Individual beliefs, as building blocks of individual behaviour, are related to moving beyond business-as-usual towards sustainable business practices. A classification system of beliefs – ‘action logics’ – is useful to understand the beliefs of sustainability managers. Our study asserts that the action logics of Strategist and Alchemist are most suitable for effecting a corporate sustainability transformation. The study looked at senior managers in the German clothing and textile industry, covering 10 of the largest companies with HQ in Germany and a combined company turnover of more than 35 billion euros with markets in Germany and beyond.

My co-authors and I propose 6 archetypes of Change Agents for Sustainability in our new paper. The study presents distinct competencies for each of the 6 archetypes of Change Agents for Sustainability and we propose a framework delineating the key activities through which Change Agents for Sustainability can drive organizational change toward sustainability.

The slides of my keynote at the International Week on Sustainability at the Berlin School of Economics and Law in November 2023. The day was themed ‘The contribution of circular economy for coping with sustainability challenges’.

When it comes to sustainability innovation the content-focused learning from and alliance partner-specific learning about are both important – and not just for the large company, in our study BIGMEAT. It could even be argued that learning about and learning from merge when it comes to learning alliances that aim to further sustainability innovation.

I co-edited a book: 32 authors explore and debunk myths of circular economy operationalisation and conceptualisation with focus on the DACH region. We present innovative solutions that have proven themselves in practice. The book is available in German.

Call for papers on business experimentation for sustainability in the Journal of Cleaner Production.