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Leading the Loop: Anchor‐Led Orchestration in Nascent Circular Ecosystems—A Qualitative Case Study

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition towards a circular economy necessitates coordinated, systemic change across value chains. Yet the role of anchor firms in initiating and orchestrating nascent circular ecosystems remains underexplored. Using an inductive, qualitative single‐case design, we analyse a German mid‐sized entrepreneurial firm, drawing on 21 interviews
Johann Felix Mader, Patrick Spieth
wiley   +1 more source

Reporting What Matters, or Reporting What Looks Good? Materiality and Balance in Post–Rana Plaza Apparel Sustainability Disclosure

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability reports (SRs) are widely criticized for vague disclosures and selective emphasis on positive outcomes, yet systematic research on two core SR challenges remains limited: materiality (whether disclosed content is relevant) and balance (whether both achievements and challenges are reported).
Mahsa Mohammadrezaei, José Carlos Marques   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

What makes a market in preindustrial societies? A comparative, spectrum-based analysis of Byzantium and the prehispanic Andes

Frontiers in Human Dynamics
This article reconsiders the nature of marketplace exchange in premodern economies by comparing two distinct cases: the monetized system of the Byzantine Empire and the exchange networks of the prehispanic central Andes.
Katerina Ragkou, Christian Mader
doaj   +1 more source

Slavery, neo-slavery and business ethics

Research in Hospitality Management, 2018
Despite the campaigns of the 19th century, there are currently millions of people that are enslaved across the globe. Some of these slaves are directly engaged in the hospitality sector, in other cases they are indirectly associated with the hospitality ...
Conrad Lashley
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A Critical Analysis of Microsoft's Rhetoric and Reality of Sustainability Engagement

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study critically examines Microsoft's environmental, social and governance (ESG) rhetoric and operational reality, to offer insights that extend beyond conventional greenwashing or bluewashing. Drawing on over 20 years of Microsoft's sustainability reports (2003–2024), third‐party ESG evaluations and media investigations, it employs ...
Omaima A. G. Hassan, Iqbal Khadaroo
wiley   +1 more source

Supply Chain Network, ESG Scores and Financial Performance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper provides novel evidence on the role of supply chain networks in influencing firms' environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores and financial performance. Our analysis employs financial, board, ESG and supply chain data, resulting in an unbalanced panel of over 16,000 firm‐year observations from 3028 publicly traded US firms ...
Michail Filippidis, Renatas Kizys, Panagiotis Tzouvanas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing Sustainability‐Related Human Rights Risks: The Role of Multilevel Governance and Institutional Accountability

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability‐related human rights risks, including forced labour, labour exploitation and other forms of human rights abuse, remain persistent challenges across countries, particularly where corporate accountability and national institutional frameworks are weak.
Doaa Shohaieb, Tantawy Moussa, Amir Allam, Mahmoud Elmarzouky   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

MODERN SLAVERY IN INDONESIA: BETWEEN NORMS AND IMPLEMENTATION

Brawijaya Law Journal, 2015
People now in the 21st century are still sold like objects, forced to work for little or no pay and at the complete mercy of their 'employers'. The Global Slavery Index (GSI) 2013 shows that there are estimated 29.8 million people are living in a modern ...
Savira Dhanika Hardianti
doaj   +1 more source

Issue Construals and Corporate Water Stewardship

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the face of mounting environmental and social pressures, the importance of responsible corporate water stewardship (CWS) should be evident, yet not all businesses are taking water management issues seriously. The aim of this study is to explore why differences in CWS persist, especially within industries facing similar resource challenges ...
Daina Mazutis, Mohamed Chelli, Sharon OSullivan, Katherine Hanly   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crafted Responsibility: How Handmade Language Shapes Social Media Engagement for Socially (Ir)Responsible Luxury Fashion Brands

Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research examines how the disclosure of production cues interacts with corporate social responsibility cues to influence social media engagement in luxury fashion. Two complementary field studies analyse marketer‐generated Facebook posts from luxury fashion brands, providing large‐scale empirical evidence of a real‐world impact on ...
Tuba Degirmenci, Frank Mathmann, Gary Mortimer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source