Artificial Islands: A Legal Object Adrift at Sea
As sea levels continue to rise, reshaping coastlines and threatening entire nations, bold new ideas are emerging. Among them: artificial islands — not in science fiction, but in the plans of architects, engineers, and policymakers seeking to confront climate displacement…
Empowering Refugees: How Companies Can Ensure Access to Decent Work
Forced migration is one of the defining issues of the century. While humanitarian initiatives are multiplying to help integrate refugees into their host societies and facilitate their access to decent employment, our research shows that structural barriers remain numerous. Companies…
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Green Impact Exchange (GIX): A realistic ‘green’ stock exchange project?
What if there was a stock market, like New-York’s, solely dedicated to companies committed to sustainable development? This U.S. born project is called the Green Impact Exchange (GIX). Could this be the future of truly green investing? Is it possible…
Do green sovereign bonds benefit from a green premium?
An increasing number of governments are issuing green bonds to finance their environmental projects, thereby contributing to the development of the green bond market. This post shows that, in the euro area, the market price of these bonds is higher…
Climate injustice: What can we expect from the Global South?
Developing countries are victims of climate injustice. The CO2 emissions produced by developed countries have a major impact on their territories. Moreover, wealthier nations, which are historically the largest contributers to global warming are setting the environmental standards that they…
Parcel delivery: How can cities achieve greener logistics?
With one click, you can have a parcel delivered to your home. However, the journey it takes to reach your doorstep is far from simple, let alone the environmental impact it has. What if we could reduce carbon emissions and…
SDG and inequality measurement: why the UN may be right
How can we reduce inequalities both within and among countries? An ambitious goal that the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10 seeks to address. However, certain parameters are underestimated when measuring these inequalities. A methodological shift can shed light on…
Yihyun Lim: “AI may help us visualise and combat Climate change”
Can AI help us think the future differently and change its trajectory, especially regarding Climate change? That’s the view of Yihyun Lim, Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California and Former Director of the MIT Design Lab, and the…
Integrated thinking: reconsidering business models to profoundly transform companies
The obsession with financial results has sometimes led large companies to act irresponsibly. Hence the emergence of Integrated Thinking. In recent years, this new way of thinking about business has highlighted the key contribution of non-financial results to an organization’s…
Banks’ ESG score, a de-risking business
You should not see sustainability reporting as a burden. Our research, based on a study of 74 European banks, shows that the banks with the highest ESG scores are also the least risky. Sustainability is the future of banking. You…
Rise of populism: towards a “European Disunion”?
Each month, Frédéric Munier, Director of the School of Geopolitics for Business at SKEMA Business School, publishes a column in the magazine Pour l’Éco. In the middle of the summer, he looked at the solidity of the European Union (EU).…
Peuch-Lestrade: “It’s not a question of financial performance on one side and extra-financial performance on the other, it’s all just ‘performance'”
Out with classic financial reporting, in with integrated reporting! This new style of reporting goes far beyond the figures. It explains the company’s current and future strategy, taking into account both financial and non-financial performance and drawing them together. Business…
Paralysis or solution, how “climate anxiety” determines our reaction to Global warming
This is not a new phenomenon, but it is beginning to emerge. Eco-anxiety or climate anxiety affects a much larger proportion of the population than is generally thought. Its effects, more or less obvious, can even have serious consequences for…
Abortion in the Middle East: It’s not only about religion
The issue of abortion in the Middle East is too often reduced to that of religion. But depending on the time and place, it is not perceived in the same way everywhere. Abortion has been, and still is, one of…
Greenwashing or revolution, what is NEOM all about?
While others are multiplying the loaves, Saudi Arabia is growing oases in the middle of the desert. That is what it is claiming, at least, amid much publicity. The Middle East’s largest oil-exporting country is to build NEOM, an immense…
No, it’s not just another Women’s Rights Day
For several years now, the International Women’s Rights Day has become routine. And in a way, that’s good! But this inclusion in the societal landscape should not lead us to believe that the fight for gender justice and equality is…
Melting ice a hot topic: Trust in sea ice information products essential to safely navigate a changing Arctic Ocean
As the world faces terminal loss of Arctic sea ice during the summer months, scientists are rushing to develop new ways to accurately map and predict sea ice presence in the Arctic Ocean. But what determines whether newly developed sea…
Pandemic crisis and risks of state failure in EU’s aid recipients: An opportunity for promoting governance-linked development policy.
In the aftermath of the pandemic crisis, a number of already weak countries will fall in deep economic and social distress. That raises the question of the efficiency of official development aid coupled with debt relief to pull countries out of poverty when bad governance is endemic ...