To stay or to go: Corporate complicity in human rights abuses after the coup d’état in Myanmar
By Verena Girschik & Htwe Htwe Thein ◦ 2 min read ◦ Foreign investors in Myanmar have come under increasingly intense pressure to cut ties...
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Jun 27, 2022
Constructing Social Portfolios: A Quantitative versus Screening Approach
By Alina Hofer, Lea Katharina Kasper & Dr. Kristjan Jespersen ◦ 5 min read ◦ When we talk about ESG, one could argue that there...
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Dec 13, 2021
Negative Capability: Sustaining our discomfort towards a collectively responsible society
By Tali Padan ◦ 3 min read ◦ In my PhD studies, I work with a different type of sustainability. Not the sustainability of carbon footprints...
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Moving towards mandatory CSR – EU’s mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence proposal
By Johanna Jarvela ◦ 2 min read ◦ Last March European parliament gave a proposal to create mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence directive. The aim is to prevent...
Climate Change and Magical Thinking
By Steen Vallentin ◦ 7 min read ◦ COP26, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference, has just ended. It was supposed to be ‘the next...
Why transparency may not lead straight to CSR paradise
By Dennis Schoeneborn ◦ 2 min read ◦ Business firms worldwide are increasingly engaging in practices of corporate social responsibility (CSR), a trend strongly driven also...
Nudging for a Better Workplace: How to Gently Guide Employees Towards Ethical Behaviour
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...
Are social media platforms good places to discuss global challenges?
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%...
Connecting, Cohering, and Amplifying: The Work of Transformation Catalysts
By Sandra Waddock and Steve Waddell ◦ 4 min read ◦ The shocking 2021 IPCC report on the climate emergency makes clearer than ever that...
Social impact bonds in the Nordics: insights from ‘Copenhagen Impact Investing Days 2021’
By Mikkel M. Andersen and Ferran Torres ◦ 5 min read ◦ A social impact bond (SIB) is an innovative model for public service delivery...