Business & the sustainable development goals a framework for effective corporate involvement
This short book presents a framework for making corporate strategies effective for sustainable development. This framework is a condensed result of a variety of interdisciplinary research and teaching projects, organised with colleagues in academia, practitioners at companies, civil society organisa...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Rotterdam :
Erasmus University Rotterdam
[2018]
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| Colección: | RSM Series on Positive Change
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009655357606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- PART I WHY? The creation of the SDGs - A new paradigm for progress?
- 1.1 Introduction: the entry of a new frame for grand challenges
- 1.2 The sustainable development challenge: preconditions for a new paradigm
- 1.3 The creation of a new paradigm: from MDGs to SDGs
- 1.4 Reception of the SDGs: support and critique
- 1.5 Conclusion: a promising and intriguing agenda
- PART II WHAT AND WHO? The SDGs as 'Wicked problems' - Who shouldaddress what?
- 2.1 Sources of wickedness: what implications for thinking about the SDGs?
- 2.2 Intensity of wickedness: what makes the SDGs wicked?
- 2.3 Sources of ambiguity
- 2.4 Addressing the SDGs: societal triangulation
- 2.5 Linking what and who: the choice for targets, indicators and a common agenda
- 2.6 The Specific SDG elaboration
- 2.7 Conclusion: a promising agenda with considerable gaps
- PART III HOW? A framework for corporate strategies in support of the SDGs.
- 3.1 Introduction: how can companies contribute to the SDGs?
- 3.2 Dealing with societal issues: business cases and materiality
- 3.3 Breaking through the reactive threshold: strategic tipping points
- 3.4 Making it functional: breaking through further conservative management layers
- 3.5 How can companies contribute to specific SDGs?
- 3.6 How do companies at present contribute to the SDGs?
- 3.7 Framework: how can companies better contribute to the SDGs?
- Bibliography.
