
Is it a right policy to focus on SDGs during Economic Slowdown?
By Anirudh Agrawal and Ashish Tyagi Economic problems of India were not addressed either in the 2019 electoral debates or in the recent annual...
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Sep 25, 2019
Business + purpose = big trouble. But wait, here is one surprising point of agreement
By Dieter Zinnbauer. Reactions to the recent statement by the Business Roundtable that recognizes a regard for stakeholders rather than a narrow focus on...
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The Government of Business Responsibility
Governments can play a significant role in promoting or shaping the social responsibility of businesses. This post shows some recent policies which foster the public good.
Big fuss about a big policy plan – and why this matters for corporate social responsibility: the Chinese social credit system
By Dieter Zinnbauer & Hans Krause Hansen. Few statist policy blueprints on matters pretty technical have captured our collective imagination as has the Chinese...