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...
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Jun 18, 2021
Like oil and water…. Shell’s climate responsibility and human rights
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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May 24, 2021
Mapping unchartered territory: Ecuador’s journey to sustainable palm oil
By Mathilde Birn, Sanne Qvarfordh, & Dr. Kristjan Jespersen ◦ 3 min read ◦ Sustainability certifications have become a widely used mechanism to signal to...
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Apr 20, 2021
Responsible to whom and for what?
Contestations of CSR across time, space, and experience … and a Call for Papers By Jeremy Moon ◦ 3 min read ◦ It is well known...
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License to Critique: Inoculating Standards against Closure
By Lars Thøger Christensen. Sustainability and responsibility standards entail a danger of organizational actors stopping to reflect about what these values could or should entail...
Seeing Like a Standard: Sustainable Palm Oil and the Coasian Challenge
By Kristjan Jespersen & Caleb Gallemore. Approximate reading time: 3-4 minutes. Go to any supermarket and you’ll see labels, so many labels. Some of them seem...
CBS new Knowledge Partner of the OECD
By Karin Buhmann. In early 2017 CBS accepted an invitation from the Organisation of Economic Collaboration and Development (OECD) to become an OECD Knowledge...
In Tribute: Malcolm McIntosh
‘Have fun and laugh. I had a ball. Sorry to go early. Laugh a lot, it oxygenizes the brain just as well as...
If at first you don’t succeed, build, build again
By Lara Hale. It is already challenging to make small changes to buildings – painting the window panels, upgrading the kitchen, or even (as...
Who’s responsibility is it, anyway?
By Erin Leitheiser. Workers and companies from across the globe each play a part in creating our clothes. Yet, it’s unclear who is responsible...
Stimulating subsidiaries’ learning processes: why one size-fits all approaches do not work
By Dr Gabriela Gutierrez-Huerter O. Globalisation has intensified calls for multi-national corporations (MNCs) to engage in social initiatives ranging from community outreach and environmental...