{"id":835,"date":"2022-08-25T13:30:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T11:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/?p=835"},"modified":"2022-09-09T22:11:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T20:11:48","slug":"seminar-a-quarter-century-of-corporate-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/2022\/08\/25\/seminar-a-quarter-century-of-corporate-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar: A quarter century of corporate sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seminar is a debate on core achievements in corporate sustainability, and on future options for business to drive green transition and social change. <br>The seminar is arranged by BI Norwegian Business School in collaboration with Rethinking Economics. The seminar is a part of the activity in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ntnu.edu\/afino\/illustrative-nordic-cases-on-sustainability\" target=\"_blank\">WP6 in AFINO<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Date: Thursday 15th September, 15:00-19:30. <br>Venue: BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo.<br>Enrolment deadline for physical attendance: 12th September<br>The seminar can also be followed digitally via this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbi.cloud.panopto.eu%2FPanopto%2FPages%2FViewer.aspx%3Fid%3Dbc4bc728-abd8-4107-ab7f-af0a01224ff7&amp;data=05%7C01%7Catle.midttun%40bi.no%7C9961e533ceb141fd5dee08da923ff634%7Cadee44b291fc40f1abdd9cc29351b5fd%7C0%7C0%7C637983100664652202%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=eluZ7KvOvyDAUuFeiPGmbNak6zoytTaAN50QYFoJZyg%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bi.cloud.panopto.eu\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=bc4bc728-abd8-4107-ab7f-af0a01224ff7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The debate at BI features leading academics, The Green Party, E24 -media, Global Compact, Rethinking Economics, Transparency international, Finance industry, and Multiconsult. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Core questions will be:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Asymmetric globalization, with politics lagging behind \u2013 can corporate responsibility fill the gap?<\/li><li>Corporate sustainability is challenged by ecology, but what about fairness?<\/li><li>Do we need to bring the state back in? Is there a case for partnered governance?<\/li><li>Is sustainability primarily for front-runners? What about the rest?<\/li><li>There is much greenwashing in politics and business, but is there virtue in hypocrisy?<\/li><li>Business is in a squeeze between democratic and autocratic states. What are the ways out?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/08\/Untitled-design-1024x819.png\" alt=\"Guests at BI seminar September 2022\" class=\"wp-image-837\" width=\"458\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/08\/Untitled-design-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/08\/Untitled-design-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/08\/Untitled-design-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/08\/Untitled-design-1536x1229.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/08\/Untitled-design.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><figcaption><sub>Some of the panelists\/participants at the seminar &#8220;A quarter century of corporate sustainability&#8221; at BI in Oslo 15th September. From left, top: Torbj\u00f8rn R\u00f8e Isaksen (photo: Marte Garmann),  Rasmus Hansson (photo: Stortinget), Christian Borch (photo: Tore Skaar), Caroline Ditlev-Simonsen, Kim Gabrielli (photo: Moment Studio) and Atle Midttun.  <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor Atle Midttun, leader of WP6 in AFINO, will be setting the scene, and his interventions are partly based on his latest book:<em> Governance and business models for sustainable capitalism<\/em> (open access at: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.routledge.com%2FGovernance-and-Business-Models-for-Sustainable-Capitalism%2FMidttun%2Fp%2Fbook%2F9781138210592&amp;data=05%7C01%7Catle.midttun%40bi.no%7C9961e533ceb141fd5dee08da923ff634%7Cadee44b291fc40f1abdd9cc29351b5fd%7C0%7C0%7C637983100664652202%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fmi7DAkVMCt5cPY9SBZnNiGbTPnpVRGKH5xOYNGMiJA%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Governance-and-Business-Models-for-Sustainable-Capitalism\/Midttun\/p\/book\/9781138210592<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Comments from panelists<\/em>&nbsp;(in alphabetical order): Ebba Boye and Olav Soldal, Rethinking Economics; Caroline Ditlev-Simonsen, BI; Kim Gabrielli, Global Compact Norway; Rasmus Hansson, Stortinget \u2013 MDG; Heikki Eidsvoll Holm\u00e5s, Multiconsult; Marianne Groth, Eika gruppen; Petter Nore, Nord Universitet; Torbj\u00f8rn R\u00f8e Isaksen, E 24; Guro Slettemark, Transparency International Norway; Arild Vatn, NMBU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The seminar will be moderated by<\/em>&nbsp;Christian Borch, journalist and former NRK News anchor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bi.edu\/about-bi\/events\/2022\/september\/a-quarter-century-of-corporate-sustainability\/?_gl=1*15cu533*_ga*OTA5ODQxNzEzLjE2MDEzNjY2MzY.*_ga_SY3KTJF2RZ*MTY2MDI5MzE1Ny4yMjIuMS4xNjYwMjk0OTI3LjA.&amp;_ga=2.218782745.1457339751.1659346888-909841713.1601366636\" target=\"_blank\">Link to full programme and registration.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Featured image: Outside BI (Norwegian Business School) in Oslo. 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