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This book tells the story of how the convergence between corporate
sustainability and sustainable investing is now becoming a major
force driving systemic market changes. The idea and practice of
corporate sustainability is no longer a niche movement. Investors
are increasingly paying attention to sustainability factors in
their analysis and decision-making, thus reinforcing market
transformation. In this book, high-level practitioners and academic
thought leaders, including contributions from John Ruggie, Fiona
Reynolds, Johan Rockstroem, and Paul Polman, explain the forces
behind these developments. The contributors highlight (a) that
systemic market change is influenced by various contextual factors
that impact how sustainable investing is perceived and practiced;
(b) that the integration of ESG factors in investment decisions is
impacting markets on a large scale and hence changes practices of
major market players (e.g. pension funds); and (c) that technology
and the increasing datafication of sustainability act as further
accelerators of such change. The book goes beyond standard economic
theory approaches to sustainable investing and emphasizes that
capitalism founded on more real-world (complex) economics and
cooperation can strengthen ESG integration. Aimed at both
investment professionals and academics, this book gives the reader
access to more practitioner-relevant information and it also
discusses implementation issues. The reader will gain insights into
how "mainstream" financial actors relate to sustainable investing.
This book is the first to combine the views of scholars with those
of practitioners (mostly CEOs and C-level executives) on the topic
of sustainability, technology and finance. Includes the top thought
leaders from the worlds of practice and research. Readers will gain
insights into how technology and digitalization can fundamentally
reshape the way ESG is practiced.
It's not what we know, but how we learn. This is the key that
Learning to Read the Signs uses in order to evaluate and apply
ideas and facts to one's organization life. The book asks the
reader to go back to and reclaim pragmatism: an activity of thought
involving four parts: Investigation, Hypothesis, Action, and
Testing. Pragmatism is a method of interpretation or inquiry which
offers to the thoughtful business practitioner a way to better
understand the reality in which we operate, to think critically and
creatively, and for business people to think together to make the
best use of all our perspectives and talents. Questions raised in
this book include: What are the signs telling us? Where are we
headed and why? Why are things going the way they are? What is our
purpose?
This book is the first to combine the views of scholars with those
of practitioners (mostly CEOs and C-level executives) on the topic
of sustainability, technology and finance. Includes the top thought
leaders from the worlds of practice and research. Readers will gain
insights into how technology and digitalization can fundamentally
reshape the way ESG is practiced.
This book tells the story of how the convergence between corporate
sustainability and sustainable investing is now becoming a major
force driving systemic market changes. The idea and practice of
corporate sustainability is no longer a niche movement. Investors
are increasingly paying attention to sustainability factors in
their analysis and decision-making, thus reinforcing market
transformation. In this book, high-level practitioners and academic
thought leaders, including contributions from John Ruggie, Fiona
Reynolds, Johan Rockstroem, and Paul Polman, explain the forces
behind these developments. The contributors highlight (a) that
systemic market change is influenced by various contextual factors
that impact how sustainable investing is perceived and practiced;
(b) that the integration of ESG factors in investment decisions is
impacting markets on a large scale and hence changes practices of
major market players (e.g. pension funds); and (c) that technology
and the increasing datafication of sustainability act as further
accelerators of such change. The book goes beyond standard economic
theory approaches to sustainable investing and emphasizes that
capitalism founded on more real-world (complex) economics and
cooperation can strengthen ESG integration. Aimed at both
investment professionals and academics, this book gives the reader
access to more practitioner-relevant information and it also
discusses implementation issues. The reader will gain insights into
how "mainstream" financial actors relate to sustainable investing.
It's not what we know, but how we learn. This is the key that
Learning to Read the Signs uses in order to evaluate and apply
ideas and facts to one's organization life. The book asks the
reader to go back to and reclaim pragmatism: an activity of thought
involving four parts: Investigation, Hypothesis, Action, and
Testing. Pragmatism is a method of interpretation or inquiry which
offers to the thoughtful business practitioner a way to better
understand the reality in which we operate, to think critically and
creatively, and for business people to think together to make the
best use of all our perspectives and talents. Questions raised in
this book include: What are the signs telling us? Where are we
headed and why? Why are things going the way they are? What is our
purpose?
The UN Global Compact complements other corporate citizenship
initiatives by promoting dialogue on the relationship between
business and society. At the same time it is the only truly global
corporate citizenship initiative. It is not an auditable standard;
indeed, it is not a standard or a code in the way that these are
normally viewed. It is a set of principles through which business
and the United Nations can work in partnership for global social
development. For some businesses it is a simplified codification of
their existing policies and management practices, but for many
engagement represents a challenge and an opportunity to raise their
game by aligning profitability with the common good. As the only
genuinely global corporate citizenship initiative, the Global
Compact draws its moral authority from the UN Secretary-General and
its moral and political legitimacy from the UN as the only global
political body. It can be viewed as a series of nested networks
involving the Secretary-General's Office, the ILO, UNEP, UNHCHR,
UNDP and UNIDO, business, NGOs and labour. It can variously be
described as an international learning network, as a social network
of people and organizations engaged in a global conversation, as a
global public policy network, and as a multi-stakeholder dialogue.
It is all of these things, but more than anything its greatest
success has been in providing a convening platform for a growing
global conversation about social development among a variety of
actors. However the Global Compact is viewed, it is time to reflect
on the first tentative steps of an initiative born in the aftermath
of the Cold War, in the "triumph of global economic liberalism" and
mass demonstrations against "globalisation". In its first few
years, the world has experienced 9/11 and the Iraq War, not
forgetting the forty or so civil wars that are ongoing at this
time. Whatever is written about the UN Global Compact or its
success will be tentative. But there can be some serious reflection
on its aims and origins; some telling of stories of engagement; and
discussion on how this initiative has quickly become an important
reference point in the dialogue on global and corporate governance.
This work examines British rule in Cyprus, with a focus on how
Britain formulated policies for that rule. It traces Britain's
imperial and foreign policy in Cyprus from 1939 to 1955, from the
outbreak of World War II until the beginning of the EOKA rising of
1955. The book puts forward two basic arguments. First, the
violence of 1955 was not a thunderbolt from the blue, but the
logical outcome of the events of the previous year. Second, British
policy was an often ill-defined set of ideas devised between
British ministries and departments in conflict over the form the
island's future should take. This study examines a number of
actions by colonial administrators which, with the advantage of
hindsight, appear out of step with reality. Following the
introduction, which opens with a discussion of the history and
geography of Cyprus in 1939, the book covers the outbreak of the
war and the invasion threat. After, its coverage of the war years,
the book details the developments in Cyprus during the years
1945-1949, a period which saw the British offer the constitution to
the Cypriots. Next, the book discusses the Plebiscite, Turkish
reactions to changes in Cyprus, and other events that occurred in
Cyprus between 1949-1951. The next section details the rise of
Makarios (1951-1953), and finally, the book concludes with a
discussion of the role of the United Nations and the rise of
violence beginning in 1955. This book should appeal to researchers
and students interested in Cypriot and British history, the Cold
War, the United Nations, and the course of Anglo-Greek relations.
The United Nations Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative
that encourages businesses to support ten universal principles in
the areas of human rights, labor standards, the environment, and
anti-corruption. It is the world's largest voluntary corporate
responsibility initiative with more than 7,500 business and
non-business participants in over 130 countries. This book reviews
the first ten years of the Compact's existence (2000-2010) by
presenting exclusively commissioned chapters from well-known
scholars, practitioners from the business world and civil society,
and Global Compact staff. They reflect on what the Global Compact
has achieved, what trends it may have to respond to, and what
challenges are ahead. The book contains not only up-to-date
reflections but also debates recent changes to the structure of the
Compact, including the Communication on Progress policy, the role
of Global Compact Local Networks, and the role of emerging
specialized initiatives.
The United Nations Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative
that encourages businesses to support ten universal principles in
the areas of human rights, labor standards, the environment, and
anti-corruption. It is the world's largest voluntary corporate
responsibility initiative with more than 7,500 business and
non-business participants in over 130 countries. This book reviews
the first ten years of the Compact's existence (2000-2010) by
presenting exclusively commissioned chapters from well-known
scholars, practitioners from the business world and civil society,
and Global Compact staff. They reflect on what the Global Compact
has achieved, what trends it may have to respond to, and what
challenges are ahead. The book contains not only up-to-date
reflections but also debates recent changes to the structure of the
Compact, including the Communication on Progress policy, the role
of Global Compact Local Networks, and the role of emerging
specialized initiatives.
Much of the writing in "The Journal of Corporate Citizenship" over
the last few years has been concerned with stakeholder engagement,
social partnership building, accountability, and reporting. To
date, however, there has been little discussion of what comes next
in potential transformational efforts to build a more secure,
peaceful and ecologically sustainable world or the corporate roles
in building that world. This issue asks the question: What is the
role of business in contributing to global peace and security over
the long haul? As can readily be seen by the variety of papers and
topics in the issue, the answer to that question is far from easy
or simple, and each person who approaches the topic does so from a
different perspective. Nonetheless, there are common threads and
themes that arise when we begin thinking seriously about how
businesses can contribute to peace and security and to what we are
calling, after Polanyi, the next great transformation. Clearly,
there are significant signs that transformation is needed in the
world today."
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