Is it possible to ensure sufficient, good, healthy and sustainable food for all mankind?
This is the question that underpins the central theme of the Milano Expo 2015.
The aim of the 14th ABIS Annual Colloquium is to be an integral part of the global dialogues around the theme of Expo 2015 – Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life. The following thematic areas will be interwoven into the Colloquium’s 2 day programme:
- Sustainability and Sustainable Lifestyles in the 21st Century
- Rethinking Core Concepts in Strategic Management for Sustainability
- Innovation for Sustainability & Sustainable Living
- Sustainability, Strategic Management and SMEs
- Sustainable Entrepreneurship
- Public Policies and Strategies for Sustainability & Sustainable Living
- New Strategies for Non-Governmental and Civil Society Organisations
- Implications for Business Education
- The Role of Brands in Driving Sustainability
Central Issues
The core issues of sustainable development have become a subject for global concern in recent years, which has been reflected in the field of strategic management. However, the unit of analysis in the field has predominantly been the multinational enterprise. A decade ago, the fundamental questions addressed how corporate strategy would evolve to include sustainability and responsibility – in itself, a relatively new field of enquiry.
Yet the aftermath of the financial and economic crises has highlighted an urgent need for new strategic management and decision-making models which nurture smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, and deliver shared value for business and society. The same issues apply universally to MNCs, SMEs, government agencies, NGOs, and others. The challenge is how to empower and equip as many actors as possible to manage them going forward.
Thus, as in previous years, the 2015 Colloquium will leverage the ABIS model of corporate-academic partnership to focus on ways in which companies, business schools and universities, and other actors can collaborate more effectively to define and develop new frameworks in knowledge, talent and learning that contribute to lasting solutions.
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