Global Challenges to Csr and Sustainable Development: Root Causes and Evidence from Case Studies

FM.-Part I: Sustainable Development Goals.- Directing CSR and Corporate Sustainability towards the most pressing issues.- Is Covid-19 setting the stage for UN Agenda 2030? In pursuit of the trajectory.- CHALLENGES TO THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF SDG 8 IN CREATING DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN HEMISPHERE: PERSPECTIVES FROM SOUTH AFRICA, LESOTHO AND ZIMBABWE.- Part II: Global South.- CSR in the Global South: The continuing impact of postcolonial power and knowledge.- CSR, Local Content and taking control - do shifts in rhetoric echo shifts in power from the centre to the periphery?.- Corporate Social Responsibility Practices and Its Implementation after the Legal Mandate- A Study of Selected Companies in India with Special Emphasis on the Mining Sector.- Part III: Europe.- A circular economy strategy for sustainable value chains: A European perspective.- RECYCLING INITIATIVES IN ROMANIA AND RELUCTANCE TO CHANGE.- Part IV: Strategic.- Catalyst, not hindrance -how strategic approaches to CSR and sustainable development can deliver effective solutions for society's most pressing issues.- Anchoring big shifts and aspirations in the day-to-day: A case for deeper decision making and lasting implementation through connecting change-makers with their values.- The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility In Business Sustainability.- Part V: Reporting.- Institutional Pressures and CSR Reporting Pattern: Focus on Nigeria's Oil Industry.- Corporate Social Indices: Refining the Global Reporting Initiative.- Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) and Integrated Reporting.-BM.