Redefining Business Education: Integrating Biodiversity and Ecological Perspectives into Sustainable Curricula
By
Helen Kopnina
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Summary
This article from the British Educational Research Journal discusses the need to redefine sustainable business education by incorporating biodiversity and ecological perspectives. It argues that current business education focuses too narrowly on climate change and carbon reduction, neglecting the broader biodiversity crisis. The piece examines how the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (launched December 2022) pushes governments, companies, and investors to disclose biodiversity-related data. The article advocates for integrating biodiversity literacy, ecological economics, and systems thinking into business school curricula to prepare future leaders for the interconnected environmental challenges of the Anthropocene.
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The root causes of biodiversity loss and extinction are growing population and accelerated economic growth associated with increased consumption of natural resources
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, launched during the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in December 2022, encourages governments, companies and investors to publish data on the...
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