News from the House of Sustainable Society

Corporate boards play a crucial role in setting company policies, long-term goals, and overseeing corporate officers and executives. In this new case study, Misum affiliated researcher Emma Sjöström highlights and compares two cases where shareholders have sought to nominate particular candidates for board membership in the name of climate change.

The Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (MISUM) is now recruiting for the position of Misum Stakeholder Engagement Manager. For someone passionate in sustainability and research, this position offers many opportunities to learn, build networks, make an impact, and spread knowledge.

While in Stockholm as the Misum Forum 2023 keynote speaker, Harvard Business School Professor Rebecca Henderson sat down with Dagens Nyheter to discuss her two decades of work on purpose-driven capitalism and what that means for business.

The academic insight delves into the process by which shareholders and their intermediaries establish authority and influence companies to improve their climate-related work.

Are in-kind settlements in US environmental cases effectively promoting justice? This new Academic Insight takes an in-depth look at public perception on in-kind settlements, guiding future use of them in addressing environmental justice issues.

Misum is thrilled to welcome two new platform directors; Prof. Mattia Bianchi to the Sustainable Business Development through Entrepreneurship and Innovation platform and Marieke Bos to the Sustainable Finance Initiative.