TY - JOUR
T1 - The ‘purpose ecosystem’
T2 - Emerging private sector actors in earth system governance
AU - Dahlmann, Frederik
AU - Stubbs, Wendy
AU - Raven, Rob
AU - Porto de Albuquerque, João
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge funding received from the Monash-Warwick Alliance Catalyst Fund (January 2019). We also thank the various organisations interviewed as part of our research, the associate editor and two anomymous reviewers for their constructive feedback received during the development of our manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - The private sector arguably plays a critical role in addressing the challenges of the Anthropocene and providing potential solutions to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Recently, a myriad of new actors in the form of intermediaries, initiatives and organisations have started driving wider systems change by advocating and advising companies to reconsider and broaden their fundamental ‘raison d’être’. In this Perspective we argue that the emergence of this ‘purpose ecosystem’ could play an important function within earth system governance, specifically by endorsing and accelerating action aligned with achieving the UN SDGs; yet we also highlight a number of risks, barriers and critical considerations for its overall assessment and propose important questions for further research.
AB - The private sector arguably plays a critical role in addressing the challenges of the Anthropocene and providing potential solutions to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Recently, a myriad of new actors in the form of intermediaries, initiatives and organisations have started driving wider systems change by advocating and advising companies to reconsider and broaden their fundamental ‘raison d’être’. In this Perspective we argue that the emergence of this ‘purpose ecosystem’ could play an important function within earth system governance, specifically by endorsing and accelerating action aligned with achieving the UN SDGs; yet we also highlight a number of risks, barriers and critical considerations for its overall assessment and propose important questions for further research.
KW - Earth system governance
KW - Private sector
KW - Purpose ecosystem
KW - Purpose-driven business
KW - UN sustainable development goals
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087573566&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.esg.2020.100053
DO - 10.1016/j.esg.2020.100053
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087573566
SN - 2589-8116
VL - 4
JO - Earth System Governance
JF - Earth System Governance
M1 - 100053
ER -