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Gathering Green Data: Tools and Tips
Costing Digital ArticleIn my last post, I talked about the ways you can use green data — footprinting information on your products and services up and down the value chain — to create enormous value for your company. As they say, you can’t manage what you don’t measure. And those with the best information can cut costs, […] -
From Starbucks to Nike, Business Asks for Green Legislation
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleWould it surprise you to learn that Starbucks is a leading advocate for action on climate change? Think about it. Starbucks’ success hinges on a robust coffee crop, which needs certain growing conditions. But the company is seeing the imprint of climate change on coffee growing regions around the world. Global rainfall and harvest patterns […] -
Copenhagen: Why the U.S. Should Build a Green City
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleThe conversation at the Copenhagen climate conference is all about policy. But regulation won’t stop global warming by itself. Nor will simply spending money on clean technologies. In the US, President Obama has earmarked a half billion dollars of initial funding for a breathtaking array of renewable technologies. This looks like bold action, but it […] -
Bringing the Environment Down to Earth
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleManagers should make environmental investments for the same reason they make other investments: because they expect them to deliver positive returns or to reduce risks. -
How Exactly Will We Move Away from Fossil Fuels?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWe'll need three different efforts, all working in conjunction. -
The Ambitious Business Goals Aiming to Change the World
Organizational Development Digital ArticleFor example, Nissan is working toward a world with zero accidents. -
Sustainability Matters in the Battle for Talent
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleNew research shows that employees want to work for companies that make sustainability a priority. -
Worth Your Time This Week: Joblessness, Trash Cans, and Chess
Economics Digital ArticleUseful and/or intriguing ideas we’ve come across this week, plus the occasional worthwhile distraction. The enormous costs of joblessness The Atlantic‘s Don Peck lays out the likely consequences of sustained unemployment on the prospects of the generation currently entering (or failing to enter) the workforce, inner city neighborhoods, politics, marriages and child-rearing arrangements — in […] -
Aerial Photos Tell a Story About Which Cities Are Embracing Clean Energy
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When Clorox Goes Green, Tough Questions Emerge
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleWhen a mainstream consumer-products manufacturer decides to dive headfirst into the green market, some interesting questions emerge. While a company may be confident that interest in carbon-friendly products and services is on the rise, what can it really understand about this rapidly developing market? And where should it aim when consumer preferences are still shifting? […] -
Shareholders Are Pressing for Climate Risk Disclosures. That’s Good for Everyone.
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleNew research finds that this activism leads to more transparency and that markets react favorably. -
Copenhagen: Are You Guilty of Personal Greenwashing?
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleI have a colleague who cares passionately about the environment. She worries about global warming, supports policy to reduce carbon emissions, and is militant about keeping the heat down and maintaining the proper tire pressure in her car. Yet her car is an SUV that gets shameful (her words) gas mileage. She lives in a […] -
Shared Value vs. Don't Be Evil
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMichael Porter and Mark Kramer's article in January's HBR tries to advance our world's shared values by arguing that doing right is the best long-term... -
Pittsburgh's Transformation Is a Model for Clean Energy Innovation
Organizational Development Digital ArticleBusiness leaders worked together with city government officials. -
Research: How to Position a Luxury Brand as Sustainable
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleHighlight your company's commitment to craftsmanship. -
Strategy Migration in a Changing Climate
Joint ventures Magazine ArticleI’ll never forget my 25th Harvard Business School reunion, when Professor Howard Stevenson gave a lecture titled “Make Your Own Luck.” To a packed room he revealed this truth: If you want big success, build a business that responds to big trends. When he prompted us, the audience volunteered the biggest ones in the world: […] -
Are These Energy-Saving Measures Wise...or Wacky?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAs we all know, energy prices have skyrocketed. Organizations of all kinds are trying new ways of doing business to cut costs. Some ideas, like Wal-Mart... -
What If All U.S. Coal Workers Were Retrained to Work in Solar?
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleA study quantifies the costs and identifies four ways to pay for it. -
Greening Pepsi, from Fertilizer to Bottles
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticlePepsi recently demonstrated its commitment to reducing its environmental impacts up and down the value chain with two rapid-fire announcements about new initiatives. The old-school approach to greening is to focus on operations within the proverbial “four walls.” But Pepsi, like other leaders, is approaching sustainability more holistically, with much greater impact. I recently spoke […] -
Conflicted Consumers
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleHow green are consumers in the U.S.? On one level, we haven’t really changed all that much. Many pundits argue persuasively that without the rapid rise in energy prices, people wouldn’t be buying smaller cars. And outside of some specific product markets, such as organic food, few are willing to regularly pay more for green. […]
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Career at a Crossroad: Packing Up
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Akhil Patel is passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but Roopa... -
The International Committee of The Red Cross: Development of an Ethical Procurement Policy
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details The Asia sourcing manager at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), a humanitarian organization working in conflict areas, had contributed... -
The Sustainability Sweet Spot at Jiu Zhen Nan Taiwan Pastry
Management Case Study11.95View 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... -
Patagonia: Closing the Loop on Packaging Pollution
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Single-use packaging waste is invading all corners of the world. Wholesale change is urgently needed to create packaging that does not wreak havoc on... -
You Can't Market Manure at Lunchtime: And Other Lessons from the Food Industry for Creating a More Sustainable Company
30.00View Details Five invaluable lessons for doing sustainability right, doing it profitably, and getting the credit you deserve. Did the title of this book get your attention?... -
Levi Strauss & Co.: Driving Adoption of Green Chemistry
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details This case examines the challenges and opportunities faced by Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) as it attempts to help establish a cross-industry sustainability... -
Child Rights and You: From Tears to Smiles
Management Case Study11.95View Details Child Rights and You (CRY) was a non-governmental organization (NGO) started in 1979 in India. The organization experienced pan-Indian growth and later... -
Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek (A): Lighting Liberia
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details After successful careers as lawyers Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek set out to tackle a large-scale infrastructure challenge in a complex environment... -
Reversing Climate Change Through Sustainable Food: Patagonia Provisions Attempts to Scale a "Big Wall"
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case study focuses on Birgit Cameron, senior director of Patagonia Provisions, and several of her colleagues at both Patagonia Provisions and Patagonia... -
Frontiers in Social Innovation: The Essential Handbook for Creating, Deploying, and Sustaining Creative Solutions to Systemic Problems
50.00View Details The one book you need to make a difference in the world. Social innovation and social entrepreneurship are rising forces. As the extent of the world's... -
Building the Governance to Take Capital SAFI to the Next Level
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Asset management firm Capital SAFI wanted to attract new strategic investors and expand to other countries. Having the right corporate governance in place... -
The HASSLACHER Group: The Capital Equipment Decision
{{MajorSubject}} Case Study11.95View Details Mass timber products included glued laminate timber and cross-laminated timber. These were valued-added goods made from softwood lumber that was resurfaced... -
Wild Herbs Grow Tall: Mastering Structural Change in Lusatia - Lusiza (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details The case "Wild Herbs Grow Tall - Mastering Structural Change in Lusatia" describes how entrepreneur Christina Grätz carves out a niche in the re-cultivation... -
DC Water: Turning Sewers from Gray to Green
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Mark Kim, CFO of DC Water, believed building green infrastructure in Washington, DC, was an innovative way to improve the performance of the city's aging... -
Selling CFLs at Wal-Mart, Epilogue
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details In early 2009, Wal-Mart executive Andy Barron realized the firm's lighting business was facing a challenge. After achieving a goal of selling 100 million... -
DEI and Brand Marketing of a Women's Off-Road Rally in Morocco's Sahara Desert
Management Case Study11.95View Details The sports events agency Maïenga, owned by two French women, operates off-road motor rallies in the Sahara Desert of Morocco. Its flagship event, the... -
Amyris, Inc: Make Good. No compromise.
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Amyris has grown from a Silicon Valley startup to a global publicly-traded company who genetically programs yeast into chemicals used by more than 250... -
The Green Alliance
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Sarah Brown, co-owner and manager of the Green Alliance (GA), a for-profit company developed to foster and promote corporate sustainability was concerned... -
The Big Pivot: Radically Practical Strategies for a Hotter, Scarcer, and More Open World
Strategy & Execution Book30.00View Details We live in a fundamentally changed world. It's time for your approach to strategy to change, too. The evidence is all around us. Extreme weather, driven... -
Roche: ESG and Access to Healthcare
Management Case Study11.95View Details In May 2022, Roche Group, one of the largest healthcare companies in the world, hosted its first ESG investor event focused exclusively on its efforts...
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Gathering Green Data: Tools and Tips
Costing Digital ArticleIn my last post, I talked about the ways you can use green data — footprinting information on your products and services up and down the value chain — to create enormous value for your company. As they say, you can’t manage what you don’t measure. And those with the best information can cut costs, […] -
From Starbucks to Nike, Business Asks for Green Legislation
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleWould it surprise you to learn that Starbucks is a leading advocate for action on climate change? Think about it. Starbucks’ success hinges on a robust coffee crop, which needs certain growing conditions. But the company is seeing the imprint of climate change on coffee growing regions around the world. Global rainfall and harvest patterns […] -
Copenhagen: Why the U.S. Should Build a Green City
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleThe conversation at the Copenhagen climate conference is all about policy. But regulation won’t stop global warming by itself. Nor will simply spending money on clean technologies. In the US, President Obama has earmarked a half billion dollars of initial funding for a breathtaking array of renewable technologies. This looks like bold action, but it […] -
Bringing the Environment Down to Earth
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleManagers should make environmental investments for the same reason they make other investments: because they expect them to deliver positive returns or to reduce risks. -
How Exactly Will We Move Away from Fossil Fuels?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWe'll need three different efforts, all working in conjunction. -
Career at a Crossroad: Packing Up
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Akhil Patel is passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but Roopa... -
How Data Helps Companies Honor Their Climate Goals
Can software help speed up our net-zero ambitions? -
The Ambitious Business Goals Aiming to Change the World
Organizational Development Digital ArticleFor example, Nissan is working toward a world with zero accidents. -
The International Committee of The Red Cross: Development of an Ethical Procurement Policy
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details The Asia sourcing manager at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), a humanitarian organization working in conflict areas, had contributed... -
Sustainability Matters in the Battle for Talent
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleNew research shows that employees want to work for companies that make sustainability a priority.