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Issue #15
Friday,
December
15th 2017
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Welcome to our global CASM
community!
Dear
Kanji Tanimoto,
Christmas
is almost around the corner! We wish you a merry Christmas season and
are thankful for friendships and partnerships that
were established during conferences, events and meetings in
2017! We are also very excited for all the things coming up next
year!
Big Announcement: In 2018 the Humboldt-CSR-Conference series is
moving to Cologne for the first time and will be organized by
the Center for Advanced Sustainable Management at Cologne Business
School in cooperation with Humboldt-University Berlin and Hamburg
School of Business Administration. We are looking forward to your
contributions! Also, check out our new conference website that
we launched today (which is why this newsletter came out later than
usual).
Your
CASM Team
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8th International Conference on
Sustainability and Responsibility from November 14th-16th 2018 in
Cologne (Germany) - Save the Date
The
8th International Conference on Sustainability and Responsibility
with this years theme of “Responsible
Leadership on Times of Transformation” is a 3-day conference
featuring advice from experts on leading people towards responsible
leadership in times of transformation and high-level sessions on new
and innovative sustainability approaches. The Conference is organized
by the Center for Advanced Sustainable Management (CASM) at Cologne
Business School in collaboration with Humboldt-University Berlin,
HSBA and many other national and international partners from
academia, business and society. As “a platform for multi-stakeholder
dialogue”, the CSR-conference series has attained a remarkable degree
of international relevance. Leading academics, executives, policy
makers, activists and educators from around the globe are actively
involved to form a global alliance dedicated to rethinking and
integrating value issues into management practice, education and
development.
We would love to see you there!
Also, we warmly welcome your contribution!
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Our Conference website is now ONLINE! Please note that the content of
the website will be updated constantly.
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Call for Contributions - 8th
International Conference on Sustainability and Responsibility from
November 14th-16th 2018 in Cologne (Germany)
When you are busy leading a team, implement and maintaining
standards, how do you find the time to stay ahead of new
sustainability approaches and position yourself as responsible leader
in times of transformation? We are able to develop future-oriented solutions,
taking the sustainability debate beyond moralizing and promoting a
holistic approach towards shaping our institutions. We bring together
different perspectives on global issues from various countries,
actors and generations on responsible leadership, to foster ideas,
practices, which can be applied in a global context. We believe that it is not enough
to provide future generations with the same opportunities; instead we
want to create more opportunities for present and future generations!
We invite proposals for papers, panels, and workshops, or alternative
forms of engagement on a wide range of topics related to responsible
leadership. Additionally, we look forward to receiving proposals that
focus on topics which affect all fields of the social sciences, not
just business and economics.
Submissions will start by the
5th of March and end on the the 30th of
April 2018. For further information see the following
LINK or
check out our HOMEPAGE
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5th Responsible Management
Education Research Conference from November 12th - 13th in Cologne
(Germany) - Save the Date
PRME Regional Chapter DACH has the pleasure of inviting you to attend
and contribute to the conference on “Leadership Development for
Advancing the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals”
that will be co-organized by PRME Secretariat, PRME Anti-poverty
Working Group, and the Center for Advanced Sustainable Management at
Cologne Business School (CBS), Cologne, Germany, which will host the
event. The goal of the conference is to discuss how research and the
management education community, in collaboration with businesses,
policy makers, NGOs, youth, media, and other stakeholders can best
support the ongoing flagship initiatives of UN Global Compact and
PRME that focus on responsible leadership development for advancing
the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We
invite you to contribute to the event by proposing the conference
topics and sessions.
For further information see the
following WEBSITE.
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Sustainability Week at CBS - Review
Cologne
(Germany), November 13th – 16th: We are looking
back at an exciting week with leading experts from various industries.
Four CBS Executive Sustainability Classes were held by representatives
of the following companies: Green2B, Henkel, GLS Bank and Interseroh. CBS Executive Sustainability Classes provide
a platform for well-known management and founder personalities as well
as company representatives to discuss topics on Sustainable Management
and Corporate Social Responsibility with postgraduates, master and
bachelor students and interested colleagues and friends. Next
Sustainability Classes for 2018 will be online soon. Besides Executive
Sustainability Classes the student initiatives Founders Factory and the
CSR Student Team of CBS hosted the Social Sustainability Day on the 16th of
November. Interesting insights on sustainable entrepreneurship were
provided by sustainable startups like Kleiderrebell
and Nomoo.
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Executive Sustainability Class
Green2B - Review
Cologne (Germany), November 15th: The founders of Green2B
came to CBS to share with CBS students, faculty, and staff their
story as entrepreneurs, and how
sustainability can be used as tool for social
entrepreneurship. Green2B is a battery and cell phone recycling
company, based in Cologne which has partnered with several German
supermarket chains, and charities. They collect old, and, or broken
cell phone and either salvage them for precious metals, or repair
them and resell them on the open market. It was a great
demonstration of how a business
can juxtapose societal benefit and profit. Throughout the
talk the discussed their history and their progress as a business so
far. It was great to learn from real entrepreneurs about social
entrepreneurship and to get their thoughts on CSR and sustainability
overall.
Following the Green2B Sustainability Class, everybody was invited to
join a get together on the occasion of the CBS sustainability week.
Members of CASM and the CSR Student Team as well as interested
students and professors took up the lively discussion from the
lecture. Eric Schumacher also shared further insights on how
sustainability can provide a business opportunity.
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Executive Sustainability Class
Henkel - Review
Cologne (Germany), November 17th: Climate change is not a buzz
word any longer, but one affecting the living quality of current
generations. Once the Paris Agreement is signed, concrete actions
should be taken to stop an irreversible process. The concept of the
Circular Economy is an essential step to address renewable materials,
recyclability and durability of products and packaging. However, to
implement it across Europe, industries should take a lead. How
susceptive to closing the loop are our industries? What do their
sustainability initiatives look like? What can you as a consumer and
a European citizen do to contribute? These questions were addressed
together with the sustainability manager Aliaksandra
Dzenisiuk from Henkel who has an expertise
in sustainability Life Cycle Assessment. In her presentation on “Closing
the loop – Circular Enonomy and Henkel” she
spoke on Henkel’s sustainability areas including Safety and Health,
Water and Wastewater, Energy and Climate and Social Progress. She
also introduced Henkel’s circular economy concept and cooperations with initiatives like New Plastic
Economy (NPEC), Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging (CEFLEX) and
Plastic Bank.
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Executive Sustainability Class GLS
Bank - Review
Cologne (Germany), November 17th: The GLS Bank was the first social
and ecological bank in Germany. As it stands for "community bank
for loans and gifts", they support a variety of projects and
businesses like organic farms, nursing homes, projects for the unemployed, and communal living projects, as well
as sustainable businesses. Christian Eichbauer
demonstrated how finance and sustainability can be united and how
banking can be used to create social value in our modern world.
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Executive Sustainability Class Interseroh - Review
Cologne (Germany), November 16th: Interseroh
is a consulting firm specialized in the recycling sector and is a
part of the Alba Group. The company systematically closes product,
material and logistics cycles and sets industry standards with its
recycling solutions and waste prevention strategies. Interserohs innovative approach is tailor maid
for every customer and helps to reduce waste to a minimum. In the
Executive Sustainability Class Ms. Sybilla Merian, Sustainability Manager at Interseroh, spoke on the importance of recycling
and and introduced gave some practical
insight and hands-on advice.
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5th International Conference on
CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance
June 27th - 29th 2018
Santander, Spain
INFORMATION
CASM and Cologne Business School: Supporting organization
Prof. Dr. René Schmidpeter: Organizing
Committee
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The 2018 Annual Conference
Strategic Communications in
Business and Society
September 6th - 7th 2018
Tokyo, Japan
INFORMATION
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South Africa - Review
South
Africa, October 26th - November 5th 2017:
Marina Schmitz (CASM), Prof. Froehlich and Prof. Merten engaged in internationalization efforts in
South Africa. Potential student and faculty exchange, faculty-led short
programs within the broader scope of Summer Schools, and research
collaboration with University of Capetown
(UCT), Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch Business School (USB) and
the Sustainability Institute of the University of Stellenbosch were
discussed. Especially the field of sustainability offered numerous
opportunities for collaborations at different levels. Among the primary
goals of this trip were the proposed establishment of a joint
PHD-Summer School in Stellenbosch and the invitation of a delegation to
the „8th International Conference on Sustainability and
Responsibility“, which will be hosted by the Cologne Business School in
November 2018. Furthermore, two local projects were visited which share
the common focus on sustainability: The Township-Projekt
Langa Quarter („Ikhaya
Le Langa“) which is led by Tony Elvin as well
as the small scale farming project of the PHA Food and Farming
Campaign. The South Africa trip ended with a safari at Gondwana Game Reserve in Mossel
Bay, where our delegation was able to spot almost all of the „Big
Five“.
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COLOGNE BUSINESS SCHOOL
INITIATIVES
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Energie Scouts at CBS - Review
Cologne (Germany), November 23rd: CBS apprentices Sally
Ehlers, Pia Latz and Valeria Quiring sucessfully
finalized their training to become Energy Scouts. Within this year they
worked on projects to reduce energy consumption, enhance processes and
increase awareness for limited resources. Their project focus in the
university was paper and archive management. The project was
coordinated by the Chamber of Commerce and supported by Monika Kolb. It
was a further step for CBS to implement sustainability.
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CSR Job Award 2017: Prof. Dr. Anja Karlshaus awards a prize in the category "Our
Values" to TÜV Rheinland - Review
Wolfsburg (Germany), November 13th: Social commitment,
promotion of young talents or innovative working models - Corporate
Social Responsibility is becoming increasingly important. The employer
branding consultancy CSR jobs & companies - partner of the
Diversity Charter, the audit berufundfamilie
Service GmbH and the German Sustainability Code - launched the CSR Job
Award to award a prize to companies, authorities and institutions based
in Germany that are committed to their employees and consider social
commitment vital for theirs business success. As a part of this year’s
jury for the category “Our Values” Prof. Dr. Anja Karlshaus,
lecturer of Business Operations and Human Resources Management at
Cologne Business School, had the honor to grant a prize to TÜV Rheinland.
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CBS Social Sustainability Day -
Review
Cologne (Germany), November 16th: the student initiatives
Founders Factory and the CSR Student Team of CBS hosted the Social
Sustainability Day on the topics of sustainability and social
engagement. CBS students had the opportunity to discuss the matter with
sustainability experts and sustainable entrepreneurs like Kleiderrebell and Nomoo.
Besides practical insights discussions also addressed renewable energy
and business ethics. At the end of the day CBS students were invited to
join a get-together and get to know the sustainable entrepreneurs in
person. Besides, the Founders Factory announced, that they are going to
invite the founder of Kleiderrebell, a
sustainable clothing rental company, again to encourage CBS students to
donate their cloth or to register in order to get one step closer to
sustainable consumption patterns.
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The 2018 Annual Conference,
Strategic Communications in Business and Society
Topics:
Communications with employees, Communications with consumers,
Communications with suppliers, Communications with shareholders and
research institutes, Communications with local societies,
Communications with media organizations, SNS, General topics on
Business and Society are also welcome!
Issued
by:
Representative, Japan Forum of Business and Society
Waseda University
Kanji Tanimoto
FURTHER
INFORMATION
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New Book Release (german)
CSR und Geschäftsmodelle
Editors: P. Bungard
INFORMATION
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New Book Release (german)
Managing Sustainable Stakeholder Relationships
Editors: L. O'Riordan
INFORMATION
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New Book Release (german)
Value Cockpits
Editor: F. Glauner
INFORMATION
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