Wayne Visser

Invited Full Professor

Bio

Professor at of Practice in Regenerative Business, Innovation and Technology at Católica Porto Business School.

PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) in Business and Management (specialising in Corporate Social Responsibility), International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Nottingham University Business School, UK, 2003-2006.

Fellow and Head Program Instructor at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. 

Visiting Professor at Antwerp Management School’s Sustainable Transformation Lab, which he established in 2017.

Director of the think-tank and media company, Kaleidoscope Futures, through which he co-produced and presented the award-winning documentary film on the circular economy called Closing the Loop. 

Founder of CSR International and Board Member of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI).

Dr Visser previously served as Director of Sustainability Services for KPMG and Strategy Analyst for Capgemini in South Africa.

His work as a strategy analyst, sustainability advisor, CSR expert, futurist and professional speaker has taken him to 82 countries in the past 30 years to work with over 250 clients.

Author of 44 books, including Thriving, an Amazon bestseller in 18 countries.

Over 375 chapters, articles and reports published and has been a guest columnist for The Huffington Post, The Guardian and the World Economic Forum.

Globally recognized "pracademic", listed as one of the world’s Top 10 ESG speakers, Top 10 most influential faculty thinkers on issues of responsible business in social media, a top 100 influencer on CSR and sustainable business, a top 100 thought-leader in trustworthy business and a top 100 sustainability leader.

He is also the recipient of the Global CSR Excellence & Leadership Award, the Emerald Literati Outstanding Author Contribution Award.

MSC (Master of Science) in Human Ecology, Centre for Human Ecology, University of Edinburgh, UK, 1995-1996

BBUSSC (Bachelor of Business Science) in Marketing (Honours), Business Science Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa,1988-1991.

More info: https://www.waynevisser.com/

Book chapter

2Q2003 April–June

Wayne Visser (with Bendell, J.). 2017. Corporate Responsibility Movement: Five Years of Global Corporate Responsibility Analysis from Lifeworth, 2001–2005
Book chapter

4Q2004 October–December

Wayne Visser (with Bendell, J.). 2017. Corporate Responsibility Movement: Five Years of Global Corporate Responsibility Analysis from Lifeworth, 2001–2005
Book chapter

4Q2010 October-December

Wayne Visser (with Doyle, I.). 2017. Healing Capitalism: Five Years in the Life of Business, Finance and Corporate Responsibility
Book

Asia Pacific

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2016.
Book

Beyond reasonable greed

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2002.
Book

Corporate Citizenship in Africa

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2005.
Book chapter

Corporate citizenship in Africa: Lessons from the past; paths to the future

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2017. Corporate Citizenship in Africa: Lessons from the Past; Paths to the Future
Book

Corporate social responsibility in developing countries

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2008. The Oxford handbook of corporate social responsibility
Book chapter

Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2009. The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility
Paper

Corporate social responsibility in management research: Focus, nature, salience and sources of influence

Wayne Visser (with Lockett, A.). 2006. Journal of Management Studies
Book chapter

Creating Integrated Value Through Sustainable Innovation: A Conceptual Framework

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2018. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance
Book

CSR 2.0: From the age of greed to the age of responsibility$

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2010. Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability
Paper

Designing sustainable innovations in manufacturing: A systems engineering approach

Wayne Visser (with van Erp, T.). 2023. Sustainable Production and Consumption
Book

Foreword

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2017. Educating for Responsible Management: Putting Theory into Practice
Book

I am an African

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2008.
Other

Innovation Pathways towards Creating Integrated Value: A Conceptual Framework

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2017. SSRN
Paper

Integrated innovation: Applying systems thinking to sustainable innovation and transformation

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2020. Sustainability (Switzerland)
Book

Introduction

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2017. The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 4: the Americas
Book

Introduction

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2017. The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 1: Africa and the Middle East
Book

Introduction

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2017. The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 3: Europe
Book

Introduction

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2017. The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 2: Asia Pacific
Book chapter

Introduction: From review to preview— an agenda for the future of CSR

Wayne Visser (with Bendell, J.). 2017. Corporate Responsibility Movement: Five Years of Global Corporate Responsibility Analysis from Lifeworth, 2001–2005
Book

Landmarks for sustainability

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2010.
Paper

Measuring future resilience: a multilevel index

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2021. Corporate Governance (Bingley)
Book

Os 50 Mais Importantes Livros Em Sustentabilidade

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2012.
Book chapter

Research on corporate citizenship in Africa: A ten-year review (1995-2005)

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2017. Corporate Citizenship in Africa: Lessons from the Past; Paths to the Future
Book

Revisiting Carroll's CSR pyramid

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2007. Corporate social responsibility in global context
Book

South Africa

Wayne Visser (with Lundy, Guy). 2003.
Paper

Sustainability reporting in South Africa

Wayne Visser (with Africa Merlin-Tao Visser, W.). 2002. Corporate Environmental Strategy
Paper

Sustainability Reporting in the Antwerp Port Ecosystem, Belgium: Understanding the Relationship Between Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals and Integrated Thinking

Wayne Visser (with Beyne, J.). 2021. Frontiers in Sustainability
Book

Sustainable Frontiers

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2017.
Book

Sustainable frontiers: Unlocking change through business, leadership and innovation

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2017. Sustainable Frontiers: Unlocking Change through Business, Leadership and Innovation
Book

The Corporate Responsibility Movement: Five Years of Global Corporate Responsibility Analysis from Lifeworth, 2001-2005

Wayne Visser (with Bendell, J.). 2017. The Corporate Responsibility Movement: Five Years of Global Corporate Responsibility Analysis from Lifeworth, 2001-2005
Book chapter

The future of CSR: Towards transformative CSR, or CSR 2.0

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2016. Research Handbook on Corporate Social Responsibility in Context
Book

The quest for sustainable business

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2012.
Book

The quest for sustainable business: An epic journey in search of corporate responsibility

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2017. The Quest for Sustainable Bus.: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility
Book

The top 50 sustainability books

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2009.
Book

THE TOP 50 SUSTAINABILITY BOOKS

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2017. The Top 50 Sustainability Books
Book

The world guide to CSR

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2010.
Paper

The World Guide to CSR: A Country‐by‐Country Analysis of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility – Edited by Wayne Visser and Nick Tolhurst

Wayne Visser (with Milton Moskowitz). 2010. Business and Society Review
Book

The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2017.
Book

The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise - Volume 3

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2016.
Book

THE WORLD GUIDE to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 1: AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2017. The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 1: Africa and the Middle East
Book

The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 2: Asia Pacific

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2017. The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 2: Asia Pacific
Book

The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 3: EUROPE

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2017. The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 3: Europe
Book

The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 4: the Americas

Wayne Visser (with Visser, W.). 2017. The World Guide to Sustainable Enterprise: Volume 4: the Americas
Book

Thriving

Wayne Visser (with Wayne Visser). 2022.
Book

˜Theœ A to Z of Corporate Social Responsibility

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2008.
Book

˜Theœ A to Z of Corporate Social Responsibility, 2nd, Revised and Updated Edition

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2010.
Book

˜Theœ Age of Responsibility

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2011.
Book

˜Theœ World guide to sustainable enterprise

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2015.
Book

˜Theœ World guide to sustainable enterprise

Wayne Visser (with Visser, Wayne). 2016.