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• CSR in the clothing industry: 'Everyone can benefit from collaboration'

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 5/23/2024

  All stakeholders can benefit from a sustainable clothing industry, says S. M. Akterujjaman during his PhD defense ceremony on May 22. His research is concerned with the complex network of relationships and interactions that determine the shape of corporate social responsibility. In doing so, Akterujjaman focused mainly on the clothing industry in Bangladesh.

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• Sustainability and the role of corporate reporting

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 12/18/2023

  How can we encourage organizations to reduce their negative environmental and societal impacts? This question is central to the research of Ries Breijer, who obtained his PhD on December 18th. His research shows that regulatory changes on non-financial and financial reporting can play an important role.

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• ‘Sustainability reporting is not sustainable’

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 6/23/2023

  The way companies report on sustainability is not sustainable, states Professor of Corporate Reporting Michael Erkens in his inaugural lecture. “We need to work globally towards a unified framework for sustainability reporting, so that we can better compare companies' sustainability performance and efforts.”

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• A sustainable economy starts with business leaders

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 5/11/2023

  Since December 2022, there is a new Corporate Governance Code in place. This Code states that business leaders are responsible for sustainable long-term value creation and that companies must draw up policies for diversity and inclusion. Tineke Lambooy, Professor of Corporate Law at Nyenrode Business Universiteit, explains how business leaders can embed ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) values in their strategy.

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• Selling olive oil and chocolate for a better world

  Type: Community

  Publication date: 3/15/2022

  Fanny Lecroulant gave up a successful career in engineering for an uncertain existence as a social entrepreneur. “It was not a big sacrifice for me, I wanted a more meaningful job, and I have that now!" Read her story about olive oil, chocolate, consumer behavior and her vision on stewardship.

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• Becoming sustainable with residents

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 3/7/2022

  Using the energy transition as a lever to improve the quality of life in vulnerable neighborhoods was the goal of the experimental program Making Vulnerable Neighborhoods Sustainable (“Verduurzaming van Kwetsbare Wijken”) by Platform31, Nyenrode Business University and eighteen municipalities.

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• “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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