Corporate Purpose: Repurposed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

The Anthropocene age refers to the current planetary age where human activity is the dominant influence on climate and the environment. Human activity has created a plethora of sustainability issues for the planet. Evidence in the 2009 planetary boundary framework (Stockholm Resilience Centre) suggests that human activities have altered the functioning of Earth systems with at least four planetary boundaries now breached. The concept of planetary boundaries has since been used to develop global sustainability policies.Here, we reflect on whether a co-operative business structure, and co-operative principles and guiding values, provide an opportunity to better organise ourselves for a less destructive existence. These thoughts are contextualised within the corporate law discipline