Role of Multinational Enterprises in Supporting the United Nations' SDGs

Edited by John R. McIntyre, Professor and Executive Director, CIBER, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, US, Silvester Ivanaj, Professor, ICN Business School and researcher, CEREFIGE and Vera Ivanaj, Associate Professor, ENSIC and researcher, CEREFIGE, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France

• ContentsForeword xixIntroduction to The Role of Multinational Enterprises in Supportingthe United Nations’ SDGs 1PART I MNEs IMPLEMENTING SDGs: WHAT WEKNOW AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?1 The research landscape of MNEs and SDGs: what we knowand what needs to be done? 14Pard Teekasap and Dina Frutos-Bencze2 Good intentions or good strategy? MNEs’ contributions tosustainable development in developing countries 37Marlene Leonhartsberger, Sophie Thalmayr, and Christof Miska3 Multinational enterprises and gender equity in STEM 58Salwa M. Beheiry, Norita Ahmad, Linzi J. Kemp, and RichardT. SchoephoersterPART II MNEs ALIGNING THEIR BUSINESS STRATEGYWITH THE SDGs4 The sustainability solution in MNEs: understanding theimpediments to its implementation 80Luis F. Escobar5 MNEs’ approach to contributing to the SustainableDevelopment Goals – an exploratory study 101Marc Oberhauser6 The role of multinational enterprises in the textile and clothingindustry in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals:barriers and opportunities for the future 117Thierry Houé and Eileen Murphy7 Aligning MNEs with SDGs: peace, justice, and strong institutions 132Duane Windsor8 Multinational enterprises and global strategies to collaboratewith SDG 2 and SDG 3 152Aldo Alvarez-Risco and Shyla Del-Aguila-Arcentales9 The contribution of multinational enterprises to the UnitedNations’ SDGs: a review of corporate governance andsustainability research 165Mine DoyranPART III MNEs IDENTIFYING THE BUSINESSOPPORTUNITIES INHERENT IN THE SDGs10 Leveraging business diplomacy 191Lichia Yiu and Raymond Saner11 Impact of legal enforcement of CSR on SDGs 217Rama Seth12 MNCs engaging with the SDGs: the role(s) ofnon-government organisations 252Tom Osegowitsch, Susan Trenholm, and Angela McCabe13 Financial disciplining of extractive industries and the SDGs 274W. Travis Selmier II14 Corporate sustainability assessments as a tool for integratingSDGs into MNE practices: an investigation into the financialsector in Malaysia 296Agnes Pranugrahaning, Jerome D. Donovan, Cheree Topple,and Eryadi K. Masli15 MNEs as catalysts of productive entrepreneurship: the case of Egypt 318Paola Garrone, Lucia Piscitello, Valentina Rotondi, andVittoria G. Scalera16 Green and sustainable development case for multinational enterprises 339Nancy H. VazIndex

‘While the United Nations adopted a clear set of Sustainable Development Goals around 2015, the likelihood of any country achieving all of these goals by the planned 2030 deadline seems highly unlikely. The reasons behind the slower than expected progress appear to be diverse and multi-cultural, making any type of scientific inquiry into it a major challenge. The editors of this book have taken on this challenge and provided one of the broadest and most comprehensive explanations to date. Their compilation of ideas and research from some of the top scholars around the world provides key insights for thought leaders seeking to accelerate the progress towards saving our planet.’