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From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
This chapter looks at different dimensions of corporate social responsibility and stresses that the ethical responsibility of business must be a core component of… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
In this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses the role of profit-oriented business in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. He explores the considerations that… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
This chapter overviews investments in oil, gas and mining projects. It includes a comparison of private and state ventures. Sources of income include: cash from existing… -
From SDG Academy on 19 March, 2020
Speaking from West Papua, Indonesia, where he was attending a high-level meeting on green investment, business leader Paul Polman shares his thoughts on the challenges… -
From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019
In this case study, Emilio Guzman shares some insights and thoughts about corporate social responsibility and sustainability being integrated in a business partnerships… -
From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019
This chapter talks about the arrival of capitalist institutions which remade societies by creating market relations for labor, land, intellectual property, and other… -
From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019
This chapter describes the issues with current-day capitalism, using Faustian logic, and explains why it is neccessary to devise new institutions of governance,… -
From SDG Academy on 19 August, 2019
In this chapter, Peter Bakker talks about the role of business in fighting climate change. He declares the Paris Climate Agreement as a success and outlines the three… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
In this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses how the SDGs require the creation of public-private partnerships to deploy technology to achieve the goals and… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
This chapter looks further into the business manager’s perspective on the Sustainable Development Goals, emphasizing the need for business managers to understand… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
This chapter focuses on the process of using ethical business practices to build communities of opportunity. -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
This chapter discusses the idea of specialized global funds that have pooled funds from government donors and philanthropic donors, focusing on the example of the Global… -
From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019
The Sustainable Development Goals are not an agenda for policy makers alone. Most of the world's economic activity, knowledge generation, and investment are driven… -
From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019
In this chapter, you will learn to define 'structural change' and 'industrialization', understand evolving perspectives on structural change,… -
From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019
This chapter discusses new sustainability careers in the agri-food sector, including robotics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and genomics. Current educational… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
Good governance is a tenet of development, and when governments are corrupt, economic development and individual sense of well-being within the government's reach…