Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’
Global responsibility in practice: Examples of collaboration, alliance, and inter-dependency from GRLI partners and associates
For GRLI Partners and Associates, alliances and connections acknowledge the truth of our interdependency and the power that comes from bringing the best of different elements together. See three case studies.
Read MoreWhere the new leadership hides: A call for acknowledging extracurricular commitment
Our role is to support students in their personal development through diverse leadership initiatives, offering platforms to build a strong global support network,
Read MoreTransforming education in Australian business schools: Our past, present, and future
Using climate action as an example, we examine recent curriculum innovations by Australian schools to produce graduates who are prepared for the world of work, but who also see their own potential as agents for social change and future leaders.
Read MoreThe SDG 8 dilemma: How the School of Business, Economics and Law at University of Gothenburg is taking action on this front
The SDG 8, promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all, concerns a core controversy of sustainable development – the link between environment and economy.
Read MorePeople, planet and prosperity depend on the health of pollinators like the humble honey bee
The Honey Bee Initiative (HBI), housed in the Business for a Better World Center at the School of Business of George Mason University, responds to an important global food security crisis.
Read MoreHope in the time of collapse
Half of the world’s population is considered “highly vulnerable”. The emergency that so many in the rich world have felt was somewhere off in the future, is here. Now. It’s just somewhere else.
Read MoreGlobal responsibility and globally responsible leadership
The purpose of the globally responsible business is to create economic and societal progress in a globally responsible and sustainable way.
Read MoreResponsible leadership business model: Shifting from competition to collaboration
The lack of success in the integration of SDG content in business school education is likely due to the traditional business school mindset of competition rather than collaboration which is critical for authentic responsible leadership.
Read MoreThriving: Regenerating nature, society and the economy through business & innovation
Is sustainability an idea that has passed? By contrast, if you ask someone if they would like to thrive, most likely, the answer will be, “yes, absolutely”.
Read MoreThe future of business schools: Existential innovation or obsolescence?
Business schools face a choice: urgently embark on an existential innovation journey inspired by what they can become, or submit to certain obsolescence following from what they have been.
Read MoreReflections of a former business school dean: Mounting efforts to transform business school rankings
Julia Christensen Hughes invites business school deans to engage with initiatives underway to transform business schools and rankings’ metrics, to help build a more sustainable future.
Read MoreOur global context calls for global responsibility: Reflections on the role of business schools in meeting the challenges of our time
As business schools, we must acknowledge that we educate talented young people for positions in society where they will have the power to make decisions with large societal impact.
Read MoreHidden in plain sight: the easiest leverage for change
Isabel Rimanoczy discusses the “Sustainability Mindset” and the path to an accelerated mindset transformation.
Read MoreBridging divides: Turf, Truth & Trust
Jan-Christian Sorensen introduces the Victoria Forum, a global platform for building consensus toward common goals.
Read MoreCreating a green school
Reducing the carbon footprint of a modern-day university with a goal of a net-zero campus, by Debdutta Choudhury.
Read MoreAre the world’s business schools walking the walk?
David Grayson, Chris Coulter and Mark Lee introduce The Sustainable Business Handbook.
Read MoreBusiness school collaboration: Embracing our responsibility towards our planet
Concepción Galdón, Knut Haanaes, Daniel Halbheer, Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Katell Le Goulven, Mike Rosenberg, Peter Tufano, and Amelia Whitelaw discuss the importance of making knowledge available to the business community through various shared initiatives.
Read MoreCan finance save humanity?
This article makes the business case that sustainability is a core value for companies and that finance is the driver of this new agenda for organisations.
Read MoreAsia’s social entrepreneurs and inclusive growth: Do well, do good… do sustainably
Sheetal (Mittal) Bhardwaj, Havovi Joshi and Howard Thomas explain how social entrepreneurship creates both economic and social value, driving inclusive growth in Asia.
Read MoreThe benefits of collaborative front-line research
Jonathan T. Scott and Chenghai Yang explain a front-line research project bringing together an eclectic group of professionals to innovate and streamline key production segments in agriculture and other industries.
Read MoreAre business schools talking the walk?
How well are business schools around the world communicating their sustainability commitment? Lars Moratis and Frans Melissen investigate.
Read MoreSustainability = Purpose + Prosperity + Innovation
We would argue that to date, and due to COVID-19, sustainability as ‘the new way of doing business’ has been side-lined and largely ignored. The clock is ticking, and short-term business thinking still prevails. “We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment” noted Margaret Mead (1901-1978), an American anthropologist. Instead of innovating, we…
Read MoreSulitest – Fostering sustainability literacy for all
How new tools can help develop sustainable literacy. By Aurelien Decamps, Estela Castelli Florino Pilz, Jean-Christophe Carteron and Marcela Folloni In 2012, at the Rio+20 conference, higher education institutions (HEIs) officially recognised their crucial role in contributing to sustainable development. They committed to using their influence and participation in society to encourage better citizenship and…
Read MoreSustainability Games
Exploring the new relevance of innovative teaching formats for sustainability education in business schools by Carmela Aprea and Laura Marie Edinger-Schons Today we are facing urgent sustainability issues like climate change, species extinction, or food and water scarcity which threaten no less than our very existence as humanity. Despite some reductions in CO2 emissions, recent…
Read MoreBusiness Schools’ Green Responsibility: Let’s start at the table!
Santiago Garcia and Flavio Alzueta address the importance, responsibility and impact of agriculture and food production As this year’s Nobel Prize Awarding Committee stated, “Until the day we have a medical vaccine, food is the best vaccine against chaos”. The awarding of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Program (WFP) of the…
Read MoreSostener la educación
La Academia SDG: Una iniciativa global que ofrece educación para avanzar en los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (SDG). Florencia Librizzi informa
Read MoreSustainable education
The SDG Academy: A global initiative offering education to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Florencia Librizzi reports Business school education and sustainable development Sustainable development is without a doubt, the greatest challenge of our time. In 1987 the Brundtland Report Our Common Future introduced the concept of sustainable development as “…development that meets the…
Read MoreSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Higher Education
Agenda 2030 is the new global roadmap for public policies. Alain Tord explains The 2030 Agenda was adopted by heads of member states in September 2015 at the special summit for sustainable development. It features 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Adopted by 193 states, the universal programme for sustainable development addresses environmental, social and economic…
Read MoreThe ‘Sustainable Business’ and agriculture
Jonathan Scott describes a front-line research project designed to reduce costs, increase revenues and create jobs in agriculture The challenges posed by agriculture are becoming more pressing as the world struggles to meet its ever-growing need for food. By 2050, over nine billion people will need to be fed – two billion more than the…
Read MoreBuilding Sustainability into the Value Chain
Running a “sustainable” business is not about recycling and tree-planting programmes, it’s about putting sustainability at the core of your shareholder value proposition. To achieve sustainability transformation in companies, leaders need a broader skillset. This means that management education thinking also needs to be transformed to address sustainable values. Is sustainability in business misunderstood?…
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