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Our Sustainability Report for the year 2022/23 is now available to view. This report shares progress we’ve made in the past academic year to reduce negative environmental impacts of our operations, as well as the positive sustainability impact we’re making through teaching, learning and partnerships. Read our year in review: https://lnkd.in/e4_bfMkK

🚀 *New Research on Corporate Sustainability Policy Spread* 🌍 What makes a corporate sustainability policy more likely to be adopted across borders? It’s not just about the actors promoting it, but the "textual attributes" of the policy itself! My recent publication "From Diffusion to Diffuse-ability", co-authored with Robyn Klingler-Vidra and Onna Malou van den Broek, uncovers the key factors that drive global policy diffusion. We found that policies with lower complexity, greater flexibility, and fewer restrictive mandates are more likely to spread effectively. Want to know more? Check out this recent University of Edinburgh Business School blog post: https://lnkd.in/eSXjZEBu Or check out the full paper published in International Studies Quarterly 🌱 https://lnkd.in/eeTVYtGK #Sustainability #Policy #CorporateGovernance #ESG #Research The University of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh Business School King's College London King's Business School University of Exeter Business School Copenhagen Business School

Just finished "Sustainability Foundations: Core Concepts" by Amy Luers! Not that I learnt more than I knew already on sustainability after hours of learning, years of practical field experience and strategic thinking as part of SAP’s Sustainability GTM Motion (plus the sustainability strategies program at Stanford) but Amy is such an inspiring sustainability leader and she brings it all together so well that I can only recommend this course as part of a bigger sustainability enablement pathway. . Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gc4XGS37 #environmentalsustainability.

Just finished the course “Sustainability Foundations: Core Concepts” by Amy Luers! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gy_DqE5J #environmentalsustainability. I love that this lecture is a series of short videos instead of one long video. Easier to focus and digest. The lecture breaks down the core concepts of Sustainability Foundations so anyone with zero knowledge about it can easily understand. Would totally recommend this! 1 key takeaway: to achieve the Sustainability goals, we need to have 3 paradigm shifts:  1) Transition from a linear economy (take-make-waste) to a circular economy 2) Keep products in use for as long as possible 3) Adapt a dynamic and future thinking instead of static thinking 

New report from the European Environment Agency: ‘Just Sustainability Transitions – From Concept to Practice’ 🌍 We're thrilled to share this publication, featuring contributions from our colleagues at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University and the EEA - European Topic Centres on Sustainability Transitions (ETC ST)! "As Europe strives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and decouple economic growth from resource use, certain social groups and European regions will be disproportionately affected. It is therefore critical to ensure that transitions are fair. A failure to do so risks exacerbating existing inequalities or even creating new ones, potentially leading to social divisions, discontent and resistance to change. Achieving justice in sustainability transitions also requires recognition of the interconnectedness and complexity of the systems at play. A comprehensive and holistic policy framework that brings green transition policies together with employment, training and social policies, and integrates and coordinates policy objectives across key economic sectors, can better support a just transition. At the same time, delivering transitions that are fair demands careful consideration of the specificities, inequalities and challenges of the local context, and its interplay with larger geographical scales." Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/ekEhb3w8                                   

Just finished Sustainability Foundations: Core Concepts! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/efa5XE3u

Just finished Sustainability Foundations: Core Concepts! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/dxisjqx3

Just finished Sustainability Foundations: Core Concepts! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/dbBKibgy

Just finished Sustainability Foundations: Core Concepts! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/ggEaTg_6

Just finished Sustainability Foundations: Core Concepts! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gvKAfuhM