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Should corporations be activists?

Corporate Knights

Her previous research on corporate social responsibility found that investors, though initially skeptical, ultimately saw value in corporate commitments to sustainability. I have always been intrigued by the gap between what companies say and what they actually do,” says Hawn.

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As corporate leaders pledge to embrace purpose beyond profit, are business schools keeping up?

Corporate Knights

Themes of sustainability, corporate social responsibility, inclusion and diversity weave through the curriculum. For an MBA course on sustainability-driven business, students examine the role of entrepreneurship in promoting social impact initiatives. They got more submissions than for a normal journal,” he notes.

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Meet the women warrior accountants pushing the envelope on climate action

Corporate Knights

Wearing nubbly woolen sweaters and a full grey beard, he started each class with a brief meditation before launching into the subject at hand: the social and environmental devastation wrought by the corporate world the students were clamouring to enter. Nowhere did these by-products of economic growth appear on balance sheets.

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