On 20 November, the FIFA World Cup in Qatar is opening its doors. Billions of football fans around the world will tune in and watch this mega sport event. As we are getting closer to the opening match, I am often being asked whether I believe it is responsible to watch the World Cup or whether it is better to boycott the tournament. Here is my personal assessment.
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By Jeremy Moon ◦ 3 min read ◦ Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine reminds us that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is both a reflection of the times...
On 20 November, the FIFA World Cup in Qatar is opening its doors. Billions of football fans around the world will tune in and watch this mega sport event. As we are getting closer to the opening match, I am often being asked whether I believe it is responsible to watch the World Cup or whether it is better to boycott the tournament. Here is my personal assessment.
By Milena Bar, Ottilia Henningsson, & Dr. Kristjan Jespersen ◦ 5 min read ◦ The Science-Based Targets initiative aligns firms’ emission reduction targets with a...
By Alina Hofer, Lea Katharina Kasper & Dr. Kristjan Jespersen ◦ 5 min read ◦ When we talk about ESG, one could argue that there...
By Jeremy Moon ◦ 3 min read ◦ Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine reminds us that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is both a reflection of the times...
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Summary of the discussion with Sophia Opatska at CBS ◦ 8 min read ◦ This blog post is a repost and has first been published by UCU Business...
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By Andreas Rasche ◦ 4 min read ◦ In 2020, the EU launched its classification system for environmentally sustainable economic activities, the so-called “EU Taxonomy Regulation”...
Book Review of Saving Endangered Species: Lessons in Wildlife Conservation from Indianapolis Prize Winners By Lisa Ann Richey ◦ 6 min read ◦ This book review has...
By Rikke Rønholt Albertsen ◦ 3 min read ◦ The sustainability contributions of business are under increased scrutiny in society. Observations of greenwashing, blue-washing, corporate hypocrisy, and...
By Dennis Schoeneborn ◦ 2 min read ◦ Business firms worldwide are increasingly engaging in practices of corporate social responsibility (CSR), a trend strongly driven also...
By Leonie Decrinis ◦ 2 min read ◦ Corporate scandals caused by unethical behaviour can have dramatic consequences for a company’s bottom line. The Volkswagen emission...
By Daniel Lundgaard ◦ 3 min read ◦ According to a recent analysis by Datareportal, the number of active social media users grew globally by 13.2%...
By Sandra Waddock and Steve Waddell ◦ 4 min read ◦ The shocking 2021 IPCC report on the climate emergency makes clearer than ever that...
By Mikkel M. Andersen and Ferran Torres ◦ 5 min read ◦ A social impact bond (SIB) is an innovative model for public service delivery...
By Janine Leschke and Sonja Bekker ◦ 4 min read ◦ The employment and social impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic have been larger on some...
By Efthymios Altsitsiadis ◦ 5 min read ◦ One of the most overlooked and yet promising agents in the fight against climate change and towards...
By Kristian Høyer Toft, PhD ◦ 4 min read ◦ In a landmark verdict at the district court in the Hague on 26th May this...
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By Isabel Fróes ◦ 4 min read ◦ In recent years, through experience and discussions in various projects and workshops dealing with urban development, this key...
By Dieter Zinnbauer ◦ 4 min read ◦ We live in politically tumultuous times. Authoritarianism is on the rise again across the world. Democratic freedoms have...
By Mathilde Birn, Sanne Qvarfordh, & Dr. Kristjan Jespersen ◦ 3 min read ◦ Sustainability certifications have become a widely used mechanism to signal to...
By Lars Thøger Christensen ◦ 3 min read ◦ We are arguably living in an era of visibility in which our communicative interactions with others...
By Esben Holst & Dr. Kristjan Jespersen ◦ 5 min read ◦ Carbon accounting provides a science-based measurement of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, achieving greater...
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By Glen Whelan ◦ 2 min read ◦ Whatever you did today, there is a fair chance that you used a product or service that...
By Elizabeth Cooper ◦ 2 min read ◦ It has now been more than a year since researchers have been forced to move most of...
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By Maria Figueroa ◦ 3 min read ◦ To mark International Women’s Day 2021, the University of Bath’s Business and Society blog and Copenhagen Business School’s Business of...
By Andreas Rasche ◦ 5 min read ◦ The new Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is on the minds of many investors these days. While a lot...
By Pierre McDonagh and Andrea Prothero ◦ 5 min read ◦ To mark International Women’s Day 2021, the University of Bath’s Business and Society blog and...
By Stella Whittaker ◦ 3 min read ◦ This month saw the publication of the Climate Policy Initiative’s (CPI) long awaited analysis of climate...
By Maha Rafi Atal ◦ 5 min read ◦ Most years, International Women’s Day is greeted by articles highlighting both progress made towards gender...
By Jan Michael Bauer ◦ 2 min read ◦ Even before COVID, people have spent more and more time online. Particularly mobile devices have become...
By Sarah Glozer & Lauren McCarthy ◦ 4 min read ◦ To mark International Women’s Day 2021, the University of Bath’s Business and Society blog and...
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By Laura Krumm ◦ 3 min read ◦ It is not news anymore that a change of consumer behavior is needed in order to...
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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.
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?
By Amanda Williams, Steve Kennedy and Gail Whiteman. 2018 went down as the ‘year of corporate caring’ about the palm oil controversy. A banned...
The days of corporate greening are over. Many companies kicked off their sustainability strategies decades ago by picking the low-hanging fruit. But there is nothing left within arm’s reach to pick. Now we expect companies big and small to demonstrate their contribution to broader societal and environmental sustainability challenges beyond firm boundaries.
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By Daniel Lundgaard. There is a saying on online forums that “About 78% of all statistics shared online are made up to prove a...
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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.
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