How blockchain technology can effectively combat greenwashing in sustainable markets
By ensuring transparency, it could reduce the impact of greenwashing and support genuine practices.
BI’s strategy towards 2025 determines that we shall prepare people and companies for an international, digital and sustainable future. This page shows how we approach sustainability in our research, teaching and within our own organisation.
BI Norwegian Business School’s goal is to shape the labour market of the future through our research and teaching, both in our capacity as the main supplier of economic and administrative education in Norway, and as one of Europe’s leading business schools.
The key factor has always been to offer educational programmes that are up to date and relevant for the actual needs in business. This implies a responsibility to push agendas and spearhead important changes in society.
Research plays a pivotal role in providing us with the knowledge needed to change practices and bring both the private and public sectors forward. In terms of sustainability, our research should contribute to everything from greater value creation and reduced waste, better healthcare management, reduction of white-collar crime and corruption, to macroeconomic modelling and forecasting to predict and prevent crises.
One of BIs core values is to act with responsibility. In relation to sustainability, this means that:
For an overview of BI’s work on sustainability in practice and our progress status as of December 2022, please have a look at the BI Sustainability and Responsible Management Report 2022 – Sharing information on progress (SIP) 2020-2022.
This report was recognized by PRME for Excellence in reporting 2023.
This was BIs fourth report to PRME. In June 2021, BI won award from United Nations Principle of Responsible Management Education for our 2020-report.
BI is committed to realising UN sustainability goals (SDGs) through offering quality education to our students. This entails focus on all the 17 UN SDGs into research and programmes, where relevant.
In our operations, including employment, running facilities, supply chain management and consumption, special focus will be on Goal 5: Gender equality and Goal 13: Climate Action, where we can make significant impact. In addition, BI supports many more of the 17 SDGs in our operations.
"At BI we aim to educate responsible managers and develop knowledge for a sustainable society. Combined with our own contribution to reducing CO2 footprints, we aim to be part of the solution instead of the problem."
By ensuring transparency, it could reduce the impact of greenwashing and support genuine practices.
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