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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May 18, 2022
How do we think about sustainable investing? Suggestions from an exploratory study
By Margherita Massazza & Dr. Kristjan Jespersen ◦ 4 min read ◦ From the outset, this blog post takes the perspective that behavioral finance is...
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Apr 25, 2022
No Trees, No Future: How can we unlock the full potential of conservation finance?
By Dr. Kristjan Jespersen, Dr. Izabela Delabre, Dr. Caleb Gallemore, and Dr. Katryn Pasaribu ◦ 3 min read ◦ Tropical deforestation continues at alarming rates, with 12 million hectares...
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Apr 20, 2022
EU proposal on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence for human rights and the environment
Advancing responsible business conduct, but failing to consider key functional challenges for remedy By Karin Buhmann ◦ 9 min read ◦ Why is the proposal...
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Apr 19, 2022
How do we find the green elephant in the classroom?
By Lavinia Cristina Iosif-Lazar, Jens Riemer and Caroline A. Pontoppidan “Environmental sustainability to be at the core of EU education and training systems” –...
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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...
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...
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...
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....
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....