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• 'Those who embrace ESG fuel innovation'

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 6/14/2024

  Organizations must restore the balance between business continuity and concern for people, nature and society, according to Prof. Albert Plugge in his inaugural speech on June 14. Plugge is professor of ESG Transformation & Digital Innovation at Nyenrode Business University. "Financial interests have prevailed since the industrial revolution, but that concept is no longer tenable."

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• Challenges for the CFO focusing on integrated value

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 3/26/2024

  When it comes to making choices, it's a real pickle. This pretty much sums up the biggest challenges for financial professionals aiming to steer towards integrated value. Surprisingly, the oft-cited issue of data availability isn't the main hurdle for these individuals. The real challenge lies in decision-making.

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• Which CFO focuses on integrated value?

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 11/21/2023

  Yes, sustainability is high on the agenda of most managers and directors. But how serious and concrete is it? By expressing social and ecological issues financially, their size and importance become more visible and they can become central to the business strategy.

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• Prof. dr. Albert Plugge appointed as Professor ESG Transformation & Digital Innovation

  Type: Education

  Publication date: 10/9/2023

  Prof. Dr. Albert Plugge has been appointed as Professor of ESG Transformation & Digital Innovation at Nyenrode Business University as of September 1. He is part of the Expertise Center Entrepreneurship, Governance & Stewardship.

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• How to start embedding human rights in your business

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 4/18/2023

  There is an urgency to incorporate human rights policy into your business operations, as stated by Yulia Levashova, Assistant professor at Nyenrode Business Universiteit. Besides a moral duty to take good care of your employees and ensure that your company respect human rights, it also makes a ‘good business sense.’

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• Transition to sustainability requires an innovative mindset

  Type: Opinion

  Publication date: 4/13/2023

  To support organizations in the transition to sustainability, Nyenrode Business Universiteit and KPMG jointly founded the ESG Innovation Institute. Dr. Jeroen van der Velden and Prof. Jeff Gaspersz are both connected to this institute and explain how innovation contributes to business transformation.

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• Sustainability reporting: from exceptional to mainstream

  Type: Research

  Publication date: 3/8/2023

  Until a few years ago, corporate transparency about their activities and their impact on society and the environment was still exceptional and non-committal. However, sustainability reporting is now for many companies a mandatory part of accounting for what they do, and has become common good. René Orij, who recently was appointed as full professor at Nyenrode Business Universiteit, has conducted important research in this area.

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• René Orij appointed Professor of Corporate Sustainability Reporting

  Type: About Nyenrode

  Publication date: 3/1/2023

  Today, René Orij was appointed as Professor of Corporate Sustainability Reporting at Nyenrode Business University. "With my future research, I want to hold up a mirror to companies and accountants: think about the importance of transparency about sustainability."

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Seven competences of ESG leaders

  Type: Education

  Publication date: 11/24/2022

  Successfully implementing ESG within organizations requires leadership. But what competences does a leader need to have in order to successfully implement ESG?

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• ESG as a compass for future-proof leadership

  Type: Education

  Publication date: 11/18/2022

  How do organizations become stronger and more future-proof? The ESG Innovation Institute - a collaboration between Nyenrode Business University and KPMG - deals with this question every day.

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• Sustainability policy must move from intention to action

  Type: Education

  Publication date: 11/9/2022

  Sustainable transformation of organisations first of all requires transformation of leaders themselves, as emerged during the first meeting of the recently established ESG Innovation Institute, a joint initiative of Nyenrode Business University and KPMG to assist directors, supervisory directors and professionals in the field of sustainability.

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• The changing definition of business success requires new leadership

  Type: Education

  Publication date: 10/11/2022

  While in the last decades an organization’s success was measured mainly in terms of turnover, profitability, market share and customer satisfaction, now and in the future they will also be held accountable for the impact they make on people, the environment and society. ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) is now central to the balanced scorecard.

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