The Role of pH in Food Control
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3 European startups fight against climate change
The ultimate buzzword for sustainability and humanity is climate change. It’s proliferated in the speech of many politicians. Nevertheless, climate change isn’t just a...
Beyond Collaborative Intelligence we can see a Meta-Mind Society Surfacing and we can Dream...
Facts, Fads and predictions about the joint venture of Human Mind and AI algorithms
By Mario Raich, Simon L. Dolan, Claudio Cisullo and Bonnie A....
Sovcombank becomes a Founding Signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Banking
Sovcombank becomes the first Russian bank to become a Founding Signatory of the UNEP FI Principles for Responsible Banking, committing to strategically align its...
Going paperless: all you need to know
If you’re a bit of a traditionalist and love making notes in a notepad or printing everything out so you have a hard copy,...
Are Millennials Driving More Sustainable Homes?
Millennials are responsible for driving a lot of new trends and services. As they make up a large proportion of consumers, businesses are constantly...
Corporate social responsibility – does sustainability come into it?
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) means businesses operate in a way that benefits both society and the environment at large. Some debate that business sustainability,...
Lessons from Ellen MacArthur and the Circular Economy on How Leaders can Build...
By Peter Hopkinson and William S. Harvey
The growth of interest in the circular economy has been meteoric with new initiatives emerging weekly. A...
Big Business Models Are Back-to-Front Create Long-term Value By Putting Shareholders At the Back-end...
By Paul Strebel
Large firms have been treating their shareholders as their most critical stakeholders. In the short run this might make sense, but not...
Literature and its Role in the Cultivation of Ethics in the Business Environment
By Kyle Scott
Literature is, by and large, invaluable in one’s understanding of human nature and the world in general. It serves as a gateway...
Building Sustainability into Real Estate
By Joanna Radeke, Alexander Boether, and Alexandre Bezzera
Both residents and shareholders enjoy the right returns when real estate companies collaborate and innovate for environmental...
Seeing The Light
By Christoph Burger, Jens Weinmann, Antony Froggatt, and Catherine Mitchell
With the emergence of decentralised energy, such as wind, solar, or biomass, as a major source for power generation,...
The Power of One: Leadership and Corporate Sustainability
By Judith L. Walls
What kind of leader does it take to make a positive change? What traits set these leaders apart? In this article,...
The Dark Side of Emotional Contagion
By Alexandra Dobra-Kiel
Investment banks – and the financial services industry at large – continue to bear the reputational scares of some high-profile ethical scandals....
Why Mark Zuckerberg’s Leadership Failure was a Predictable Surprise
By David De Cremer
In today’s more developed global village, responsible leadership is of paramount importance especially from businesses that make use of digital platforms....
The Challenge of Leading Digital Platforms in Responsible Ways
By David De Cremer, Jess Zhang, and Leander De Schutter
Digital platform businesses are increasingly being confronted with a host of unethical consequences due to a lack of...
Bridging the Circular Economy and Social Enterprise: The Dutch Ministry of Defence...
by Khaled Soufani, Terence Tse, Mark Esposito, Giorgos Dimitriou and Panayotis Kikiras
A holistic approach to circular economy is the one that merges the mission-driven...
Turning Societal Challenges into Business through Value Sharing
By Simona Rocchi, Bahaa Eddine Sarroukh, Karthik Subbaraman, Luc de Clerck and Reon Brand
How do brands stay meaningful and relevant in the 21st...
The Role of Ethical Values in Economic Value Creation
By S. Ramakrishna Velamuri and William Harvey
Values integration in businesses keeps the highly competitive world humane. In this article, the authors elaborate not only...
Sustainability: A $12 Trillion a Year Market by 2030
By John Elkington and Richard Roberts
Leading companies today are starting to think of sustainability as a tool for growing profitability, using frameworks such as...
Disruptive Technology in Behavioural Health: Ethical and Risk-Management Challenges
By Frederic G. Reamer, Ph.D
Digital technology has transformed the delivery of mental health services worldwide. Behavioural health professionals now have the option to provide...
Improving Rural Livelihoods through E-Commerce: The GoCoop Experience
By Siva Devireddy, G. Sabarinathan, S. Ramakrishna Velamuri and Janine Coughlin
In India’s rural areas live handloom weavers and artisans who have been doing their...
Right to be Disconnected – The Wave to Catch On
By Jasna Čošabić
This paper analyses the possible influence of the French labour law reform - the “right to be disconnected” – on other countries...
United Airlines, Artificial Intelligence, and Donald Trump: Reawakening Values in the Era...
By Avi Liran and Simon L. Dolan
Society has evolved and not all aspects of our lives were able to cope up with the changes...
Do We Need To Rethink Employment Law For The Gig Economy?
By Maximilian Yoshioka
Are people who work in the “gig economy” self-employed contractors, or employees of the organisation they “gig” for? In this article, the...
People and the Planet – CSR Initiatives Sweeten Ferrero’s Success
By Tammi L. Coles
For global businesses to thrive, “doing sustainability” is no longer an option. Tammi L. Coles spoke with recognised CSR researcher and...
NGOs and Millennials – A Blinding Love Affair?
From the Editors
As we start 2017 we look back to 2016 to consider some of the interesting events that will continue or influence the...
Values, Values on the wall, Just do business and forget them all: Wells Fargo,...
By Avi Liran and Simon L. Dolan
There is a growing discrepancy between the values stated on the wall and values in action. In the...
Easy Being Green: Why the Internet of Things Will Help Sustainability
By Joy Tan
The Internet of Things is just one of the technologies that is re-shaping the world. It is not only perceived as a...
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) In China: Huawei as a Case Study
By David De Cremer
Adopting CSR as a company philosophy in China seems to be more challenging than could be expected. In this article, David...
The Dirty Dozen: How Unethical Behaviour Creeps Into Your Organisation
By Urs Müller and Ulf Schäfer
This article presents some of the most influential drivers of unethical behaviour in business and suggests counter-strategies. Reviewing the...
Days of Glory past
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In the run up to the 12 May 2016 Anti Corruption Summit in the UK last week, the British premier let off...
Design, When Everybody Designs
Social innovation and design for a new economy
By Ezio Manzini
In a fast and profoundly changing world everybody designs. The result of this diffuse designing...
Alphabet International: How today’s companies can achieve sustainable Business Mobility
Sustainability is the modern day buzzword. Sounds great in theory, but what about the practice? Sustainability relating to fleet management goes beyond merely decreasing...
Why The Circular Economy Matters
By Terence Tse, Mark Esposito, and Khaled Soufani
A Circular Economy represents not just a paradigm shift that waste is reconstructed to resources through reuse...
Sustainability Footprints in SMEs – Strategy and Case Studies for Entrepreneurs and Small...
By Lowellyne James
Research indicates that sustainability footprints can transform stakeholder perceptions of waste from being a cost center to a profit center, reduce carbon...
Standardisation and Cooperation are the Future
Interview with Jonas Berggren CEO, SSG AB
According to Jeffrey Sachs, author of “The Age of Sustainable Development,” achieving sustainable development on our crowded, unequal,...
Mobile Technology Meets Social Innovation: Reflections on progress and challenges
By Ken Banks
Talk is good, or so they say. But too much talk and not enough action isn’t. After working for the past twelve...
The Age of Sustainable Development: Sustainable Development as an Analytical and Normative Concept
By Jeffrey D. Sachs
Achieving sustainable development on our crowded, unequal, and degraded planet is the most important challenge facing our generation. In this excerpt...
European Social Immobility and Inequality are Intimately Related
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In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Europe has seen an increase in inequality and immobility across social spectrum...
Sustainable Business Model Innovation to Create Value in a World of Finite Resources
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We have jumped into an era of scarce resources. The related impacts will crescendo in the coming decades but...
Are Digital Technologies the Planet’s Last Best Hope? (If bananas are anything to go...
By John Bates
Humanity’s destructive ecological footprint is only getting bigger and effective solutions are needed more than ever. Below Dr. John Bates explains...
Can Women Fix Capitalism?
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Gender equality at the top of business has stalled, and trust in business is alarmingly low. Putting more women in charge could...
The Digital Transformation Opportunities Ahead
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The proliferation of digital technologies allows scope for innovation in the way organisations deliver customer experience. Here Mike Sutcliff explores the first...
How Political Intelligence Sets Successful Leaders Apart
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Leadership Alert! There are times when the classic development of leaders no longer fully equips them or their organisations...
Envisioning the Opportunities Presented by the Resource Revolution
By Stefan Heck and Matt Rogers
Conventional wisdom predicts stagnating economic growth, extreme resource depletion, accelerating commodity price inflation, and increasing pollution as consuming classes...
Better Be a Baller: The Coming Talent Gap May be the Opposite of What...
By Christopher Surdak
The concept of Big Data has rapidly emerged as web and telecoms-based networking has expanded on a global scale. Christopher Surdak explores...
Public-Value Exchanges – New Platforms for Matching Capital to Social Need
By William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan
New models of exchange are critical to the solution economy. They hold the secret to attracting capital of...
Crowdsourcing Disaster Response: Mobilizing Social Media for Urban Resilience
By Thérèse F. Tierney
As urban populations continue to expand worldwide, natural disasters are precipitating increased challenges to public health, welfare, and safety. Informal methods,...
The Solution Economy: A New Way to Solve Social Problems
By William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan
In recent years an entire economy of societal problem solvers have emerged to tackle old problems in new...
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The Better Boards Podcast Series: Selling Bold Ideas in the Boardroom
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Have you ever wondered how to sell a bold idea in the boardroom? Not just an idea different from what your...
