UN Global Compact Silently Expels More than 2,300 Non-Business Participants
By Andreas Rasche. The UN Global Compact continues to “clean up” its participant base. The initiative reported to have 5,332 non-business participants (e.g., global...
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Mar 8, 2019
“We’re just geeks”: Do emergent disciplinary identities among business students affect their sense of personal responsibility?
By Maribel Blasco. Georg*: I don’t think people from Maths are like that [selfish] because it’s another environment. We treat each other kindly. We...
Feb 26, 2019
Conquer the Lock-In: How Food Companies can act on their Political Responsibility towards Children
The overconsumption of sugar, especially among children, and its long-term health risks re-gained public awareness with the introduction of the British soda tax in 2018. What can we learn for 2019?
Feb 18, 2019
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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Dec 25, 2018
Youth Perspective to the Sustainability Agenda
By Charlotte Piller, Luna Stæhr Andersen and Mikkel Mezer Morgensen. If not now, when? As the days get shorter and the year slowly draws...
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The Global Compact – Building Bridges, or Barriers?
By Marianne Prytz and Margrete Eilertsen. One of the main purposes of the UN Global Compact (GC) is to include the private sector in...
The Responsibility to Disrupt?
By Glen Whelan. Project Breakthrough: A New Initiative from the United Nations Global Compact Through its Global Compact, John Ruggie’s special representative work on...
UN Global Compact Expels More Participants than New Participants Join
By Andreas Rasche. In October 2015, the UN Global Compact, the UN’s flagship initiative for corporate responsibility and sustainability, has expelled 130 firms for...