CEOs can play a crucial role in embedding sustainability into the strategies and day-to-day decisions of their organizations.
The Network for Business Sustainability's latest systematic review also draws on new research on the factors that shape CEO thinking on sustainability and the role for change agents. The resulting report, CEO Decision-Making for Sustainability, explains the CEO's perspective and identifies the qualities and tactics of effective change agents.
We encourage you to draw on the research described in the main report and to share the executive guide and primer with practitioners and students.
This report was inspired by the Leadership Council of the Network for Business Sustainability-South Africa and conducted by Dr. Stephanie Bertels, Jess Schulschenk, Andrea Ferry, Vanessa Otto-Mentz and Esther Speck. The project involved a review of over 122 articles and 84 interviews with CEOs, chairpersons and board members, executive team members and internal and external change agents in South Africa and internationally.
Main report: http://nbs.net/knowledge/ceo-decision-making-for-sustainability/main-report/
Executive guide: http://nbs.net/knowledge/ceo-decision-making-for-sustainability/executive-guide/
Primer: http://nbs.net/knowledge/ceo-decision-making-for-sustainability/primer/
Please share your thoughts. Is this work useful? What might you add? Comment on the report webpage or by sending us a note (mfischhoff@nbs.net).
About the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS)
A non-profit established in 2005, the Network for Business Sustainability is a powerful and growing network of international academic experts and business leaders. NBS produces authoritative resources on important sustainability issues – with the goal of shaping management practice and research.
Other NBS resources
NBS systematic reviews synthesize research on the topics most important to senior sustainability officers within leading companies. These are excellent starting places if you are initiating research projects in an area or looking for readings for your classes. Full reviews are available at http://nbs.net/publications/systematic-reviews/; executive reports are available athttp://nbs.net/publications/executive-reports/.
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Maya Fischhoff
Maya Fischhoff
Knowledge Manager | Network for Business Sustainability
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