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BLOG: Will the circular economy build resilience?Some firms are optimising for the circular economy in the wrong direction. Dr Kennedy offers 4 insights for the transition to resilience.
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A business school on a missionRead more about our journey to making impact.
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Green labels can steer shoppers toward more sustainable delivery optionsSteering customer behaviour can help to reduce the vehicles’ miles and associated emissions
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Professor’s opinion: Will the corona crisis result in a better-organised world economy?Life after Corona: How can we design a less vulnerable socio-economic system in which welfare, climate and well-being go hand in hand.
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Optimise floriculture and make it more sustainable with AI algorithms‘AI in the Floriculture Chain’ (iFlow) project developed AI applications for growers, auctioneers, transporters, and supply chain managers.
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BLOG: Nobel Laureates and RSM faculty make climate change issues clearDirk Schoenmaker's blog on how the 2018 Nobel Prize for Economics shows that a sustainable economy is possible, if we put our minds to it.
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Corporate illusionists: socially but not politically responsibleCorporate social responsibility has gone mainstream. But behind the scenes some corporations act quite differently on the political stage.
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Sustainable – but ‘disgusting’ – products become more attractive in a second languageInsect cookies, artificial meat and recycled water sound less repulsive to consumers when presented in a second language.
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How to promote car-sharing to people who love their own carsCar-sharing schemes can reduce the environmental impact of driving. But how do you entice car owners that are really attached to their cars?
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Heineken’s corporate dilemma of responding to social activismResearch: why Heineken was targeted by social activists, even after improving working conditions for 'beer promoters' in Cambodia.
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Text analysis puts investment value on corporate social behaviourAndy Moniz demonstrates how analysis of online texts can help investors put a value on a company's corporate social behaviour.
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Turning electric vehicles into profitable virtual power plantsCar rental companies that rent out EVs can increase profits with 7% by running ‘virtual power plants’.
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Negative consequences of sustainability labellingFairtrade and Green Seal claim a product was produced in a socially and environmentally sustainable way. But are they really? Frank Wijen reveals the truth about sustainability labelling.
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Positives and negatives of electricity generation systemsThe supply of electricity is shifting to sustainable and decentralised production from renewable sources; it’s a big change from the 20th century model of central large-scale generation.
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Gail Whiteman: Speak business language to create sustainabilityHow can business align very specific and KPIs set-in-stone, or fixed weekly, daily or even hourly targets on the workfloor? Can they be reconciled with the 'vague' concept of sustainability?
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Sustainability bonuses: a credible sign of corporate responsibility?Companies in a range of sectors must comply with a series of minimum CSR standards as a condition of being in business.