Sustainability
Joining Forces: Collaboration and Leadership for Sustainability
The 2014 Sustainability Report by MIT Sloan Management Review, BCG and the United Nations Global Compact highlights new global collaborations.
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On Companies’ Holiday Wish List: Board Involvement in Sustainability Efforts
New research underscores the gap between the ideal and the reality of board involvement on sustainability.
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Why It Pays to Become a Rule Maker
Businesses have the potential to be rule makers as well as players in establishing environmental regulations.
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The Sustainability Insurgency: Missives from the Front Lines, Part 2
Emma Stewart, Autodesk’s head of sustainability, describes how social intelligence helps CSR advocates promote a culture of sustainability.
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The Crucial — and Underappreciated — Role of HR in Sustainability
HR departments are usually overlooked in developing sustainability programs — yet their input is crucial for success.
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The Sustainability Insurgency: Missives from the Front Lines, Part 1
Autodesk’s Emma Stewart says that social intelligence helps promote CSR and a culture of sustainability.
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Asia Pulp & Paper and Greenpeace: Building New Directions, Together
An unexpected partnership emerged when Asia Pulp negotiated with Greenpeace.
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How Sprint Negotiates Sustainability
For Sprint’s Amy Hargroves, putting sustainability into practice means changing the business environment as well as business practices.
Corporate Social Responsibility
How Procter & Gamble Uses External Ideas For Internal Innovation
P&G’s open innovation program nurtures collaboration with individuals and companies globally.
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The Risks and Responsibilities of Tech Innovation
New tech can create new hazards for users — and for companies. Here’s how to limit the risk.
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Sustainability Dialects
In the fourth part of the series, Gregory Unruh describes how sustainability can be introduced into the business dialects of functional areas.
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Mobilizing the Insurgency
Installment #3 of the CSR Insurgency series examines how CSR managers can mobilize a sustainability insurgency.
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Human Rights: The Next Frontier
One of the most important developments in sustainability is the recent focus on human rights.
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Creating Societal Benefits and Corporate Profits
Four key steps can help a new initiative create value for both the company and the public.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Combining Purpose With Profits
Several organizing principles can help companies sustain both profitability and a sense of purpose.
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Bringing Sustainability Metrics to Purchasing Decisions
Hilton Worldwide and BSR have partnered to create the Center for Sustainable Procurement.
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Does Your Company Seem Socially Irresponsible?
Public perceptions of corporate irresponsibility are shaped in subjective, yet predictable, ways.
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The Insurance Industry’s Renewed Commitment to Sustainability
Insurers are just beginning to wake up to their role in environmental sustainability.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Why Making Money Is Not Enough
The authors, including the Tata Group’s former chairman, say companies need “a deeper purpose.”
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The Net Positive Strategy: Where Environmental Stewardship Meets Business Innovation
One of Europe’s largest home improvement retailers has a new approach to sustainability.