Sustainability claims: In what sense are they performative?
By Lars Thøger Christensen The number of products advertised as “green” or climate neutral has exploded in recent years, according to several newspaper articles....
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Feb 25, 2021
Portfolios at risk of Deforestation
How can financial investors better understand underlying risks and act accordingly By Amanda Wildhaber, Dominik Wingeier, Jessica Brügger, Nico Meier, and Dr. Kristjan Jespersen...
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Feb 23, 2021
Under the radar: How companies can redefine what we consider socially responsible
By Verena Girschik ◦ 2 min read ◦ Notwithstanding promises of win-wins and synergies, we have good reasons to question whether companies address social problems in...
Feb 19, 2021
Who really cares about the SDGs when it comes to nobody’s responsibility?
By Suhyon Oh ◦ 2 min read ◦ The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the common goals of global development as we all agreed. Since its...
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Feb 16, 2021
How organizations avoid to hire highly-skilled migrants
By Annette Risberg and Laurence Romani ◦ 2 min read ◦ Labor integration of migrants is a topic frequently on the public and political agendas, as...
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Making the case for and against and beyond Friedman in 2020
On the anniversary of Friedman’s “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits” By Steen Vallentin September 13th marked the 50th anniversary...
Private Standard-setting Organizations and the Theory of Change
Theory of Change – Evaluating Supply Chain Outcomes By Kamilla Hvid Andersen, Eileen Ryll, Dr. Caleb Gallemore and Dr. Kristjan Jespersen Due to globalization,...
Normative foundations for stakeholder involvement in environmental and societal impact assessments
A complex issue of global relevance By Karin Buhmann This article is based on previously written piece for the Centre for Business and Development Studies....
Different pathways to sustainability standard adoption
How local norms may be able to help drive the spread of voluntary programs – the case of the RSPO in Japan. By Hattaya...
What does it mean to call someone a stakeholder?
By Matthew Archer The word “stakeholder” is ubiquitous in sustainability discourse. We see it in corporate sustainability reports, policy documents, business plans, and sustainable...
The Sustainable Development Goals: Elite Pluralism, not Democratic Governance
By Daniel Esser. Was the process leading up to the SDGs really an exercise in global democratic policy making? Although broad consultation efforts shaped...