3rd Hamburg Workshop on Sustainability-Oriented Business Models “Value Ideation Workshop” Sustainable business model innovation through design thinking  [Event flyer as PDF] On December 18th, 2015, the University of Hamburg and its Faculty of Business, Economics & Social Sciences host a hands-on workshop on “Sustainable Value Ideation”. It will be facilitated by Martin Geißdörfer of the […]

The Network for Business Sustainability (NBS), a non-profit organisation founded in Canada in 2005, and its regional affiliate Network for Business Sustainability South Africa (NBS-SA) called for an academic review of sustainable business models for shared value creation. This review project is led by SBM blogger Florian Lüdeke-Freund in cooperation with Nancy Bocken, Lorenzo Massa, […]

Organization & Environment published the articles that will be contained in the Special Issue on “Business Models for Sustainability: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Transformation” (Schaltegger, Hansen & Lüdeke-Freund) as online-first versions. A full introduction to the Special Issue and an Essay by the Guest Editors on “Business Models for Sustainability: Origins, Present Research, and Future Avenues” […]

On May 19th, 2015, the University of Hamburg and its Faculty of Business, Economics & Social Sciences hosted a workshop on “Design of More Sustainable Business Models”, held by Alexandre Joyce. The 90-minute video recording of Alexandre’s introduction to sustainable business model design and his “Triple-Layered Business Model Canvas” is now available online – see […]

Organization & Environment has started to publish some of the articles that will be contained in the Special Issue on “Business Models for Sustainability: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Transformation” (Schaltegger, Hansen & Lüdeke-Freund) as online-first versions. The following articles are already available. A full introduction to the Special Issue will follow, once it is complete; two […]

Dear SBM Friends, please find below an invitation for an online conference from our colleagues Chris Dembek and Fyodor Ovchinnikov … Dear colleagues, If your area of research or practice touches the emerging field of social ventures that leverage unconventional types of leadership, governance, business models and ownership, we are cordially inviting you to join […]

by Kerli Kant Hvass Where lie new opportunities for clothing businesses to innovate for sustainable consumption? What are the barriers and potentials for developing sustainable business models experienced by the ‘Davids’ as well as the ‘Goliaths’ within the fashion industry? Can a resell of a fashion brand’s own product facilitate business model adaption towards sustainability? […]

This is a last minute tip for two calls for abstracts for business model-focused workshops to be held at the Global Cleaner Production & Sustainable Consumption Conference, 1-4 November 2015, Barcelona, Spain. The first workshop focuses on “Social Entrepreneurship as a Vehicle for Sustainability”, the second deals with “Sustainable Enterprise Business Models in Emerging Markets”. […]

On May 19th, 2015, the University of Hamburg and its Faculty of Business, Economics & Social Sciences host a hands-on workshop on “Design of More Sustainable Business Models”. It will be facilitated by Alexandre Joyce who is an eco-innovation advisor at the Institute for Product Development in Montréal, Canada. This workshop is the second in […]

by Alexandre Joyce # # # # # Update (19 June 2015): The conference paper can be downloaded from academia.edu # # # # # Since 2012, I have been looking for a way to add environmental and social aspects into the original business model canvas. After three years of research, design, development and testing, […]