Sustainability in Global Companies Theory and Practice

Samuel O. Idowu is a senior lecturer at London Metropolitan University (UK). He is a fellow member of the Chartered Governance Institute, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators, and a named freeman of the City of London. Samuel has been in academia for more than 30 years. He is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of CSR and editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Economics and Business Administration and also a series editor of the book series CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance.

Stephen Vertigans is Professor (Emeritus) in Sociology, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen (UK). His research interests include Corporate Social Responsibility with particular attention placed on social impacts in Africa and low income housing. To this end, he has visited numerous African countries to help build capacity and investigate how CSR approaches can help overcome deep-rooted social problems and political tensions. Currently Stephen is working on a research project in Kenya into geothermal cooling systems and other methods of reducing heat stress in low income housing.