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Biodiversity and the Corporate Social Responsibility Agenda

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper, we describe the main findings of an exploratory research about corporate commitment to manage biodiversity and ecosystems. The results are based on literature of sustainability approaches and interviews with sustainability representatives of twelve national and international companies in the Netherlands. The empirical results show that companies still use a reactive approach to biodiversity. Biodiversity is getting more attention on the sustainability agenda of the executive board. While external networking with stakeholders is increasing, both in networks and partnerships, creating internal commitment for the corporate responsibility on biodiversity and ecosystems remains challenging.

Source: Journal of Sustainable Development

DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v6n9p1

Authors: Greet Overbeek, Bette Harms, Sander Van Den Burg

Institution: Wageningen University & Research

Language: English

Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Nature Conservancy, Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving