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BOS means “Business of Society”. It is a platform by the CBS Sustainability Centre to discuss, inspire and reflect on CSR and sustainability-related issues.
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Lobbying as if it mattered – an update: The Egypt Climate Summit and the Bleeding Edge of Demanding Corporate Political Responsibility
About a year ago, I traced the evolution of expectations about what responsible lobbying should look like. Back then I argued that the climate emergency is driving a substantive re-evaluation of what it means for companies to engage with the political sector in a responsible manner. The most recent COP27 summit provides yet more intriguing evidence of how the climate emergency is driving a deep transformation of what responsible lobbying means. Here are two examples:

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Centre Sessions on 20 Years CBS Sustainability Centre with Steen Vallentin
In this episode, you can listen to the opening speech by centre director Steen Vallentin on the occasion of the 20th centre anniversary.
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Centre Sessions on Processes with Thordis Bjartmarz
In this episode, centre manager Sarah Netter and PhD Thordis Bjartmarz talk about Thordis’ work on sustainable business models and organisational boundaries in the banking sector. They also talk about the processes around doing a PhD and the bumps on the road.
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Centre Sessions on Paradoxes with Rikke Rønholt Albertsen
In this first episode of our Business of Society Centre Sessions podcast, centre manager Sarah Netter and PhD Rikke Rønholt Albertsen talk about the PhD journey, paradoxes, tensions, and the importance to “find your tribe”.
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