Sustainability Unwrapped

In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped, Anna Zhuravleva explores mankind’s relationship with non-human animals through posthumanism perspectives, how we historically have organized together, how we should change our relationship to animals and the role of accreditation schemes with Linda Tallberg, Assistant Professor in Management and Organisation at Hanken.  

This is the seventh and last episode in season 3 focused on how to build a more sustainable future through Responsible Organising.

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In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped, Anna Zhuravleva and Visa Penttilä, a postdoctoral researcher, discuss cross-sector collaboration in lobbying for regulation and how it can provide means for moving forward with issues of corporate responsibility and sustainability. They discuss how different sectors can join forces in political action, as well as how the societal and political environment affects the potential for such cross-sector collaboration. 

This is the sixth episode in the seven-episode season focused on how to build a more sustainable future through Responsible Organising.  

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In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped, Anna Zhuravleva discusses intersectional inequalities as different systems of social inequality – such as gender, social class, and marital status with Inkeri Tanhua, Doctoral student in Management and Organization, and Neema Komba, Doctoral student in Entrepreneurship, Management and Organization. Together they explore practical examples of how inequalities take shape, for example for female coffee producers in Tanzania and what is needed to address these inequalities.

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In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped we explore ontological multiplicity, the challenges of modern ontology, practical examples of how it affects what is considered responsible and sustainable by different actors involved and how we all can benefit from understanding the worldviews that govern our own sense-making. To navigate through this complex topic and help illustrate it with real-life examples Anna Zhuravleva talks to Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes, Lecturer in Organization and Management at Åbo Akademi University Business School.

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In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped Anna Zhuravleva dives into the topic of algorithmic bias in social media, why it is a sustainability issue and what can be done for a more responsible social media presence together with Associate Professor Mikko Vesa and Doctoral Researcher Anna Maaranen. In the episode we focus on question such as: 

What are algorithmic biases in Social Media, and what can the consequences of them be? 

This is the third episode in the seven-episode season focused on how to build a more sustainable future through Responsible Organising.     

Want to find out more? Read Mikko and Anna’s book chapter together with Frank de Hond Social media and bias 2.0 in Transformative Action for Sustainable Outcomes: Responsible Organising. Opens in new window   

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The podcast is produced by Hanken School of Economics. Anna Zhuravleva, host of Sustainability Unwrapped season three, is a doctoral candidate at Hanken School of Economics in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility.

In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped, Anna Zhuravleva explores together with Martin Fougère, Professor in Management and Politics and Nikodemus Solitander, Researcher and Director of the Centre for Corporate Responsibility, the historical emergence of corporate social responsibility (CSR), why it does not lead to transformative change, and in what instances CSR as a concept can be effective. In the episode we focus on question such as:  

How has CSR evolved within the years, and where has it gotten us?  

This is the second episode in the seven-episode season focused on how to build a more sustainable future through Responsible Organising.    

Want to find out more? Read Martin and Nikodemus book chapter Corporate social responsibility is useful only when it is made useful in Transformative Action for Sustainable Outcomes: Responsible Organising. Opens in new window   

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Other publications: 

Fougère, M., & Solitander, N. (2009). Against corporate responsibility: Critical reflections on thinking, practice, content and consequences. Corporate social responsibility and environmental management, 16(4), 217-227.  

Fougère, M., & Solitander, N. (2020). Dissent in consensusland: An agonistic problematization of multi-stakeholder governance. Journal of Business Ethics, 164(4), 683-699.  

Fougère, M., & Solitander, N. (2022). Corporate social responsibility is useful only when it is made useful. In Transformative Action for Sustainable Outcomes (pp. 10-15). Routledge.  

Solitander N. (2022) The Reflexive Impotence and Neoliberal Neurosis of the Responsible Business School. In Örtenblad A. & Koris R. (eds). Debating Business School Legitimacy Attacking, Rocking, and Defending the Status Quo London: Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN: 978-3-031-12724-3  

The podcast is produced by Hanken School of Economics. Anna Zhuravleva, host of Sustainability Unwrapped season three, is a doctoral candidate at Hanken School of Economics in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility.  

In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped, Anna Zhuravleva talks to Janne Tienari, Professor in Management and Organisation and Maria Sandberg, Postdoctoral researcher at Centre for Corporate Responsibility, about Responsible Organising: what it is, how it supports sustainability transitions, and its role as a research area at Hanken. We also get to hear about their co-edited book Transformative Action for Sustainable Outcomes: Responsible Organising. The book is written by 35 researchers at Hanken and takes a critical approach to global sustainability challenges while examining how responsible organising can transform societies towards sustainability.   

This is the first episode in the seven-episode season focused on how to build a more sustainable future through Responsible Organising.    

Want to find out more? Check out the book Transformative Action for Sustainable Outcomes: Responsible Organising. Opens in new window   

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The podcast is produced by Hanken School of Economics. Anna Zhuravleva, host of Sustainability Unwrapped season three, is a doctoral candidate at Hanken School of Economics in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility.

How can we translate complex legal language to everyday language? Why is there a need for technology in legal design? What problems or resistance exists? In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped, Katri Nousiainen discusses the potential of technology in legal design together with Viveca Fallenius, Marie Potel-Saville and Elisabeth Talbourdet.

In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped, Nikodemus Solitander, Director of Centre for Corporate Responsibility (CCR) at Hanken invites Lea Rankinen, Director of Sustainability and Public Affairs at Paulig to discuss the human rights responsibilities of Paulig Group, a Finnish food and beverage company, and how they work with human rights issues on a practical level.

In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped, Linda Annala Tesfaye, post-doctoral researcher at Hanken School of Economics, at the Centre for Corporate Responsibility, discusses the tensions surrounding sustainable use of water with Jessica Budds, Associate Professor at the University of East Anglia and Mira Käkönen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Tampere Institute for Advanced Study.

In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped, Anna Zhuravleva, Doctoral researcher at Hanken School of Economics has a conversation with Felipe Cañete, Business Development Manager from Swappie, a Finnish iPhone refurbishing company, about the reuse of smartphones and consumer perspective on purchasing refurbished devices.

In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped Marke Kivijärvi, Jenni Ahlapuro and Marianne Määttä discusses the importance of raising awareness of the inclusion problems in games industry and how we can actively support diversity and inclusion. The guests share their experiences as players and members of gaming communities and talk about their volunteer work to support diversity and inclusion in the games industry spaces, and the wider tech sector. Tune in! 

In the past years there has been a global boom to invest sustainably, both in the private and institutional sectors. But what motivates to invest sustainably? How we as private investors can know whether a fund is sustainable? What should we look at when selecting the funds? 

Get your answers in this inspiring Sustainability Unwrapped episode, where Hanna Silvola invites Magnus Alfredsson from Proethos Fund to explore and chart what we should consider when selecting sustainable funds and what will the future of sustainable investing look like.

In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped,  Isabell Storsjö, Ana Lúcia Martins and Matti Tolvanen guides us to the world of lean thinking and justice system. Find out how lean thinking can improve the justice system, smoothen the judicial processes and the various roadblocks the system is currently facing.

In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped, we deep dive into the natural cosmetics industry with Marisun Gajitos, Lecturer at the Centre for Languages and Business Communication at Hanken, Emilie Raittinen, marketing manager at cosmetics company Naviter Opens in new window  and Edem Agbekey-Taylor, founder and CEO of Inkuto Organics Opens in new window . The discussion touches upon the natural cosmetics market, what to consider in the production of natural cosmetics (raw materials, packaging, and certification) and how sustainable development is considered in practice at Naviter and Inkuto Organics.

Did you know we can soon sort used textiles along with normal waste in Finland. Finland is planning to launch the national textile collection by 2023, ahead of the mandated year 2025 set by the EU. Get to know thewhat, when and how of this significant upcoming development! 

In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped we explore the art and sustainability and how they are intertwined together. Sustainability is impacting the work of artists across the world, raising the questions what art has to do with sustainability?, and how can art in its various forms contribute to a more sustainable lifestyle? Listen to get your answers!

In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped we explore cash and voucher assistance (CVA), an increasingly popular response in humanitarian assistance, and its relationship to the environment. How can environmental impact be considered in the CVA programs without forgetting the social benefits and burdening the recipients of assistance? Let’s find out.

From Farm to Table is a two-part mini-series exploring alternative food networks, how they organise and why they are important. In part two, we hear about REKO, a Nordic network that lets consumers purchase produce straight from the producer, without middlemen. We get insights into what it is like to establish such a network, what the benefits are for producers and consumers as well as potential challenges such a scheme can have.

From Farm to Table is a two-part mini-series exploring alternative food networks, how they organise and why they are important. In part one, we hear about community supported agriculture in a food co-operative and what the benefits as well as challenges are with such an arrangement.

In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped, we take a deep dive into the world of  Artificial Intelligence (AI). We all know that AI is transforming our societies drastically.  But wait, do we really understand what constitutes AI and what does not?  What role does data science and design play? Can this transformative ability be used to solve some of the grand sustainability challenges? 

This episode gets an insight of the social innovation as a theory and as a process.  We hear about the differences between Anglo-American and Euro-Canadian approach to social innovation and how social innovation research has been instrumental in introducing a new pluralism in institutional debates within the social sciences in the past decade.

In this episode of Sustainability Unwrapped, we get an insight into the struggles of the Arctic Indigenous People of Europe, the Sámis, and how their way of life and livelihoods are endangered by government supported development projects and regulations. Also, we to hear about how the Sámis’ relation to land and water upholds a particular kind of sustainability, and how important it is for the survival of the Sámi culture to create awareness and support among non-Indigenous allies. 

The episode delves into novel business model design for sustainable development with a focus on environmental and societal impact.  It addresses questions such as ‘’why do we need a new paradigm when it comes to business models?  What are the elements of business model for sustainability-as-flourishing? What tools can organisations use to develop new sustainable business model pathways.’’

The episode discusses the deeply rooted divisions of paid and unpaid work and its effects, such as the gendered and aged phenomenon around social sustainability.

This episode is moderated by Charlotta Niemistö, GODESS institute Director at Hanken School of Economics, with guests Jeff Hearn Professor Emeritus and Research Director at GODESS Institute, Hanken School of Economics, Nikki van der Gaag, an independent gender consultant and Senior Fellow from Instituto Promundo and Anna Moring from Monimuotoiset perheet(Diverse families). 

Host: Nikodemus Solitander

Guests: Jaana Vormisto & Suvi Halttula

Host: Niclas Meyer

Guests: Anna Hyrske

Host: Maria Gajitos

Guests: Kaisa Vainikka, Henrietta Grönlund and Daniela Sumelius

Host: Martin Fougère

Guests: Heikki Sirviö and  Hanna Lempinen

Host: Heidi Härkönen

Guest: Annariina Ruokamo

Host: Kimia Aghayi

Guest: Tomi Teikko

Host: Robert Ciuchita

Guests: Martina Caic and Stefano Tempesta

Host: Eva Nilsson

Guests: Stella Nkomo, Bobby Banerjee and Holger Weiss

Host: Hanna Silvola

Guest: Tiina Landau

Host: Anna Zhuravleva

Guests: Maija Makkonen and  Pia Tanskanen

Host: Katri Nousianen

Guests: Viveca Fallenius and Marie Potel-Saville

Host: Neema Komba

Guests: Matthew Jenkins and Prisca Kowa

Host: Emilia Vähämaa

Guests: Nebojsa Dimic and Mika Leskinen