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Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleRetreat isn’t just inadvisable; it’s dangerous. -
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... -
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... -
Why People Aren’t Motivated to Address Climate Change
Psychology Digital ArticleOur brains have trouble planning for the distant future. -
How Bold Corporate Climate Change Goals Deteriorate Over Time
Sustainable business practices ResearchAn analysis of five major Australian corporations over a 10-year period. -
We Can’t Fight Climate Change Without Fighting for Gender Equity
Gender Digital ArticleGender equity and environmental sustainability may seem like unrelated issues, but research shows that they are in fact closely intertwined. -
The Messy but Essential Pursuit of Purpose
Leadership & Managing People SpotlightMost forward-thinking executives have embraced the notion that purpose-driven companies can solve social and environmental problems while also generating... -
Can America’s Blue States Tackle Climate Change on Their Own?
Government Digital ArticleThere’s a certain logic to wealthier, more liberal states leading the way. -
Linking Executive Pay to Sustainability Goals
Global Business Digital ArticleFive questions to help companies align ESG priorities with executive compensation. -
Study: Green Advertising Helped BP Recover from the Deepwater Horizon Spill
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleAreas with more ad spending were less likely to punish BP at the pump. -
Getting Ecological Transparency Right
Organizational Development Digital ArticleCall it death by Froot Loops. The food industry's much-ballyhooed, and hugely expensive, Smart Choice campaign was launched last August and pulled just... -
Wal-Mart's Environmental Game-Changer
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWal-Mart has just changed the game with respect to environmental issues. Now it doesn't matter whether Congress' new cap-and-trade law meets all its promises,... -
Use Purpose to Transform Your Workplace
Leadership & Managing People SpotlightIs keeping pace with the future of work incompatible with using purpose to guide the organization? Unilever is stretching its well-known commitment to... -
When Climate Collaboration Is Treated as an Antitrust Violation
Global Business Digital ArticleCorporate cooperation will be critical in the fight against climate change - but the law might get in the way. -
Research: When Environmental Regulations Are Tighter at Home, Companies Emit More Abroad
Sustainable business practices ResearchTo make real progress, countries must coordinate. -
The Chair of Illycaffe on Creating Virtuous Agricultural Ecosystems
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the 1990s most coffee beans were still commodity products, cheaply priced, undifferentiated by quality, often blended, and sold through an exchange.... -
Politicians Who Deny Climate Change Cannot Be "Pro-Business"
Global Business Digital ArticleClimate change is real, no matter what America's political parties say (or don't say). -
Rescuing ESG from the Culture Wars
Business and society Digital ArticleWhat started as a tool for investors to understand risk has become weaponized by both ends of the U.S. political spectrum. -
Obama Gave a Monumental Climate Change Speech, But It's Still Not Enough
Global Business Digital ArticleWith this new push from Washington, business needs to step in to build a clean economy.
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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... -
Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Allbirds is a footwear startup focused on simple design, comfort, and sustainable natural materials. The case describes the company's product development... -
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... -
Building Sustainability and Circularity at JSW Steel
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In April 2021, the chair and managing director of India's JSW Steel Limited (JSW Steel) was facing questions about how to encourage sustainability in... -
Eco7: Launching a New Motor Oil, Spanish Version
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Aaron Jonnerson, vice president of marketing at the automotive division of Avellin, must make marketing mix decisions for the launch of Eco7, a new environmentally-friendly... -
Flashfood: Reducing Food Waste and Feeding Families
Management Case Study8.95View Details In June 2021, as Toronto-based Flashfood Inc. (Flashfood) continued to grow dramatically, its founder and chief executive officer was facing critical... -
Impact Kommons: New World Development's Accelerator Program to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Management Case Study8.95View Details Impact Kommons was initiated by New World Development (NWD) as the first start-up accelerator in Hong Kong targeted at achieving the United Nations Sustainable... -
Chick-fil-A: Sandwiches and Culture Wars (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The American fast-food chain Chick-fil-A suffered several boycotts promoted by LGTBQ+ organizations after the CEO's public comments regarding his religious... -
Managing Science Communication at Bayer
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Balancing Exclusivity and Sustainability in the Luxury Fashion Industry: #Burnberry
Management Case Study8.95View Details The principle of building and maintaining a reputation of exclusivity has long been acknowledged as the key to the success of luxury brands. The way these... -
Governance and Sustainability at Nike (A), Chinese Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Two members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of... -
Risks and Opportunities from the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy: A Business Analysis Framework
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The transition to a low carbon economy introduces many risks and opportunities for businesses. Risks emerge from regulatory actions, such as carbon taxes... -
Pressure Makes Diamonds: Investing in Copper Mining in Laos (C)
Management Case Study5.00View Details Case Supplement for Case RSM103 -
Pressure Makes Diamonds: Investing in Copper Mining in Laos (A)
Management Case Study8.95View Details The case centres on the difficulties of weighing up the pros and cons of a foreign investment decision in the natural resources sector, characterized... -
SafeBlend Fracturing
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The CEO of SafeBlend Technologies must set a price for the company's environmentally friendly fracturing fluid additive. The firm is negotiating a new... -
Reel Gardening: Pursuing a Social Mission through Market Mechanisms
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In May 2021, Claire Reid, the founder of social enterprise start-up Reel Gardening, spoke about her ambitious ten-year plan to help secure nutritious... -
Sustainability Reporting at Dollar Tree, Inc.
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case discusses the ESG strategy of Dollar Tree Inc., a U.S. Fortune 500 company in the deep discount retail industry and the shareholder pressure... -
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD)
Management Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to cases IMB951 and IMB953. Transcript from the interview of IIMB Case Writer Ms. Jacqueline Gomes in conversation with Ms. Seema Arora, Deputy... -
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... -
Mastercard's ethical approach to governing AI
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Mastercard, the global payments company, is known as a leader in privacy by design; senior leaders promote data responsibility and employees follow strict...
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Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleRetreat isn’t just inadvisable; it’s dangerous. -
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... -
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... -
Why People Aren’t Motivated to Address Climate Change
Psychology Digital ArticleOur brains have trouble planning for the distant future. -
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... -
Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Allbirds is a footwear startup focused on simple design, comfort, and sustainable natural materials. The case describes the company's product development... -
How Bold Corporate Climate Change Goals Deteriorate Over Time
Sustainable business practices ResearchAn analysis of five major Australian corporations over a 10-year period. -
We Can’t Fight Climate Change Without Fighting for Gender Equity
Gender Digital ArticleGender equity and environmental sustainability may seem like unrelated issues, but research shows that they are in fact closely intertwined. -
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...