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Global Voice magazine #17
Walk On
March 2021
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Welcome to this 1st quarter 2021 issue of the Council on Business & Society Global Voice magazine #17!
Stop. And go
You may notice that the cover image and subtitle have been purposefully chosen for this first issue of the year. In many of the countries we live in, the pandemic that had brought the world to a halt back in early 2020 is still with us and indeed still affects how many of us work and live. The pandemic has acted much in the same way as a double-red traffic light, stopping large numbers of people from freedom of movement, social interaction at work or with friends and family, and the ability to travel to see their loved ones who in some cases may live on the other side of the country or even planet.
Walk On
Walk On is not a message to cross the street despite the red light – after all, safety is at stake. It also doesn’t mean breaking the rules necessarily imposed by governments to help fight the spread of the pandemic. But it is a message that despite the constraints and challenges, perhaps too a sense among us that the pandemic will never end, people must walk forwards, walk tall, and carry on.
The 102 pages of this issue allow us to have that particular freedom we have that cannot be taken away: the freedom for our minds to wander and travel, imagine, ponder, explore and learn. From nature-based business solutions to better and more ethical governance of supply chains, social accounting, green tech, children’s rights and the positive impact of women in leadership, the 13 articles in this issue give insight and hope into the kind of world the CoBS, the authors, and their work, strive to make happen. And, taking in what we read in these articles, we are able to realise that much is happening. A feeling that momentum is gathering. And that progress is there.
Walk on with us and enjoy Global Voice magazine #17!
Best wishes and safe keeping,
Tom Gamble,
Associate Director & Editor-in-Chief, Council on Business & Society

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Global Voice Magazine
The Council on Business & Society's quarterly and special issue magazine. The publication features research-based and opinion-piece articles made readable for the student, practitioner and instructor on business and society, management and leadership, sustainability, entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship, CSR, green finance and social and environmental reporting.
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eMagazine, March 2021
eMagazine, December 2020
eMagazine, Sept. 2020
eMagazine, June 2020
eMagazine, March 2020
eMagazine, December 2019
eMagazine, Dec 2018
Special issue: CSR
eMagazine, September 2018
eMagazine, June 2019
Special issue: Europe
Special issue: Latin America
eMagazine, June 2018
Special issue: Asia-Pacific
eMagazine, March 2018
Special issue: Gender Equality
eMagazine, Dec. 2017
eMagazine, Sept 2017
eMagazine, June 2017
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