Delbard Olivier | ESCP Business School

Olivier Delbard

Full Professor of Sustainability

Department : Sustainability
Campus : Paris

Olivier Delbard is a Professor of the Sustainabilty Department. He has been working on sustainability-related issues for over 25 years. He is currently the co-academic director of the MSc in International Sustainability Management. Originally his research and teaching focused on U.S. society and culture, with a special interest in business ethics and environmental policy issues (he wrote a book on this topic in 2006). Then Olivier worked on CSR regulation issues within the European Union, pursuing a comparative and cross-cultural approach. He has also been investigating fair-trade issues and poverty eradication in Sub-Saharan Africa. This has led to field missions and publications. His general area of expertise concerns the strategic and macro-economic issues of sustainable development, and the new multi-stakeholder modes of governance. One of his current interests is on post-growth scenarios and how they could apply to business and government. He is also currently working on non-Western approaches to sustainability. In January 2016, he released on Coursera, in collaboration with Ecolo Ethik think tank’s co-President Chantal Jouanno the school’s first MOOC (in French) «Understanding Ecology for an Innovative Economy». In his latest book published in 2020, The Corporate Social Responsibility Agenda - The Case for Sustainable and Responsible Business, he explores the CSR agenda for today and tomorrow, offering a fresh perspective on the development of CSR over time and across the planet. Olivier holds a Doctorate degree from the University of Paris IV Sorbonne (1995); his dissertation dealt with environmental philosophy and ethics in Anglo-Saxon culture. He obtained his HDR (French qualification for PhD supervision) in Economics in 2010. Corporate Social Responsibility: Marketing Tool or Reality? https://www.youtube.com/embed/U6C6vIscs08?rel=0 Meet the 3 S’s of CSR https://www.youtube.com/embed/ubAji-1To6A?rel=0 A fresh view on today’s CSR Agenda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBeb5PlC3nk&feature=emb_logo A fresh view on today's CSR Agenda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBeb5PlC3nk&feature=emb_logo

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15 publications

Academic Articles

2025

MROZEWSKI, M., J., A. DADEŁŁO, C. VON KOLPINSKI, O. DELBARD

What Drives Impact Scaling? The Roles of Resources, Innovation Performance, and Sustainability Orientation

BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Academic Articles

2022

LEHMANN, C., O. DELBARD, S. LANGE

Green growth, a-growth or degrowth?

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 336

ESCP Impact Papers

2021

DELBARD, O

How to create sustainable value? Some learnings from Interface Inc.’s 25-year journey

ESCP Impact Papers, 2021-01-EN

Books

2020

DELBARD, O.

The Corporate Social Responsibility Agenda - The Case for Sustainable and Responsible Business

World Scientific, 230

ESCP Impact Papers

2020

DELBARD, O

Corporate social responsibility beyond philanthropy? Sustainable and responsible business in times of Covid-19

ESCP Impact Papers, 2020-57-EN

Other Intellectual Contributions

2015

DELBARD, O

Interview entreprises responsables, à vos marques!

L'EXPRESS

Academic Articles

2014

ACOSTA COLLAZOS, M. D. P., A. ACQUIER, O. DELBARD

Just Do It ? The Adoption of Sustainable Supply Chain Management Programs from a Supplier Perspective

SUPPLY CHAIN FORUM: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, 15 (1), 76-91

Books

2014

DELBARD, O.

Par-delà le développement durable - Nature, Culture(s) et Coopération(s)

Editions du Bord de l'eau, 166

Other Intellectual Contributions

2014

ACOSTA, P., A. ACQUIER, V. CARBONE, O. DELBARD, F. GITIAUX, D. MANCEAU, C. RONGE

Les business models du développement durable

L'EXPANSION MANAGEMENT REVIEW, n° 152, pp. 20-29 10 p.

Other Intellectual Contributions

2013

DELBARD, O.

Note sur Wen Wang

OUTRE-TERRE, issue 35-36, pp. 381-385 5 p.

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Academic Articles

2025

What Drives Impact Scaling? The Roles of Resources, Innovation Performance, and Sustainability Orientation

Academic Articles

2022

Green growth, a-growth or degrowth?

ESCP Impact Papers

2021

How to create sustainable value? Some learnings from Interface Inc.’s 25-year journey

Books

2020

The Corporate Social Responsibility Agenda - The Case for Sustainable and Responsible Business

ESCP Impact Papers

2020

Corporate social responsibility beyond philanthropy? Sustainable and responsible business in times of Covid-19

Other Intellectual Contributions

2015

Interview entreprises responsables, à vos marques!

Academic Articles

2014

Just Do It ? The Adoption of Sustainable Supply Chain Management Programs from a Supplier Perspective

Books

2014

Par-delà le développement durable - Nature, Culture(s) et Coopération(s)

Other Intellectual Contributions

2014

Les business models du développement durable

Other Intellectual Contributions

2013

Note sur Wen Wang

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