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13 news articles

• “Shell stumbles over an old open cellar hatch”

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 5/28/2021

  This week, on May 26, 2021, in a first-of-its-kind judgment worldwide, the Court orders Shell to reduce its CO2 emissions by 45% by the end of 2030. The Shell case provides an ideal forum to debate the future of corporate climate responsibility worldwide. Professor Tineke Lambooy and Andreas Hoesli LL.M. explain why the court's decision in highly remarkable in many ways...

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• Making global value chains sustainable and enhancing the position of LDCs: A shared responsibility

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 2/23/2021

  Mother Earth does not care about the boundaries we have defined says Désirée van Gorp. Making global value chains sustainable is a shared responsibility.

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• The Future of Education: Everything Is Liquid

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 9/3/2020

  The future of learning is fluid, dynamic, adaptable, immersive, personalized, and engaging. It is all about the richness of the experience supported by research and teaching excellence.

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• ‘Purpose is easy, commitment is hard’

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 4/23/2020

  Everything is in motion during times of crisis. But how do we find the right balance between adaptation to the here and now, nostalgia for the past and transformation towards the future?

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• Planning when planning is impossible: scenario analysis

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 4/15/2020

  What to do if the future is inherently unpredictable, as it is now during the corona crisis? Scenario analysis is an indispensable tool.

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• Integrating crisis-resilience becomes a matter of course

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 4/2/2020

  Anke van Hal about crisis-resilience

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• Learning from Prime Minister Rutte's television speech

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 3/26/2020

  Will the corona pandemic lead to an economic and social crisis rivaling to the Great Depression of the 1930s? What can organizations and, especially the CEOs, do about this? The outlook is bleak.

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• Lessons in Leadership in Times of Crisis

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 3/26/2020

  Experience shows that after a creative phase a structural phase will follow during which the top level of management will lead in solving the crisis.

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• Nyenrode and her LES-principles in times of crisis

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 3/21/2020

  Nyenrode and her LES-principles in times of crisis

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• Climate change and social inequality require debate on corporate governance

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 2/7/2020

  Experts from the US, UK, Europe and the Netherlands shared knowledge and best practices with over 100 practitioners and academics at Nyenrode Business University.

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• Are businesses still failing to adequately consider financial implications of climate change?

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 1/21/2020

  It has become almost a necessity for business schools to teach future managers about how and why it is so crucial to consider the financial implications climate change will have.

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• Businesses still fail to adequately consider financial implications of climate change

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 2/4/2019

  During the Dies Natalis on November 20, 2018, Peter Bakker – President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) – urged the business community to take on a leading role and secure a sustainable future for all. He believes we are entering a period of unprecedented transformation. On January 18, 2019, Nyenrode hosted a conference that fit in perfectly with this topic: 'Corporate responsibility in relation to climate change'. International firms, investment managers, insurers, human rights organizations and climate groups came together to address the key question: how can my business take responsibility for future generations?

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• We all play our part in climate control

  Type: Community

  Publication date: 1/11/2019

  'The role businesses play and the responsibilities they have in the story of climate change and human rights has two sides. There are ethical and legal aspects, but the subjects offer many chances as well.' Jan van de Venis, lawyer and owner of JustLaw, states. He is a coordinator and keynote speaker for the ‘Corporate responsibility in relation to climate change’ conference that will be held on January 18 at Nyenrode Business University.

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