The ‘purpose ecosystem’: Emerging private sector actors in earth system governance
The private sector arguably plays a critical role in addressing the challenges of the Anthropocene and providing potential solutions to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Recently, a myriad of new actors in the form of intermediaries, initiatives and organisations have started...
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| author | Frederik Dahlmann Wendy Stubbs Rob Raven João Porto de Albuquerque |
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| description | The private sector arguably plays a critical role in addressing the challenges of the Anthropocene and providing potential solutions to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Recently, a myriad of new actors in the form of intermediaries, initiatives and organisations have started driving wider systems change by advocating and advising companies to reconsider and broaden their fundamental ‘raison d’être’. In this Perspective we argue that the emergence of this ‘purpose ecosystem’ could play an important function within earth system governance, specifically by endorsing and accelerating action aligned with achieving the UN SDGs; yet we also highlight a number of risks, barriers and critical considerations for its overall assessment and propose important questions for further research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3321ecc8964b42f590d24e559f663d262022-12-22T00:27:53ZengElsevierEarth System Governance2589-81162020-06-014100053The ‘purpose ecosystem’: Emerging private sector actors in earth system governanceFrederik Dahlmann0Wendy Stubbs1Rob Raven2João Porto de Albuquerque3Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Scarman Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK; Corresponding author.Centre for Geography & Environmental Science, School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3800, AustraliaMonash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3800, AustraliaInstitute for Global Sustainable Development (Director), School of Cross-Faculty Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UKThe private sector arguably plays a critical role in addressing the challenges of the Anthropocene and providing potential solutions to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Recently, a myriad of new actors in the form of intermediaries, initiatives and organisations have started driving wider systems change by advocating and advising companies to reconsider and broaden their fundamental ‘raison d’être’. In this Perspective we argue that the emergence of this ‘purpose ecosystem’ could play an important function within earth system governance, specifically by endorsing and accelerating action aligned with achieving the UN SDGs; yet we also highlight a number of risks, barriers and critical considerations for its overall assessment and propose important questions for further research.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589811620300124Earth system governancePrivate sectorPurpose-driven businessPurpose ecosystemUN sustainable development goals |
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| title | The ‘purpose ecosystem’: Emerging private sector actors in earth system governance |
| title_full | The ‘purpose ecosystem’: Emerging private sector actors in earth system governance |
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| title_short | The ‘purpose ecosystem’: Emerging private sector actors in earth system governance |
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| topic | Earth system governance Private sector Purpose-driven business Purpose ecosystem UN sustainable development goals |
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