With the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals as the bedrock for global change, the pressure on organisations and businesses to align their practices and objectives with them is growing. An increasingly ethically-minded public want business to be more than just about profit and demand they help society and preserve the planet.
From multinationals to SMEs and micro-businesses, this is a complex task, involving global supply chains, legacy IT systems, cultural shifts, stakeholder relations and more, while all the time maintaining a profitable business in a competitive and uncertain environment.
Academics at WBS are leading research into this area, producing practical insights that can help organisations and businesses of all sizes move towards a sustainable operation and help society meet the UN’s goals.
Is the world heading for a new energy order following the pandemic? Michael Bradshaw, Professor of Global Energy, paints four future scenarios that could come to fruition.
Is the world heading for a new energy order following the pandemic? Michael Bradshaw, Professor of Global Energy, paints four future scenarios that could come to fruition.
Frederik Dahlmann, Associate Professor of Strategy and Sustainability, picks the books, papers and reports you need to bring the UN's Sustainable Development Goals to life.
A WBS team won the Said Business School sustainability hackathon for the third year running after MBAs create supermarket reward tokens to promote sustainable products.
To mark Earth Day, Professor Hugh Wilson and Professor Emma Macdonald explain how a game they took to COP26 encourages radical change to help the environment.
Michael Bradshaw, Professor of Global Energy at WBS, examines growing calls for the UK to reconsider fracking amid rising energy prices and war in Ukraine.
WBS students invited to enter CoBS student article writing competition. Finalists to be published in Global Voice magazine. Deadline March 31st.
Council on Business and Society competition offers £500 prize and the chance for students to see their article published in Global Voice magazine.
Europe's dependence on Russian gas supplies are under scrutiny because of Vladimir Putin's threat to invade Ukraine. Michael Bradshaw writes decarbonisation must be accelerated.
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