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Narratives of change in Norsk Gjenvinning: A journey towards sustainable waste management

Arntsen, Rebecca Emelie; Gundersen, Anne Charlotte
Master thesis
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2018
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Abstract
According to Erik Osmundsen, the CEO of Norsk Gjenvinning (NG), the waste

management business is intrinsically a very sustainable industry, but it is

operating in a non-sustainable way. Sustainability has become the defining

challenge of our time and organizations have taken steps to realize the many

benefits that lie within this field. Since the introduction of Altor in 2011, NG has

gone through a dramatic turnaround. Altor was aware of some challenges,

however, they found that the organization had several unexpected challenges.

Together with the new top management they started to focus on the opportunities

and challenges within NG. In order for management to understand the needs of

the organization, Osmundsen, the new CEO at that time, started a program to

eliminate corruption and improve sustainability, i.e. compliance, circular

economy, recycling, recovery, and re-use. His commitment, together with rest of

the top management, contributed to the facilitation of sustainable implementation

and the new identity of NG.

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate NG’s journey towards a more

sustainable waste management. In order to explore the challenges, changes and

outcomes, we conducted a narrative analysis based on stories given about past,

present and future events, to compare and investigate the perception of these

events within the organization.

We found throughout our research, that there were certain situations and

obstacle components, i.e. absence of control and communication, ‘unsustainably

sustainable’, uncertainty and misunderstanding connected to the concept of

sustainability, culture conflict and poor managerial control, that may have reduced

the effect of the implementations. However, one can find several positive effects

due to Osmundsen’s proactive leadership, i.e. increased compliance,

sustainability, HSSE, rewriting of governmental regulations and laws, cultural

change. We argue that our findings may help NG and organizations in similar

situations to reduce the complexities that surround ethical turnaround. This may in

turn provide a better understanding of efforts to implement sustainable strategies.
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Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Leadership and Organizational Psychology - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2018
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