Environ & Social Issues

Plague, famine, heat no human can survive. This is not science fiction but what scientists, when they’re not being cautious, fear could be our future.

In this series, we explore some of the most prolific, trailblazing or notorious philanthropists in history, taken from ‘Public Good by…

At the center of a fundamental and heated debate about the purpose that corporations should serve, an increasingly influential “stakeholderism” view advocates giving corporate leaders the discretionary power to serve all stakeholders and not just shareholders. Supporters of stakeholderism argue that its application would address growing concerns about the impact of corporations on society and the environment. By contrast, critics of stakeholderism object that corporate leaders should not be expected to use expanded discretion to benefit stakeholders. This Article presents novel empirical evidence that can contribute to resolving this key debate.

Business for Peace devised the term businessworthy as a valuation to describe value-driven business behaviour. To be businessworthy is to apply one’s business energy ethically and responsibly with the purpose of creating social as well as economic value. The foremost examples of businessworthy leaders can be found among Oslo Business for Peace Award recipients. The criteria of the Award, which define businessworthy leadership, are: Being a role model to society and peers: A businessworthy leader acts as a role model to the general public and the business community […]

Anyone watched the recent VW electric car ads and thought great idea? Similarly have you used a bamboo straw in a restaurant and thought I must get these for my children to use at home? Both provide practical and reasonably accessible ways for individuals to lower their carbon footprint. The reality

At Davos, the companies committed to publish information on 21 environmental, social, and governance metrics, from greenhouse gas emissions to diversity to taxes paid.

As consumers continue to gravitate toward sustainability-friendly products, brands are no longer being judged against a single lens of what their products can do for individual consumers. Increasingly, shoppers are basing their purchasing decisions on not just what’s “Healthy for Me” but also...

From a backwater to the mainstream in little more than a decade, investing along environmental, social and governance (ESG) lines is big business these days.