2021

• Friday, 07 May 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, 03 May 2021 - Økonomien må lære fra økologien

  Økonomer må utvikle et nytt vokabular for å forklare hvordan økonomien kan operere innenfor jordens bæreevne.
• Wednesday, 14 April 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, 14 April 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, 14 April 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, 02 October 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, 21 September 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, 14 May 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, 21 April 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, 19 March 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, 22 April 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, 22 April 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, 25 April 2018 - Good news for the climate

  Carbon prices have doubled in 2018. The price increase makes it more attractive to think environmental friendly.
• Tuesday, 24 April 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.