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Centre for Sustainability and Energy

BI Center for Sustainability and Energy promotes sustainable development through research, teaching and active cooperation with other academic institutions, the business community, governmental bodies and NGOs.

2024

2023

  • Thursday, November 2, 2023 - BI Business students focus on the relevance of indigenous rights in business

    Our MSc Ethics and Sustainability class was honored to have the #Sami President Silje Karine Muotka, a BI alumni as a guest lecturer this week.

  • Wednesday, October 11, 2023 - BI Hva er effekten av åpenhetsloven så langt?

    Av Caroline D Ditlev-Simonsen, BI, og sekretariatet, Norges kontaktpunkt for ansvarlig næringsliv. Fullt hus da BI og Kontaktpunktet inviterte til frokostseminar om åpenhetsloven, som inneholdt både erfaringsutveksling og debatt med temperatur. Frokostseminaret Hva er effekten av åpenhetsloven så langt? - Erfaringsdeling 11. oktober på BI hadde to paneler.

  • Thursday, May 11, 2023 - BI Is Apple becoming a rotten fruit?

    Apple continuously tempts consumers to pick the unsustainable choice. BI Business Review.

  • Tuesday, January 3, 2023 - BI Business Review The dilemma of quitting oil

    Why oil companies leaving their most polluting operations can be counterproductive. Opinion Essay Winner 2023. BI Business Review.

2022

  • Friday, December 2, 2022 - BI Business Review Megatrenden som kan redde verden

    Forventningene om at selskaper skal gjøre verden til et bedre sted har stadig vært økende. Men tar næringslivet nok ansvar? I så fall hva vil gi reelle resultater fremover?

  • Thursday, October 27, 2022 - BI Prime Minister Støre speaks at Earth4all event

    The five extraordinary turnarounds suggested by the Earth4all research project to improve the state of the world reflect the policy dimensions of the Norwegian social democracy, said Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre during his speech at BI.

  • Wednesday, October 12, 2022 - BI Business Review Mener vi alvor med etikken?

    Bærekraftig lederskap kan ikke bygge på menneskesynet som dominerer ved handelshøyskoler.

  • Tuesday, May 10, 2022 - BI Is being less bad, good enough?

    Can an inherently “bad” company actually positively contribute towards a sustainable future? BI Business Review.

2021

  • Friday, November 12, 2021 - Folkefinansiering av klimatiltak i norsk landbruk?

    Landbruket må tilpasse seg økt klimarisiko og overgangsrisiko, men landbruksmidlene bidrar i for liten grad til klimainvesteringer i ny infrastruktur. Kan folkefinansiering føre til flere klimatiltak i det norske landbruket?

  • Tuesday, November 2, 2021 - BI Business Review Does H&M genuinely contribute to a sustainable future?

    Despite efforts to become “greener”, the fast-fashion pioneer does not genuinely contribute to a sustainable future. The problem lies within its core operating business model. Opinion Essay Winner 2021. BI Business Review.

  • Friday, September 3, 2021 - Hva regjeringen snakker om når den sier ‘sirkulær økonomi’

    Den nasjonale strategien for sirkulær økonomi vil gjøre Norge til et foregangsland på området, samtidig som konkurransekraften ivaretas. Strategien er et viktig første skritt, men makter ikke å tenke nytt om hvordan økonomien omstilles raskt nok.

  • Friday, May 7, 2021 - ESG-rapportering: Det holder ikke lenger med de hyggelig historiene

    Med EUs nye direktiv blir det ikke lenger mulig å bare rapportere om suksesshistorier, skriver BI-professor Caroline D. Ditlev-Simonsen.

  • Monday, May 3, 2021 - Økonomien må lære fra økologien

    Økonomer må utvikle et nytt vokabular for å forklare hvordan økonomien kan operere innenfor jordens bæreevne.

  • Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - Et felles ansvar

    Både bedriftene, myndighetene og vi som konsumenter er nødt til å ta ansvar, dersom vi skal lykkes med å få et mer bærekraftig forbruk, skriver Caroline Ditlev-Simonsen.

  • Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - Fra uvitenhet til proaktivitet – dette er fremtidens vinnere

    Bedriftenes arbeid med bærekraft beveger seg fra å redusere risiko for skandaler og tragedier til å utvikle nye forretningsmuligheter, skriver BI-professor Caroline D. Ditlev-Simonsen.

  • Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - Regjeringens kommende strategi for sirkulær økonomi må vise hvor grensen går

    Når regjeringen sier at Norge skal bli et foregangsland på sirkulær økonomi handler det grunnleggende om å beskrive økonomien på ny. En økonomi basert på ‘sirkulære prinsipper’ er ikke noe nytt. Steinalderen sluttet tross alt ikke fordi man gikk tom for stein. Mange av naturens systemer er dessuten basert på sykliske prosesser, hvor avfallet fra en prosess blir råstoff i en annen. Dette perspektivet er dessverre borte fra de gjengse samfunnsøkonomi-modellene.

2020

  • Friday, October 2, 2020 - Could Fjong do to your wardrobe what Spotify did to your music collection?

    Is clothing rental the fashion industry’s version of movie and music streaming? A new research project under the Centre for Sustainability and Energy looks into consumer attitudes and preferences towards renting, rather than owning your clothes.

  • Monday, September 21, 2020 - Coolcrowd: Is crowdfunding a climate solution?

    New report in the Coolcrowd-project describes Norwegians’ attitudes to crowdfunding climate measures in the agricultural sector.

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    The report, written by researchers at the Centre for Sustainability and Energy, gives insights into the findings of workpackage 4 “public engagement for local crowdfunding of climate measures”. It summarizes the findings of a representative national survey of 1500 respondents and describe the Norwegian public’s attitudes towards crowdfunding, Norwegian agriculture, climate change and different financing models for climate measures.

    Of four climate solutions, respondents indicate that solar panels on barns are the most popular climate technology, for which respondents indicate an average willingness to pay of 186 NOK through a crowdfunding campaign. On average each respondent is willing to pay 161 NOK each for any climate measure. About half of the sample say it is important that the supported measures have proven climate effects. Still, one fifth indicate wiliness to support novel climate measures, not yet tested at large scale in Norwegian agriculture. Roughly 50% indicate that they prefer to support farmers in their local neighbourhood.

    (The report is only available in Norwegian).

  • Thursday, May 14, 2020 - Can bureaucracies become more responsive? EU Horizon 2020/NORFACE

    Professor Nick Sitter joins EU research project for better relationships between people and administrative governments.

  • Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - Kan vi bli lykkelige uten å ødelegge planeten med økt forbruk?

    Når nordmenn blir spurt hva som er viktigste element for lykke kommer familie øverst på listen, på annen plass kommer helse. Langt ned på listen kommer økonomi og inntekt.

  • Thursday, March 19, 2020 - Offshore renewable energy production: Conditions for generating a new export industry

    Professor Jon Lereim moderates a panel debate between Industry Executive Maria Moræus Hanssen, Research Director Martin Smedstad Foss from IFE, and Senior Advisor for Sustainable Finance Thina Saltvedt from Nordea Bank, on the prospect of offshore renewable energy production in general, and floating wind in particular, becoming a new Norwegian export industry.

2019

  • Monday, April 22, 2019 - Meet Caroline Dale Ditlev-Simonsen

    Professor Caroline Dale Ditlev-Simonsen recently introduced a new step-by-step process in how to succeed in corporate social responsibility.

  • Monday, April 22, 2019 - Biofuel: Greenwashing or greening?

    Was biofuel not the saving grace the politicians hoped it would be? The story is a tank full of paradoxes, according to Atle Midttun and Knut M. Næss.

2018

  • Wednesday, April 25, 2018 - Good news for the climate

    Carbon prices have doubled in 2018. The price increase makes it more attractive to think environmental friendly.

  • Tuesday, April 24, 2018 - The smartest thing for the planet

    Are the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals really sustainable? The solution is found in five extraordinary new measures.

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