Special issue: New Paradigms in Business: Engaging for Sustainability
Social Business, Volume 4, Number 1, 2014
Editorial: Special issue on New paradigms in business: Engaging for sustainability
Cathy Urquhart & Olga Kuznetsova
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Urquhart, Cathy & Kuznetsova, Olga (2014) Editorial: Special issue on New paradigms in business: Engaging for sustainability. Social Business, 4(1), 1-6(6). http://dx.doi.org/10.1362/204440814X13948909253668
Engaging with business for sustainability: An interview with Jonathon Porritt
Liz Walley
“Jonathon Porritt has been a major player at the forefront of the sustainability movement for over 30 years. His writings and activities have been inspirational for the author and colleagues working in this area. Porritt is well-known as a writer, broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development. He is Co-Founder of Forum for the Future – one of the most influential sustainability charities – and holds many other high profile posts.
The author interviewed Jonathon prior to his appearance at a National Union of Students conference in Manchester in March 2013. In addition to Porritt’s experiences and views on working with business for sustainability, and with higher education, the author also explored with him perceptions on new paradigms for business …” Read more >
Walley, L. (2014). Engaging with business for sustainability: An interview with Jonathon Porritt. Social Business, 4(1), 7-14(8). http://dx.doi.org/10.1362/204440814X13948909253703
Public-private partnerships and social performance in the forest industry
Suvi Kokko, Jonathan Lukkarinen & Cecilia Mark-Herbert
“Purpose: The objective of this paper is to describe the motives, conditions and perceived outcomes of public-private partnerships as they are currently practiced in the forest industry in Sweden.
Design: A comparative case study of three Swedish forest products companies, operating nationally, regionally and internationally. The study is based on secondary materials and in-depth-interviews conducted with representatives from the case companies and non-governmental organisations …” Read more >
Kokko, S., Lukkarinen, J. & Mark-Herbert, C (2014). Public-private partnerships and social performance in the forest industry. Social Business, 4(1), 15-31(17) http://dx.doi.org/10.1362/204440814X13948909253730
Slow fashion as an alternative to mass production: A fashion practitioner’s journey
Amanda Langdown
“Oscar Wilde is reported to have said that “fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months” (Wikiquote, 2014). He could not have anticipated how much this cycle would accelerate, to the extent that we are now presented with new ideas and new fashion identities nearly every six weeks. We barely have time to wear the clothes before they end up in landfill. As fashion consumers, we have never had so much choice. However, psychologists are concerned that this degree of choice and level of consumption is not good for us. Satisfying desires for what we want, rather than what we need, and endlessly following the impetus to experience the new and the novel, is causing us in the English-speaking world anxiety and distress. This paper discusses a range of slow fashion practices, drawing on theories about sustainable fashion and steady state economics, that could provide the antidote to fashion overload.” Read more >
Langdown, Amanda (2014). Slow fashion as an alternative to mass production: A fashion practitioner’s journey. Social Business, 4(1), 33-43(11) http://dx.doi.org/10.1362/204440814X13948909253785
The future of airport retail in a carbon constrained world: Setting the agenda for research
Graeme Heyes
“This paper examines the pressure on airport retail in a carbon-constrained world, and puts forward a research agenda for transformative business models in this new environment. Government responses to the climate threat and the consequences of climate change itself will have implications for every sector of the economy. These challenges will give rise to new infrastructure, technologies, operational practices and business models, causing sectors or individual organisations that are unable to adapt to decline or disappear. Aviation is particularly exposed (politically and commercially) because of its reliance upon carbon fuels, the limited potential for technological change and the fact that aircraft emissions will rise at a time when Governments seek huge reductions in CO2 emissions across the economy ….” Read more >
Heyes, G. (2014). The future of airport retail in a carbon constrained world: Setting the agenda for research. Social Business, 4(1), 45-62(18) http://dx.doi.org/10.1362/204440814X13948909253820
Sustainability in project management: A literature review and impact analysis
A.J. Gilbert Silvius & Ron P.J.Schipper
“Sustainability is one of the most important challenges of our time. How can we develop prosperity, without compromising the life of future generations? Companies are integrating ideas of sustainability in their marketing, corporate communication, annual reports and in their actions. Projects play a pivotal role in the realisation of more sustainable business practices, and the concept of sustainability has more recently also been linked to project management. The emerging literature on this topic provides strong indications that considering sustainability impacts project management processes and practices. However, the standards for project management fail to address the sustainability agenda.
This article provides a structured review of 164 publications, covering the time period 1993 – 2013, that relate sustainability to project management …” Read more >
Silvius, A.J.G. & Schipper, R.P.J (2014). Sustainability in project management: A literature review and impact analysis. Social Business, 4(1), 63-96(34) http://dx.doi.org/10.1362/204440814X13948909253866
