{"id":911,"date":"2022-10-11T08:45:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T06:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/?p=911"},"modified":"2022-10-11T08:45:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T06:45:34","slug":"corporate-sustainability-what-have-we-achieved-and-where-are-we-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/2022\/10\/11\/corporate-sustainability-what-have-we-achieved-and-where-are-we-going\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Sustainability: What have we achieved? And where are we going?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Seminar at BI Norwegian Business School, September 15<sup>th<\/sup> 2022<\/p>\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\/10\/3-1024x571.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-914\" width=\"476\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/3-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/3-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/3-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/3-1536x857.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/3-2048x1142.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><figcaption><sub>Christian Borch leading the discussion at the seminar at BI 15th September. <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seminar brought together academia, politics, business, and media to take stock of core practices and achievements in corporate sustainability, and to reflect on future options, based, in part, on AFINO case studies and on Atle Midttun\u2019s latest book, Governance and business models for sustainable capitalism<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\"> [1]<\/a> with an audience of 70 in the auditorium, and&nbsp;streaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Core questions raised were:<\/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\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/4-1024x728.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/4-1024x728.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/4-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/4-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/4-1536x1092.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/4-2048x1455.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><sub>The seminar &#8220;A quarter century of corporate sustainability&#8221; brought together brought together representatives from academia, politics, business, and media.<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/10\/6-956x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-916\" width=\"421\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/6-956x1024.jpg 956w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/6-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/6-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/6-1434x1536.jpg 1434w, https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/6-1912x2048.jpg 1912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><figcaption><sub>Atle Midttun presenting at the seminar. <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor Atle Midttun set the scene with brief summaries from his book and AFINO cases, followed by comments from panelists (in alphabetical order): <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>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\">The discussion was moderated by Christian Borch, journalist and former NRK News anchor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Midttun\u2019s presentations: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/What-have-we-achieved-Text.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:200px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of What-have-we-achieved-Text..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-279bac80-65fe-4281-b842-538ca741eabe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/What-have-we-achieved-Text.pdf\">What-have-we-achieved-Text<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/What-have-we-achieved-Text.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-279bac80-65fe-4281-b842-538ca741eabe\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/Where-do-we-go-next-Text.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:200px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of Where-do-we-go-next-Text..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c9b43721-a77b-45e9-955c-c30c34e3b4e0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/Where-do-we-go-next-Text.pdf\">Where-do-we-go-next-Text<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2022\/10\/Where-do-we-go-next-Text.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c9b43721-a77b-45e9-955c-c30c34e3b4e0\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deliberations will be followed up by more specialized future workshops and publications under the AFINO project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Featured imaged: Atle Midttun presenting at the seminar at BI in Oslo. All photos: Linn Dybdahl, BI.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/books\/oa-mono\/10.4324\/9781315454931\/governance-business-models-sustainable-capitalism-atle-midttun\">https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/books\/oa-mono\/10.4324\/9781315454931\/governance-business-models-sustainable-capitalism-atle-midttun<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seminar at BI Norwegian Business School, September 15th 2022 The seminar brought together academia, politics, business, and media to take&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":446,"featured_media":912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[22,29,44,17],"class_list":["post-911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogposts","category-news","tag-afino","tag-atlemidttun","tag-corporatesocialresponsibility","tag-csr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/446"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":923,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions\/923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntnu.no\/blogger\/afino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}