This book is about enhancing the contribution of business to sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa, with an emphasis on both challenges and opportunities. Sub-Saharan Africa is the only region in the world where the proportion of extremely poor people increased during the final decades...

ESG investing takes into account companies' environmental, social and governance performance. Also known as sustainable investing, it now accounts for some US $26 trillion, or more than one-quarter of all assets under professional management. Continued growth is is expected. However, one...

During the last ten years of apartheid rule, civil society organizations gradually became the privileged partners of the European Community’s support to democratization in South Africa. In order to avoid direct politicization of its activity in the country, the European Commission primarily...

Introduction to Contemporary Sustainable Organisational Practices -- Systems Approach for Sustainability -- Corporate Governance and Sustainability: The Role of the Board of Directors -- Breaking the Chains: Addressing Modern Slavery as a Matter of Good Sustainability Practice -- Addressing...