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• Five issues for ESG

  Type: Education

  Publication date: 2/17/2023

  ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) dominates discussions in the boardroom. The reason for the growing importance attached to ESG is that it will significantly affect the landscape in which companies and boards operate.

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• Jeroen Veldman appointed as Professor of Corporate Governance

  Type: About Nyenrode

  Publication date: 2/14/2023

  As of January 1, 2023, Jeroen Veldman has been appointed as Professor of Corporate Governance at Nyenrode Business University. As Professor, Veldman will conduct research into the institutional embedding of Corporate Governance. His main focus will be on the question of how laws and regulations, codes and behavior change in the context of transitions.

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• The shoulders of Kalun Tse

  Type: Community

  Publication date: 2/13/2023

  Prof. dr. Kalun Tse, professor of Finance at Nyenrode Business University, will retire this year. To this day he is much loved and an inspiration to colleagues and students. Read more about it in this wonderful column by Prof. dr. Désirée van Gorp.

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• The corporate governance code: Never complain, always apply and explain

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 2/9/2023

  Is the recently updated corporate governance code still relevant and future-proof? According to Jeroen Veldman, Professor of Corporate Governance at Nyenrode Business University, this discussion calls for a strong plea: let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Read the full essay in Management Scope (in Dutch).

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• Get ready for the next wave of ESG reporting

  Type: Education

  Publication date: 2/6/2023

  The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is transforming ESG reporting. Starting from 2024, almost 50,000 companies are subject to mandatory sustainability reporting, including non-EU companies which have subsidiaries operating within the EU or are listed on EU regulated markets.

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• Take more responsibility in making global value chains sustainable

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 1/25/2023

  Not just companies, but governments and citizens too have a responsibility in making global value chains more sustainable. That is what Désirée van Gorp, professor of International Business at Nyenrode Business University, firmly believes. Global value chains represent processes in which goods and services are produced, processed, and delivered in different countries. Van Gorp: “Making these chains sustainable means, above all, taking solidarity as a starting point. What is good for us must also be good for people in the countries where we move our activities to, such as production processes.”

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• TEDxNyenrodeUniversity – Get your ticket now!

  Type: Community

  Publication date: 1/12/2023

  Still a few weeks to go and then TEDxNyenrodeUniversity will take place. During this event, with the theme Think Upside Down, various speakers from different backgrounds will inspire us to Think Upside Down.

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• Can the Wadden Sea be granted legal personality in order to include its voice in public decision-making?

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 12/22/2022

  For the Wadden Sea, could a Rights of Nature approach be promising for strengthening the protection of natural values in this area? Prof. Dr. Tineke Lambooy LL.M. (Professor of Business Law at Nyenrode Business University) explored this issue together with fellow researchers Tessa van Soest and Ignace Breemer.

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• Three friends and one brilliant idea of how to drastically reduce return shipments of web shops

  Type: Community

  Publication date: 12/22/2022

  Three alumni friends start a company together: “With our startup SizeBuddy, we want to help the smaller companies reducing their costs and doing business in a more sustainable way”.

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• Transparency about ESG: Telling an honest story about sustainability

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 12/20/2022

  Major social issues continue to have an increasing impact, also on the business community. And these issues increasingly require corporate involvement. Remko Renes (member of the Nyenrode Corporate Governance Institute) and Auke de Bos (associated with the EUR and EY) elaborate on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors. They think about the meaning and the importance of ESG, and the influence of this topic’s focus and transparency on organizations and directors and the roles of supervisors and audits. Based on their insights, they give recommendations to directors, supervisory directors, advisers and accountants.

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• Collaboration as a strategic asset

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 12/20/2022

  The better organizations work together, the better the performance. That sounds like pushing at an open door, yet the importance of working together is often underestimated. What are the success factors play an important part in good collaboration? How do you make working together more efficient and effective? Jeroen van der Velden, Associate Professor of Strategy Alignment and director of the Nyenrode Faculty Expertise Center Strategy, Organization & Leadership at Nyenrode Business University can, after more than 25 years of research and consulting work, provide the answers to these questions in great detail.

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• Keuzegids: Nyenrode‘s BSc in Business Administration awarded for best education program in the International Business category again

  Type: Education

  Publication date: 12/20/2022

  Just like the last three years, Nyenrode’s Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BScBA) program has once again been selected by Keuzegids Universiteiten (Resource Guide Universities) as best education program in the Netherlands in the International Business category. In addition, the BScBA is awarded a shared third place as one of the five top programs in the Netherlands. Students rated the professional career preparation ‘excellent’, and they are positive about the didactic skills, guidance and involvement of lecturers and professors.

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• Ronald Jeurissen, 25 years of ethical growth

  Type: Community

  Publication date: 12/13/2022

  Ronald Jeurissen looks back on 25 years Nyenrode: “My first day was hilarious. In the first hour I managed to get into a tiff, twice, and my career at Nyenrode hadn’t even started yet”.

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• Stefanie Beninger on resilience: stabilize, adjust, or transform?

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 12/11/2022

  Nyenrode Business University recently hosted the fourth edition of the Radical Thinkers Series. In the series, scientists talk about their research and their “radically” different way of thinking.

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• Why the social duty of care for companies must be regulated by law

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 12/8/2022

  It is taking too long for companies to put well-being before profit. That is why a social duty of care must be enshrined in law. This is what Leen Paape says in his farewell speech as Professor of Corporate Governance at Nyenrode.

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• TEDxNyenrodeUniversity Think Upside Down 2023

  Type: Community

  Publication date: 12/8/2022

  In the dynamics of today's and tomorrow's world, rethinking is crucial. The biggest mistake people make is thinking the world is static. On Thursday, February 2, 2023 it's time for TEDxNyenrodeUniversity. During this event, with the theme Think Upside Down, various speakers share their stories with the audience. This TEDx is organized by strategy and innovation agency Stay Future Proof and Nyenrode Business University.

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• Breaking routines within your organization requires guts, playfulness as well as reflection

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 12/2/2022

  Changing to a more sustainable or more social organization means changing existing patterns. And to be able to do so, you need to address three challenges: giving meaning to what you want to do, learning how to do it, and creating space to eliminate resistance. This is according to research conducted by Irene Jonkers, who is receiving her PhD at Nyenrode Business University today. 'If you understand the three challenges, the process becomes more manageable and also more fun,' Jonkers said.

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• “When it comes to doing my job, I keep my ego in my handbag”

  Type: Community

  Publication date: 11/29/2022

  After a year of festivities, Nyenrode Business University officially concluded its lustrum year, during its 76th anniversary. Prof. Désirée van Gorp presented an honorary doctorate to Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General World Trade Organization (WTO).

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