How can we better understand and model business responses to future environmental and social challenges?

What are the actors, technologies and developments that will be pivotal in creating a new future for business?

What motives drive business to respond proactively to changes in its natural and social environment?

What are the determinants for corporate decision making vis-à-vis a rapidly and drastically changing natural and social environment?

What new business models and strategies are likely to emerge due to pressing social and environmental challenges?

What kind of management and measurement tools are needed to implement sustainable business strategies?

What is the role of business in maintaining the sustainability of the life-supporting environmental and social systems?

Does the current paradigmatic foundation of business and management models measure up the new challenges of a rapidly and drastically changing natural and social environment? This refers to questions such as (a) Is the principle of profit-maximization compatible with the environmental and social challenges business is facing? and (b) Are current approaches of business and society like CSR, eco-efficiency, environmental management, corporate sustainability and the business case sufficient to provide solutions for a new future for business?

What other research traditions and areas could inspire the development of new perspectives and approaches in research on environmental and social aspects in business and management?