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More than a third (35.4%) of respondents surveyed by the Australian Leadership Index believe banking and financial institutions show “no leadership for the greater good”.
It’s a bold move from outgoing Pepsico CEO Indra Nooyi.
Two business professors spent five years studying Walmart’s ambition project to bring sustainability to its millions of budget-conscious customers – a plan that began with the birth of a granddaughter.
Supply-chain experts see reliable data, STEM education and smarter regulation as essential for Australia to succeed in an increasingly automated world under pressure to be environmentally sustainable.
More CEOs and investors are looking to long term value over short term profits – an approach that may net them both.
For years Swedish companies have been regarded as among the best in sustainability reporting.
City dwellers are individually starting to do their bit to live sustainably. Now pioneering businesses are aiming to make ecological and social sustainability part of their bottom line.
Evidence suggests a strong relationship between sustainability and the global competitiveness of a country. Nigerian businesses need to embrace it in order to thrive.
Though business and industry are significantly contributing to climate change, business schools across the country are not preparing our future leaders for the dramatic shift this planet needs.
As a remedy to rampant consumerism and the throwaway culture of fast-fashion, a few clothing brands actively encourage their customers to buy less.
Feel-good fudges designed to boost staff morale are giving way to tangible projects which can be reported to shareholders.
Contributing to the public good should be a top priority for public and land grant universities. Here, some ideas on how to match what institutions value with academics’ own drive for service.
The business presence at COP21 may be on the sidelines but support for climate change is strong.
The ‘linear economy’ that drove 20th-century leaps in wealth is no longer sustainable, and our standard of living will not survive without a dramatic redesign.
Australia’s policies to cut greenhouse emissions have been shrouded in uncertainty over the past few months. The contentious Renewable Energy Target review and the swapping of the carbon price for Direct…
John D. Rockefeller turned in his grave when the news drifted down to Hades that the Rockefeller Brothers Fund is divesting from fossil fuel companies … even from John D’s once very own Exxon. The shrill…
Tony Abbott’s criticisms of the ANU’s divestment decision will come back to bite him. The tide of change is such that Vice-Chancellor Ian Young and the ANU Council will be seen as leaders. Others will…
Despite the widespread scientific consensus regarding anthropogenic climate change, ideological rhetoric dominates the global political discourse. This is preventing the development of clear policy frameworks…
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Professor of Accounting, Durham University
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Postdoctoral researcher, TU Wien
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Asssociate Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Management & Organizations; Professor of Environment & Sustainability; Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Leadership, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor, ESCP Business School
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Executive Director @ Australian Institute of Performance Sciences, Strategic Partner @ Swinburne University MedTechVic, and Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Public Policy and Governance at, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Strategy, Economics and Foresights, Hult International Business School
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Adjunct Professor of Economics, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, University of Wollongong
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Senior Professor, Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC), University of Wollongong
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Professor of Economic Geography, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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