The climate crisis requires that economies around the world achieve carbon Net Zero by 2050. However, average annual GHG emissions during the 2010s have continued to increase (albeit at a decelerating rate) relative to global emissions in the first decade of the 21st century (IPCC AR6). Most of...

In the second half of the 20th century we got better at extracting the earth's resources. Much better. So much better in fact, that for 40 years, despite demand for natural resources growing, the cost of those resources decreased. Not anymore. Since 2000, prices for the world's natural resources...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify leading CEOs’ views on sustainability and how they believe it is impacting the business environment, with a particular focus on the importance of education (formal and informal) in developing future business leaders who can effectively...

A number of recent trends are influencing business schools towards better teaching and accounting for the role of “business in society” (BiS). The following article looks at selected results from the most comprehensive survey ever of BiS teaching and research in European academic...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to explore the theoretical underpinnings and practical implications of responsible competitiveness, where responsible business practices become a driver of national and regional competitiveness. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on...

Purpose – Since its Green Paper (2002) entitled “Promoting a European framework for Corporate Social Responsibility”, the European Commission multiplies communications and actions about corporate social responsibility (CSR). The purpose of this article is to question the emergence of CSR...

Purpose – The increasing engagement in corporate social responsibility (CSR) potentially indicates an attempt to “re‐embed” the economy in a wider societal context, following a period of neoliberal market exposure, deregulation, and separation of commercial and societal concerns. The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the changing role of governments promoting corporate responsibility (CR) as a result of the challenges raised by globalisation. Design/methodology/approach – CR is linked to the restructuring of governments' agendas in the framework of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe Microsoft's activities in encouraging employability and to show how these activities provide strategic advantage Design/methodology/approach – Two of Microsoft's corporate responsibility initiatives linked to the development of employment in...