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...
Can Women Fix Capitalism?
By Joanna Barsh
Gender equality at the top of business has stalled, and trust in business is alarmingly low. Putting more women in charge could...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Cloud computing and mobility: Adjusting in a New World – From Threat to Ally
By Christopher Clark
One of the most important CIO agenda items for 2012 is addressing and managing employee-owned mobile devices. This is where productivity, cost...
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...
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...
Social Technologies in the Enterprise – Rising to the Challenge
By Evgeny Kaganer, Sandra Sieber and Neil Hair
“What we are looking at is how to build a collaborative platform hooked into business automation software....
How Sustainability and Carbon Footprint Reduction is Transforming the DNA of Leadership Key Trends...
By Nikos Avlonas
2012 introduced several significant developments in sustainability, most notably around the issues of climate change, risk management, and supply chain ethics.
June’s Rio+20...
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...
Innovation and Integration for an Environmentally Friendly Alberta
Alberta is committed to responsible energy production – because Albertans and Canadians expect nothing less.
Located in Western Canada, Alberta is a province rich with...
Has the quality of our politicians declined or is the world becoming impossible to...
By Michael Cox
We live not just in ‘interesting times‘, but in quite extraordinary times where few in the West now appear to have much...
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,...
KYOCERA – a uniquely resource-efficient approach to product design
By Tracey Rawling Church
KYOCERA is a name that may not be familiar, but the company has quietly been designing and manufacturing resource efficient products...
Is Your Supply Chain Sustainable? Probably Not
By Cory Searcy
A growing number of companies are working to develop sustainable supply chains. A key challenge is to align their supply chain...
Why Forgiveness Should Be Part Of Your Compliance Strategy
By David de Cremer
Compliance strategies are integral in creating a trustworthy, high performing and innovative work culture. As such, it is imperative for companies...
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...
Amazon, Just a Click Away from Luxury
What are the Implications for Selective Distribution?
By Xavier Derville and Jean-Noël Kapferer
Has the strategy of selective distribution, on which luxury brands depend for survival, evolved in the...
Clyde Waterfront – A River of Opportunity
The scale, pace and diversity of the River Clyde’s regeneration has re-vitalised the area, creating numerous opportunities for businesses and the public to invest,...
The Sustainable Organisation – Driving value through organisational change
By Claire Arnold, Co Founder of Maxxim Consulting
Everyone who has the ambition, drive and competence to want the top job has to be alive...
Ecological Gold – A New Gold Standard
Anna Moltke-Huitfeldt, Jewellery in Life
Anna Moltke-Huitfeldt, Jewellery In Life, works with ecological gold from the Oro Verde (Green Gold) mining project in Colombia, a...
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,...
Your four opportunities to capture customers who no longer care where they buy: The...
By Robert H. Bloom
Today, sellers live in a virtual glass houses – they are stripped naked by social media, vulnerable to the attitudes, positive...
Days of Glory past
From the Editors
In the run up to the 12 May 2016 Anti Corruption Summit in the UK last week, the British premier let off...
The E-Car Will Change Human Behaviour
By Stefan Krause and Boris Liedtke
In this article, the authors share why despite the attacks on new mobility technology and the fact that there...
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....
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,...
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...
E-cars And The Necessity To Face Diversified Transportation Technologies
By Boris N. Liedtke
Customers craved for diversification, and the same is likely to hold true in the replacement of the combustion engine. Boris Liedtke...
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...
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...
Let’s STRIDE Towards UN SDG-led Innovation
By Mike Cooray, Rikke Duus, Joanne Carmichael, and Marius Sylvestersen
It has never been more urgent for entrepreneurial, public, and private organisations to join forces...
Certainty of Uncertainty: 2022 in Review
By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor of The European Business Review
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Energy crisis in Europe. Three Prime Ministers in two months...
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,...
How Will the Minimum EPC Requirement Impact Landlords in England?
Persons operating leases and rental properties in the England are in a close race against time to make necessary improvements to their energy efficiency...
How Businesses Can Build a Credible Climate Strategy Without Relying on Offsetting as a...
By Renaud Bettin
Business leaders today face an ever-increasing pressure to disclose data on ESG policies and decarbonization plans, and accusations of greenwashing from customers...
Which Size Solar System is Best For My Home?
There is a global consensus that non-renewable energy sources cannot meet the world’s energy needs in the long term. This conclusion, coupled with the...
Designing a Corporate ESG Programme that Attracts, Nurtures, and Retains Women
By Chaitra Vedullapalli
Inclusion is the new kid on the block that every company interested in advancement is courting. And one of the best methods...
6 Ways X-Rays Have Helped Us
November 8, 2020 marks 125 years since German Physics Professor Wilhelm Roentgen discovered the x-ray. On this day in 1895, also known as International...
Carbon Credit Fraud: COP27 and Policing the Wild West
By Maria Cronin, Craig Hogg, and Kirsten Stewart
At the 27th United Nations Climate Change conference (COP 27), held in Egypt this month, attention has...
The Coming Food Industry Revolution: You can have your cake with wine and...
By Kevin Parker and Boris Liedtke
Balancing food supply and demand in a manner that has a positive environmental impact and ensures a healthier life...
The Role of pH in Food Control
Acidity is a vital part of food safety and taste. A sharp twist of lime or a splash of vinegar can help to turn...
How to Use Your Eco-friendly Approach as a Selling Point
As the market for eco-friendly and sustainable consumer goods grows and marketing campaigns emblazoned with environmentally conscious messages begin to reign mainstream advertising, what...
Ethical Dilemmas in the Coronavirus Care: Who Should Get Treated First if the...
By Won-Yong Oh
The coronavirus has spread to every continent. The numbers of confirmed cases and death continue upward in many countries. Doctors and nurses...
Romain Girbal declares: “IB2™ is a French green technology that revolutionizes the alumina industry”
For the first time in the alumina sector, a revolutionary French green technology allows for strong financial benefits and unprecedented environmental benefits, while also...
Mattress Recycling Tips For Your Hospitality Business
One of the most important things you need to do if you own a hotel, motel, rental property, or any other hospitality business is...
The Pros and Cons of Increasing the Minimum Wage
Whether it’s at the local or federal level, increasing the minimum wage has been a hot-button issue for years. The current federal minimum wage...
