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A More Sustainable Supply Chain
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIncreasingly, multinational corporations (MNCs) are pledging to procure the materials and services they need from companies committed to fair labor practices... -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleRetreat isn't just inadvisable; it's dangerous. -
The Circular Business Model
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMore and more manufacturing companies are talking about what's often called the circular economy--in which businesses can create supply chains that recover... -
Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value
Organizational Development SpotlightCompanies don't win over investors just by issuing sustainability reports and engaging in other standard ESG practices. What they need to do, says Harvard... -
Overselling Sustainability Reporting
Communication Magazine ArticleFor two decades progressive thinkers have argued that a more sustainable form of capitalism would arise if companies regularly measured and reported on... -
Why People Aren’t Motivated to Address Climate Change
Psychology Digital ArticleOur brains have trouble planning for the distant future. -
Research: The Unintended Consequences of Right-to-Repair Laws
Business and society Digital ArticleA model assessing their potential impact suggests manufacturers might flood the market with cheap goods, raise prices, or both. -
The 8 Responsibilities of Chief Sustainability Officers
Global Business Digital ArticleVisualizing this complex - and increasingly common - executive role. -
Wal-Mart Plays with Our Food
Organizational Development Digital ArticleEvery week, 140 million people - about the population of England and Germany combined - shop in a Wal-Mart store. Soon, all of these people will be eating... -
Dow Asks, What's the Business Case for Protecting Nature?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe business logic for protecting nature has always been a harder sell than making the case for other green initiatives. Companies are increasingly seeing... -
How AI Will Accelerate the Circular Economy
Organizational Development Digital ArticleDigital technology will help companies extend the life of products, use fewer materials in production, and use more recycled materials -
Leading in a World of Resource Constraints and Extreme Weather
Organizational Development Digital ArticleYour organization will need new management expertise. -
Growth Isn't Going to Last Forever
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAside from tiny Bhutan and their pursuit of Gross National Happiness, every country bases economic policy on the pursuit of endless GDP growth, and companies... -
GE's Eco-Innovation Platform
Organizational Development Digital Article"We're looking for new models of innovation. We don't have all the answers or all the capabilities." This candid admission comes from Beth Comstock, GE's... -
Ask Customers to Use Less of Your Product: The Big Heresy
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLast week I attended an Executive Sustainability Summit hosted by Xerox, Waste Management (WM), and Arizona State University. The short conference brought... -
Can a Tiny Hedge Fund Push ExxonMobil Towards Sustainability?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIf so, it could embolden a new generation of activist investors. -
Walmart's Shades of Gray
Organizational Development Digital ArticleMany people love to attack Walmart - as the world's largest company it's an easy target. And although the retail giant's green efforts have done a lot... -
You Can't Impress Stock Analysts...and Shouldn't Try
Organizational Development Digital ArticleExxonMobil reported last week that its net income reached $10.3 billion...in just the third quarter. The oil giant is arguably the most profitable corporation... -
Cloud Computing is Greener
Organizational Development Digital ArticleCloud computing is all the rage. In its simplest terms, it means outsourcing your company's information technology (IT) needs, from data and storage to... -
A New Algorithm for Fast Carbon Footprinting
Organizational Development Digital ArticleHow PepsiCo and Columbia are crunching the numbers to get more efficient - and to save money.
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Ten Thousand Villages in Crisis: Can the Fair Trade Pioneer Survive and Flourish in an Economic Downturn?
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case examines major challenges faced by Ten Thousand Villages Canada in 2013, in the aftermath of the 2007-08 global financial crisis. Ten Thousand... -
Primark Stores Limited: Low-cost Strategy and Sustainability Initiatives
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Primark was a low-cost, fast-fashion clothing retailer headquartered in the United Kingdom. The company's low-priced clothing enticed consumers, but it... -
Northvolt: Building Batteries to Fight Climate Change, Chinese Version
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 2016, Swedish entrepreneurs Carl-Erik Lagercrantz and Peter Carlsson founded an electric battery company called Northvolt with the dual goals of creating... -
Ambuja Cement Foundation: Measuring the Impact of CSR Projects
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details By the end of 2020, Ambuja Cement Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of Ambuja Cements Ltd., based in Mumbai, India, had been uplifting... -
Mandalay Homes: Building Sustainable Innovation in Residential Construction
Management Case Study8.95View Details Mandalay Homes, a home builder based in northern Arizona, is a market leader in energy efficiency based construction. The company is now at a crossroads... -
The Sustainability Sweet Spot at Jiu Zhen Nan Taiwan Pastry
Management Case Study8.95View Details Set in 2022, the case follows the sustainability journey of Jiu Zhen Nan, a 133-year-old Taiwanese pastry brand headquartered in Kaohsiung, the southern... -
China's Environmental Challenge
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details China faces enormous environmental challenges. This background note looks at the historical, economic and political origins of the environmental crisis... -
Foxconn Technology Group (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2010, Foxconn Technology Group, the largest and fastest growing multinational company in the Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) industry, came... -
Public Equities Impact Investing at BlackRock
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In early 2021, BlackRock-the world's largest asset manager with $9 trillion in assets under management (AUM)-sought to become a leader in promoting environmental... -
Allianz Turkiye: Adapting to Climate Change
Management Case Study8.95View Details Allianz Turkey is a property casualty insurance company operating in a region experiencing increasing losses from natural catastrophe events related to... -
Catalan Leather Industry, Spanish Version
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Antoni Subira, the Minister of Industry in Catalonia, Spain, must decide whether to impose strict European Union environmental guidelines on the local... -
The Signals of Big Oil: ExxonMobil Stumbles
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In the summer of 2021, an Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) executive was secretly recorded dismissing climate science that his company had publicly... -
Green Hydrogen in Chile
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 2020, the Chilean government wants to promote green hydrogen, a technology with high potential to help mitigate climate change. President Sebastián... -
Treeapp: Plant a tree for free, every day
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case describes the launch in the UK and Ireland in April 2020 of the mobile app Treeapp, intended to help combat the effects of climate change by... -
Shaklee Corporation: Corporate Social Responsibility
Sales & Marketing Case Study12.00View Details Having bought Shaklee Corporation from Yamanouchi, Roger Barnett, its owner and CEO, wrestled with the question of how to grow the company and its reputation... -
Net Zero to Net Hero - Can We Gross It? Part 2
Management Case Study5.00View Details NET ZERO TO NET HERO - CAN WE GROSS IT? is a two-part case that highlights the pressing need for businesses to move towards sustainable practices. This... -
Corporate Greenwashing: Are Environmental Claims Just Empty Promises?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Greenwashing is a term that describes the situation where a company's environmental claims exceed what the corporation is accomplishing through its environmental... -
CMA CGM: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Container Shipping
Management Case Study8.95View Details Marine transport is the most cost-effective way to move large volumes over long distances, and container shipping is the backbone of international trade... -
Shiok Meats: Changing the Way we Eat
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Do we have to completely change the way we eat to save the planet? If so, can business lead the way? Case protagonist Sandhya Sriram, a Singapore entrepreneur,... -
WWF-Singapore: Promoting Sustainable Seafood
Management Case Study8.95View Details In February 2021, the responsible seafood program officer for World Wide Fund for Nature Singapore (WWF-Singapore) was looking to encourage a collective...
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A More Sustainable Supply Chain
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIncreasingly, multinational corporations (MNCs) are pledging to procure the materials and services they need from companies committed to fair labor practices... -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleRetreat isn't just inadvisable; it's dangerous. -
The Circular Business Model
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMore and more manufacturing companies are talking about what's often called the circular economy--in which businesses can create supply chains that recover... -
Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value
Organizational Development SpotlightCompanies don't win over investors just by issuing sustainability reports and engaging in other standard ESG practices. What they need to do, says Harvard... -
Overselling Sustainability Reporting
Communication Magazine ArticleFor two decades progressive thinkers have argued that a more sustainable form of capitalism would arise if companies regularly measured and reported on... -
Why People Aren’t Motivated to Address Climate Change
Psychology Digital ArticleOur brains have trouble planning for the distant future. -
Research: The Unintended Consequences of Right-to-Repair Laws
Business and society Digital ArticleA model assessing their potential impact suggests manufacturers might flood the market with cheap goods, raise prices, or both. -
The 8 Responsibilities of Chief Sustainability Officers
Global Business Digital ArticleVisualizing this complex - and increasingly common - executive role. -
Ten Thousand Villages in Crisis: Can the Fair Trade Pioneer Survive and Flourish in an Economic Downturn?
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case examines major challenges faced by Ten Thousand Villages Canada in 2013, in the aftermath of the 2007-08 global financial crisis. Ten Thousand... -
Harvard Business Review, September/October 2020
Leadership & Managing People Magazine Issue19.95View Details Harvard Business Review publishes new and authoritative ideas for improving the practice of management. Written by leading business thinkers and executives,...
