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How to Measure a Company's Real Impact
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA comprehensive new approach to quantifying an organization's footprint on the world. -
The Biosphere Rules
Operations strategy Magazine ArticleNature employs production processes that are surprisingly efficient, environmentally sound—and widely imitable. -
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 […] -
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. -
What 1,000 CEOs Really Think About Climate Change and Inequality
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleThe good, the bad, and the surprising from a new report. -
When Your Business Has Nowhere to Hide
Organizational Development Digital ArticleOnly the Paranoid Survive was the title of Andrew Grove's candid account of the years he headed Intel, leading it from a small maker of computer chips... -
Circular Supply Chains Are More Sustainable. Why Are They So Rare?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWhat companies can learn from successful recycling efforts. -
Growth Isn’t Going to Last Forever
Sustainable business practices 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 are right there with them. But common sense tells us that nothing can grow forever, and thus national and corporate-level goals alike have a sizeable blind spot. This recent humorous […] -
Aerial Photos Tell a Story About Which Cities Are Embracing Clean Energy
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAnd which aren't. -
Finding the Money to Green Your Business
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleContrary to the popular misconception that going green is expensive, in a very large range of cases, environmental initiatives don’t raise costs, they lower them — and fast. In operational areas such as facilities (heating, cooling, lighting), fleet, IT, and waste, leading companies continue to find large savings in shockingly simple actions, such as changing […] -
Coastal Cities Are Increasingly Vulnerable, and So Is the Economy that Relies on Them
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleMiami is a perfect example. -
Can You Be Green Without Also Being Transparent?
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleAny organization that aspires to be sustainable must have the courage to publicly bare, for all to see, its good, bad, and ugly impacts on society and the environment. Stakeholders expect–and the Web’s sprawling influence demands–that values-driven companies reveal their shortcomings and engage the outside world on how best to fix them. We were recently […] -
Copenhagen: Sustainable Business’s Chicken/Egg Problem
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleThe World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) held a “Business Day” in Copenhagen on Friday at the end of the first week of the climate change conference to gather and amplify the business community’s views on the ongoing negotiations. It was one of the biggest side events here so far, with more than twenty […] -
Wal-Mart Exposes the De-Value Chain
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWal-Mart's announcement of its new sustainability index marks the dawning of the age of ecological transparency in the marketplace. This is not just idle... -
The Future Economy Project: Q&A with Marne Levine
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleThe COO of Instagram on mission-driven sustainability. -
6 Ways the North American Clean Economy Agreement Will Affect Business
Government Digital ArticleThe ramifications are huge. -
Energize Employees with Green Strategy
Motivating people Magazine ArticleIn times of high economic stress and layoffs, it can be difficult to maintain employee morale. Greening your business, and involving everyone in the process, can keep people motivated and help your company ride out the storm. They will respond even more enthusiastically if the organization is getting lean and green for the dual purposes […] -
The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleA walk through recent research. -
The More Climate Skeptics There Are, the Fewer Climate Entrepreneurs
Organizational Development ResearchInnovation requires market demand. -
The Green Stimulus Plan: How You Can Get Involved
Recessions Digital ArticlePresident-elect Obama has now made clear that his economic stimulus package will be very big — he called it “the single largest new investment in our national infrastructure since the creation of the federal highway system in the 1950s” — and also very green, with emphasis on clean energy, efficient buildings and transportation, and green […]
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Race and Rise Against the Tide: Sustainable Development for Singapore
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This case highlights the multifaceted challenges of sustainability and survivability face by Singapore. Being a Small Island Developing State (SIDS),... -
Beetle Beats: Finding a SOUND Market for ADT
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Dr. Richard Hofstetter was wondering what was to become of his acoustic disruption technology (ADT), a technology that used sounds to change behavior... -
ESG: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
Management Book22.95View Details Move past the ESG culture wars and make better choices for your business. Embracing ESG--environmental, social, and governance goals--isn't just the... -
Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World
32.00View Details An indispensable guide to help companies navigate the new era of ethical challenges and risks in a volatile global landscape. Today's headlines teem with... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads 2022 (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place. We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review... -
Fugumobile: Setting Up a Local Digital Marketing Company in China
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2006, two entrepreneurs founded Fugumobile Co. Ltd., a digital marketing agency based in Shanghai, China. The company grew organically in China by... -
The Future of Work: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
22.95View Details The future is here. How is your organization responding? Amid the turbulence of a global pandemic, worldwide social justice movements, and accelerated... -
Climate Change: Tools for Preparing Your Team for the Future
99.95View Details Climate change is threatening our world. How is your business responding? Heat waves, flooding, extreme storms, harsh winters. The effects of climate... -
Shree Balaji Alumnicast: Going Green
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Shree Balaji Alumnicast Pvt. Ltd. (SBA) was a successful Indian metal recycling company and a pioneer in creating sustainable customer value through its... -
Lipton Tea in Turkey: Infusing a Real Flavour of Sustainability
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case study discusses the initiatives taken by Unilever, one of the world's leading fast moving consumer goods companies, to promote sustainability,... -
Wild Herbs Grow Tall: Mastering Structural Change in Lusatia - Nagola Re (A)
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Indigo Agriculture: Harnessing Nature
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Indigo Agriculture used a digital-enabled research and development (R&D) process to launch its initial product, microbial coatings for agricultural seeds,... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads for Executives 8-Volume Collection
175.00View Details You want the most important ideas for executives all in one place. Now you can have them--in a set of HBR's 10 Must Reads, available as an 8-volume paperback... -
Bulb 2015: Foundation
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In late August 2015, Amit Gudka and Hayden Wood, co-founders of Bulb, Ltd (Bulb), were ready to offer affordable renewable energy to the United Kingdom's... -
Explo Leisure Products
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Tim Trowac and Dave Rahall, two former investment bankers, skillfully execute the leveraged buyout of a golf ball recycling company after working intensely... -
Reversing Climate Change Through Sustainable Food: Patagonia Provisions Attempts to Scale a "Big Wall"
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Husk Power
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Driving Sustainability at AB InBev
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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
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How to Measure a Company's Real Impact
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA comprehensive new approach to quantifying an organization's footprint on the world. -
The Biosphere Rules
Operations strategy Magazine ArticleNature employs production processes that are surprisingly efficient, environmentally sound—and widely imitable. -
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 […] -
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. -
What 1,000 CEOs Really Think About Climate Change and Inequality
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleThe good, the bad, and the surprising from a new report. -
When Your Business Has Nowhere to Hide
Organizational Development Digital ArticleOnly the Paranoid Survive was the title of Andrew Grove's candid account of the years he headed Intel, leading it from a small maker of computer chips... -
Circular Supply Chains Are More Sustainable. Why Are They So Rare?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWhat companies can learn from successful recycling efforts. -
Growth Isn’t Going to Last Forever
Sustainable business practices 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 are right there with them. But common sense tells us that nothing can grow forever, and thus national and corporate-level goals alike have a sizeable blind spot. This recent humorous […] -
Aerial Photos Tell a Story About Which Cities Are Embracing Clean Energy
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAnd which aren't. -
Finding the Money to Green Your Business
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleContrary to the popular misconception that going green is expensive, in a very large range of cases, environmental initiatives don’t raise costs, they lower them — and fast. In operational areas such as facilities (heating, cooling, lighting), fleet, IT, and waste, leading companies continue to find large savings in shockingly simple actions, such as changing […]