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This book presents initiatives that were launched or are currently being pursued in the name of CSR, and showcases how different dimensions of CSR, sustainability, ethics and governance can help to solve global challenges. Contributions by international experts from Australia to Bangladesh and from Nigeria to Spain address current issues in their respective country, such as challenges faced by nations, initiatives launched in the name of CSR, and attempts on the part of small and medium sized enterprises to promote CSR initiatives. This volume provides readers with in-depth insights into CSR and important initiatives around the globe intended to encourage more responsible behavior

Abstract
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an integral and indispensable source of foreign capital for both the developed and developing countries aside its catalytic economic growth accompanying it. Hence, the competition to court more to maximizing its positives by countries is intensified in the contemporary world and eclectic theory offers significant insights on the tripartite and interrelated platforms of ownership, location, and internalization advantages to the appropriation of FDI to an economy. Therefore, this article main objective is to examine Nigeria's experience in this regard. The case study research method is adopted to carry out a contextual assessment of Nigeria's FDI position within the eclectic theory framework using secondary data sources. The findings reveal that Nigeria's location advantages are not too conducive for FDI attraction and optimum exploitation of the internalization advantages by firms which consequently deprived the country of its benefits of export-driven economy objective and employment generation amongst others. The study recommends diversification of her economy and recalibration of the country's political, economic and policy environment to enable positive predictability, FDI attraction, and its inherent returns appropriation.

PurposeThis paper aims to piece together chronologically the events and revolutionary acts that have been taken by groups of individuals, entrepreneurs/industrialists and corporate entities in the UK which fall under the ambit of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in order to derive the history of CSR in the country.Design/methodology/approachData from literature and prior studies were used to gather the required information in order to contribute to knowledge about the history of CSR, at least from the perspective of the UK.FindingsThe results suggest that individuals in groups, industrialists/entrepreneurs acting individually, and even corporate entities have been indirectly engaged in CSR activities in the UK for well over 200 years. Altruistic CSR in the UK has a long history.Originality/valueInformation on how CSR evolved in the UK and elsewhere is considered to be valuable by both academic researchers and business managers, as it provides a framework on which future studies can be based. In addition, it improves the understanding of how the field originally started before it reached its current state.

Marketing Board system was one of the mechanisms of British colonial policy in Nigeria. Primary products were channeled through the Boards to Europe at the expense of both the Nigerian state and the farmers, the producers of these commodities. This study examines produce buying via Marketing Boards in Nigeria and specifically interrogates the fiscal role of Western Nigeria Marketing Board. It argues that the Marketing Boards, in spite of their exploitative nature was beneficial to the regional governments. In the Western Region, the Western Nigeria Marketing Board (WNMB) became the fiscal arm of the regional governments. It became the major financier of development projects in the region through the region's development corporations. The paper concludes that the process of development was circumscribed due to misappropriation and diversion of funds derived from the Western Region Marketing Board. JEL: Q13, E62, O13

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Sustainability in the Food Industry: An Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Securing Planetary Health and Sustainable Food Systems with Global Organic Agriculture: Best Practice from Austria -- 1 Introduction: The Rationale for Upscaling Sustainable Food Systems -- 2 The Necessity for a Transition to Organic Agriculture or Other Environmentally Sound Agricultural Practices to Sustain Human... -- 2.1 Respecting Planetary Boundaries: The Earth System Needs to Be Urgently Navigated Back toward the Safe Operating Space for ... -- 2.1.1 Planetary Boundaries Concept: Four Boundaries Transgressed (Steffen et al., 2015) -- 2.1.2 Interactions of Planetary Boundaries-Current State of the Earth System Well Outside Safe Operating Space, Seven Boundari... -- Box 1. Global Policy Actions toward Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems Could Therefore Include: -- 2.2 The Benefits of Organic Agriculture and Other Agro-Environmental Farming Methods in Search of the Most Promising Strategy ... -- 2.2.1 Significant Contribution to Attaining the UN SDGs -- 2.2.2 Organic Agriculture Would Significantly Help to Stay within a Safe Operating Space with Respect to Planetary Boundaries -- 2.3 The Importance of Preserving Existing Bee Populations for the Ecosystem Earth -- 2.3.1 Intensive Agriculture and Pesticides Are Important Factors behind Bee Starving -- 2.3.2 Pesticides Affect the Entire Ecosystem -- 2.3.3 Excessive Meat Production Is a Major Driver for Unsustainability -- 2.3.4 Protecting 40% of Land and Sea Territories for Biodiversity by 2030 -- 2.4 The Threats of GMOs -- 2.5 Linking Sustainable Agricultural Practices to Improving Public Health -- 2.5.1 Promote Organic Farming to Counter Hunger and Obesity -- 2.5.2 There Is Growing Evidence that Cancer Is Linked to Pesticides Exposure.

The world's population continues to grow year after year, putting pressure on all global resources. This book provides examples of how we can deal with all the challenges associated with aspects of population growth in the quest for sustainable development. It presents case studies on different areas of sustainability in the food industry, which includes food production and consumption. The collection of illustrative examples includes cases from agriculture and fisheries, the food refining sector, the supply chain, wholesale and retail channels, and other relevant aspects that enhance our understanding of how sustainability takes place in this global sector. The book will appeal to a wide readership, from practitioners to researchers, teachers and students worldwide.

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.