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Sustainability as a Business-Model Transformation
Sustainable business practices Magazine ArticleApproach it as you would any innovation challenge. -
How to Fix Our Broken Food System
Environmental sustainability Magazine ArticleFour new books tackle an existential crisis. -
Corporate Sustainability Is in Crisis. What Should Companies Do Now?
Environmental sustainability Digital ArticleHow to navigate this regression—and prepare for a resurgence down the line. -
A Manager’s Guide to Supporting Employees Impacted by Natural Disasters
Managing people Digital ArticleHow to prioritize their well-being, reallocate their workload, and offer ongoing support. -
AXA’s CEO on Insurance as a Tool to Drive Positive Impact
Business and society Magazine ArticleHow one company is pushing the industry toward social responsibility -
AI’s Growing Waste Problem—and How to Solve It
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleTo deal with the mountains of hardware being used and discarded in the AI boom, companies need to embrace the circular economy. -
How BMW Started Auditing Emissions Across Its Supply Chain
Accounting Digital ArticleLessons from the automaker’s pilot audit of its signature “kidney” grille. -
Are Your Company’s Purpose Initiatives Working?
Business and society Digital ArticleA new framework to help you to determine whether initiatives should be abandoned, need adjustment, or are driving lasting value. -
A Bad Communication Strategy Around Sustainability Can Leave You Legally Exposed
Environmental sustainability Digital ArticleAs climate-related lawsuits increase, companies must balance transparency and risk in their sustainability communications. -
The LA Fires Could Change the Insurance Industry
Risk management Digital ArticleCustomers need wildfire protection, and insurers need to find a new way to provide it. -
When Your Coworker Loses a Home
Climate change Digital ArticleFour recommendations from people who have experienced catastrophic home damage and loss. -
Life’s Work: An Interview with Rick Steves
Early career Magazine ArticleThe travel expert on his career arc, contributions to nonprofits, and more -
Getting Strategic About Sustainability
Environmental sustainability Magazine ArticleUse these four lenses to focus on what matters. -
The Charts that Help Make Sense of 2024
Business and society Digital ArticleVisualizing what people are really doing with gen AI, the long tail of layoffs, beer and boycotts, and more. -
Why Global Sustainability Efforts Will Continue Despite Trump
Environmental sustainability Digital ArticleIn the U.S., cities and states will take the lead. Globally, China will drive new demand. -
2024 Was a Bad Year for Sustainability
Business and society Digital ArticleNotable companies retreated from their climate and social responsibility commitments — plus other defining themes. -
The UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting Should Be a Turning Point for Corporate America
Business and society Digital ArticleLeaders must take a step back and recognize some of the key failures that have led to the public’s growing discontent with big business. -
When Gig Work Meets Extreme Weather
Workplace health and safety Digital ArticleAs global warming intensifies, it puts operational efficiency in tension with worker well-being. -
Business Tapped Out of the Climate Fight. Here’s How to Get Back In.
Climate change Digital ArticleFour strategies to drive real progress. -
25 Tech and Infrastructure Problems to Solve Before We Can Reach Net Zero
Environmental sustainability Digital ArticleThe energy transition is first and foremost a physical transformation.
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Governing Sustainability in a Shifting Context (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In early 2025, boards of directors had to rethink corporate responsibility and sustainability efforts amid rapidly-shifting social, legal, regulatory,... -
The future of coffee in Uganda: Navigating financial viability, social impact, and environmental sustainability at Mountain Harvest
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case explores the social, environmental, and economic opportunities and challenges in the coffee industry in Uganda in 2023. The story follows Kenneth... -
Calyx Global: Rating Carbon Credits
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case describes how rating agencies and other organizations are seeking to improve the quality of carbon credits sold in the voluntary carbon market... -
Pyxis: Powering a Sustainable Maritime Future with Electric Vessels
Management Case Study11.95View Details In January 2025, Tommy Phun, founder of maritime start-up Pyxis, reflected on the start-up's remarkable progress over the past three years. Headquartered... -
CMA CGM: The Challenges of Environmental Compliance in the Shipping Industry
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case study explores CMA CGM, a major player in global maritime logistics, as it grapples with new regulatory challenges posed by the European Union's... -
A Blue Ocean Strategy for Morocco: Sustainability Through Clean Energy
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case examines Morocco's initiatives to move from fossil fuel dependency to leadership in production of several types of renewable energy. This comes... -
KLIIN: Cleaning the World, One Eco-Friendly Product at a Time
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case presents Marie-Pierre Bérubé, founder and CEO of KLIIN, as she reflects on her plans to internationalize her company, KLIIN. Founded in 2016... -
Introduction to Carbon Markets
Management Case Study8.95View Details Carbon markets represent a vibrant development contributing to the economic transition necessary to achieve global climate goals. This technical note... -
Geyser Systems: Making Every Drop of Water Count
Management Case Study11.95View Details In May 2024, Jonathan Ballesteros, the founder and chief executive officer of Geyser Systems (Geyser), secured an important distribution agreement with... -
Mpact packaging and recycling: Consumer pressure, sustainability, and the threat of plastic legislation in South Africa
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case deals with the two-pronged dilemma faced by Bruce Strong, CEO of publicly traded Mpact Limited - the leading and largest paper and plastics... -
Hurtigruten: Sea Zero
Management Case Study11.95View Details Hurtigruten was deciding whether the next ship they built should be fully electric. But such a vessels's battery, the size of electric cars, needed to... -
Help Us Green: Challenges in Scaling an Upcycled Flowers Business
Management Case Study11.95View Details Help Us Green LLC (HUG), based in Kanpur, India, manufactured incense sticks from floral waste discarded from religious places like temples. Throughout... -
Analyzing and Investing in ESG Funds: A Financial Advisor's Dilemma
Management Case Study11.95View Details Manuela Chavez had been a financial advisor for over 10 years and had build up a sizable client base from young professionals to family offices and institutions.... -
Navigating the impact investing landscape: history, trends, and future directions
Management Case Study8.95View Details This note explores the evolving landscape of impact investing, which seeks to integrate financial returns with social and environmental benefits. Originating... -
Preparing Business Leaders for an Era of Climate Instability: Understanding and Managing Physical Climate Risk (Video Tutorial)
Management Tool9.00View Details In this compelling video, Spencer Glendon, founder of Probable Futures and Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School, describes the profound implications... -
Nestlé Health Science: Building a healthy future towards 2030
Management Case Study11.95View Details The board of Nestlé S.A. announced that Anna Mohl would become the CEO of Nestlé Health Science (NHSc) - a global leader in nutritional science - on 1... -
RurAL CAP: Developing a Social Enterprise to Support Housing Across Rural Alaska
Management Case Study11.95View Details It is March 2023 and Jasmine Boyle, chief development officer of Rural Alaska Community Action Program (RurAL CAP), has been tapped to lead the development... -
Revolutionizing Sustainability: Ball Aluminum Cup's Impactful CSR-Driven Value Proposition
Management Case Study11.95View Details In October 2023, the global vice-president of marketing and partnerships at Ball Corporation (Ball), who was overseeing the company's aluminum cup business,... -
IG4 Capital: Private equity with a purpose
Management Case Study11.95View Details SEPTEMBER 2023, SÃO PAULO (BRAZIL). Gustavo Buffara was painstakingly putting the finishing touches on the IG4 Private Equity Fund III presentation. Co-founded...
