In the first episode of the Sustainability Agenda, Professor Ioannis Ioannou, a noted sustainability scholar at London Business School unveils the latest research on corporate sustainability. The long-assumed trade-off between sustainability and profits, is it turns out, as many sustainability leaders suspected, illusory. The latest research shows that high sustainability companies are not only more profitable-but they can outperform as investments. And increasingly, investors are paying attention to a company’s sustainability initiatives. In this podcast, Professor Ioannis draws together the latest thinking and research on sustainability: why sustainability today is at the heart of competitive advantage;the role of stakeholders in sustainabilitythe dangers of a non-strategic approach to sustainability;the deep implications for transparency and governance;the changing role of the boardThe post Episode 1: Ioannis Ioannou | The cast iron business case for sustainability appeared first on The Sustainability Agenda.

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