The role of multinational enterprises in supporting the United Nations' SDGs
"The Role of Multinational Enterprises in Supporting the United Nations' SDGs is an exploration of the place of the private sector in implementing select Sustainable Development goals. Beyond the abundant literature published by the United Nations and journal articles, there are few book-l...
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| Language: | English |
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Northampton
Edward Elgar Publishing
2022, 2022
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| Series: | New horizons in international business series
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Table of Contents:
- 6. The role of multinational enterprises in the textile and clothing industry in achieving the sustainable development goals: Barriers and opportunities for the future / Thierry Houé and Eileen Murphy
- 7. Aligning MNEs with sdgs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions / Duane Windsor
- 8. Multinational enterprises and global strategies to collaborate with sdg 2 and sdg 3 / Aldo Alvarez-Risco and Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales
- 9. The contribution of multinational enterprises to the United Nations' sdgs: A review of corporate governance and sustainability research / Mine Doyran
- Part III: MNEs identifying the business opportunities inherent in the sdgs
- 10. Leveraging business diplomacy / Lichia Yiu and Raymond Saner
- 11. Impact of legal enforcement of csr on sdgs / Rama Seth
- 12. Mncs engaging with the sdgs: The role(s) of non-government organisations / Tom Osegowitsch, Susan Trenholm, and Angela McCabe
- Contents foreword
- Introduction to the role of multinational enterprises in supporting the United Nations' sdgs
- Part I: MNEs implementing sdgs: What we know and what needs to be done?
- 1. The research landscape of MNEs and sdgs: What we know and what needs to be done? / Pard Teekasap and Dina Frutos-Bencze
- 2. Good intentions or good strategy? MNEs' contributions to sustainable development in developing countries / Marlene Leonhartsberger, Sophie Thalmayr, and Christof Miska
- 3. Multinational enterprises and gender equity in stem / Salwa M. Beheiry, Norita Ahmad, Linzi J. Kemp, and Richard T. Schoephoerster
- Part II: MNEs aligning their business strategy with the sdgs
- 4. The sustainability solution in MNEs: Understanding the impediments to its implementation / Luis F. Escobar
- 5. MNEs' approach to contributing to the sustainable development goals - an exploratory study / Marc Oberhauser
- 13. Financial disciplining of extractive industries and the sdgs / W. Travis Selmier II
- 14. Corporate sustainability assessments as a tool for integrating sdgs into mne practices: An investigation into the financial sector in Malaysia / Agnes Pranugrahaning, Jerome D. Donovan, Cheree Topple, and Eryadi K. Masli
- 15. MNEs as catalysts of productive entrepreneurship: The case of egypt / Paola Garrone, Lucia Piscitello, Valentina Rotondi, and Vittoria G. Scalera
- 16. Green and sustainable development case for multinational enterprises / Nancy H. Vaz
- Index