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Judy Muthuri

Professor of Sustainable Business and Development, Nottingham University Business School

Email: Judy.Muthuri@nottingham.ac.uk

Bio: Professor Judy Muthuri is a Business and Society scholar with a great interest in theorising, understanding and influencing how organisations tackle sustainability challenges in different contexts, geographies and industries. She identifies as a social justice advocate who believes in working with diverse actors to co-produce research that has positive and sustained societal impacts.

Judy is involved in numerous initiatives that enhance the capacity of institutions of higher learning especially in the Global South notably, her work as a founding member of the Africa Academy of Management, UN PRME Chapter Africa, and the Africa Diaspora Academic Network-UK.

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Below is a selection of articles and resources from the Hub featuring Judy's research.

PODCAST: Sustainability in Business

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Ben is joined by guest host Gabrielle Bunn to talk sustainability, bringing the social sciences into big projects for everyone's benefit and more with Judy Muthuri and Hannah Noke from the University of Nottingham and Daniela Salite from Aston University.

POLICY BRIEF: Sustainable Gemstone Mining in Kenya

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This Policy Brief aims to build public awareness on the policies and measures that are planned to be put in place to develop a sustainable artisanal and small-scale mining sector in Taita Taveta.

SHORT ARTICLE: COVID and companies sustainability commitments

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Covid-19 has had profound implications for the "role of business in society". One of them is the pandemic's effect on companies' sustainability strategies. We explored this issue by studying how 25 companies responded to the pandemic in four African countries: Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, and South Africa.

VIDEO: Sustainable gemstone mining in Kenya

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The Sustainable Artisanal and Small-scale Mining project supports the development of a more responsible and inclusive gemstone mining in Kenya. The project team draw on the local knowledge, skills and technologies of miners and mining stakeholders (i.e. the national and local governments, mining associations, community based organisations, non-governmental organizations, local communities and religious organisations) to co-create context driven bottom-up solutions that mitigate the impact of ASM activities on the natural environment, occupational health and safety, and the social inclusion and well-being of miners and local communities.
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