32nd EGOS Colloquium, Naples 2016 July 7–9, 2016 Naples, Italy Sub-theme 58: Organizational Practices of Social Movements: The Power of Organizing from Below Convenors: Maria Ceci Misoczky, Federal University of Rio Grande do […]
EGOS call for paper: Organizational Practices of Social Movements – The Power of Organizing from Below
Why some companies are becoming environmental activists
Clothing brand Patagonia gives 1% of its sales “to support environmental organisations around the world”. Carpet-maker Interface takes an “aggressive approach” to reach its goal to source 100% of its “energy needs […]
EDF Energy’s green CSR claims examined: the follies of global carbon commodity chains
Abstract: In this article, we analyse the dynamic connections constituted by the global commodity chains of carbon markets, which offer profit, marketing and legitimacy- providing opportunities for both Northern and Southern corporations. Specifically, we contrast EDF Energy’s green CSR and marketing discourse with […]
Sustainable Production and Consumption in Food and Fashion: Management and Social Science as Agents of Innovation
Sustainable Production and Consumption in Food and Fashion: Management and Social Science as Agents of Innovation This one-day workshop (24 September 2015) was organized by Jennifer Smith Maguire and Maria Touri, and was […]
We keep choosing cars over clean air – that’s the real scandal
The Volkswagen emissions investigation looks set to be of one of the biggest corporate scandals in recent history – and we’ve seen quite a few. While most of the focus will be […]
Obama’s climate plan is another half-baked carbon trading scheme
The US Clean Power Plan puts a national limit on greenhouse gas emissions for the first time. Despite a few critics, environmentalists have on the whole reacted positively. Yet, as societies around the world are already […]
