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The Dark Side of Solar Power
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAs interest in clean energy surges, used solar panels are going straight into landfill. -
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
Operations and supply chain management Magazine ArticleCompanies tend to focus on their top-tier suppliers, but the real risks come lower down. -
The Elusive Green Consumer
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleCompanies that introduce sustainable offerings face a frustrating paradox: Most consumers report positive attitudes toward eco-friendly products and services,... -
An Inconvenient Truth About ESG Investing
Investment management Digital ArticleIt might not actually work. -
The Circular Business Model
Business models Magazine ArticlePick a strategy that fits your resources and capabilities. -
Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value
Sustainable business practices SpotlightThey must be woven into your strategy and differentiate your company. -
25 Years Ago I Coined the Phrase "Triple Bottom Line." Here's Why It's Time to Rethink It.
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleIt was supposed to be a radical rethinking of capitalism, but it's become a mere accounting tool. -
Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility
Social enterprise HBR BestsellerGovernments, activists, and the media have become adept at holding companies to account for the social consequences of their activities. Myriad organizations rank companies on the performance of their corporate social responsibility (CSR), and, despite sometimes questionable methodologies, these rankings attract considerable publicity. As a result, CSR has emerged as an inescapable priority for business […] -
The Challenge of Going Green
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleGreen strategies are necessary, but which ones, and how will we pay for them? -
The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleA walk through recent research. -
Overselling Sustainability Reporting
Communication Magazine ArticleFor two decades progressive thinkers have argued that a more sustainable form of capitalism would arise if companies regularly measured and reported on... -
Recycling for Profit: The New Green Business Frontier
Economics Magazine ArticleHow companies can turn building demand for recycled products into a competitive advantage. -
Your CSR Strategy Needs to Be Goal Driven, Achievable, and Authentic
Social and global issues Digital ArticleSix steps to ensure you make a meaningful impact. -
Why People Aren’t Motivated to Address Climate Change
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Does the Smart Grid Really Need Consumer Engagement?
Sustainable business practices Digital Article[For more, visit Tomorrow’s Smart Grid.] Contrary to increasingly popular belief, it is not necessarily true that the smart grid requires consumer engagement to succeed. A truly smart grid should require as little consumer participation as possible. This is the only way we will ever reach the point where the “smart” in “smart grid” will […] -
Smart Grid Security: The Standards Problem
Sustainable business practices Digital Article[For more, visit Tomorrow’s Smart Grid.] When describing the smart grid, many people wax eloquent about what it will enable; how the planet will be a better place for it. But underneath those pretty descriptions of a world where just the energy we need is delivered just when we need it is an epically complex […] -
Leading in a World of Resource Constraints and Extreme Weather
Organizational Development Digital ArticleYour organization will need new management expertise. -
Your Competitive Position Is Always Eroding
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhenever I share stories about "green" business strategy, someone inevitably asks me whether pursuing sustainability is against a company's best interests.... -
Reality is Overrated as a Motivator
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleAs we head to the polls this week, I find myself thinking about beliefs and what people are absolutely sure they know, regardless of the facts. Two stories, both recently on the front page of the New York Times on the same day, demonstrate Americans’ remarkable ability to kid ourselves. First, a story about how […]
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Waste not, want not: Eliminating Patagonia's Pre- and Post-Consumer Textile Waste
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Patagonia has set a goal of eliminating all textile waste by 2025. As a leader in the sustainable apparel industry, this includes not only the cut-and-sew... -
Ford Resource and Engagement Center: Recovery Through the Power of Networks
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Ford Resource and Education Centers (FRECs) were established as a partnership between the Ford Motor Company Fund and GlobalGiving. The FREC in Bangkok,... -
Building the Governance to Take Capital SAFI to the Next Level
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Asset management firm Capital SAFI wanted to attract new strategic investors and expand to other countries. Having the right corporate governance in place... -
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... -
XYZ Corporation and Corporate Entrepreneurship
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details After more than 40 years of focus on a single related technology platform, XYZ Corp. had begun trying to foster an entrepreneurial climate within the... -
New Resource Bank: In Pursuit of Green
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details New Resource Bank was founded in San Francisco in 2006 with a mission focused on environmental sustainability. The case illustrates the opportunities... -
Solar Geoengineering
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details On December 8th 2013, as Dr. David Keith was leaving the set of the Colbert Show, he couldn't help but replay the interview over and over in his mind.... -
Bulb 2015: Foundation
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View 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... -
Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take
30.00View Details Runaway climate change and rampant inequality are ravaging the world and costing a fortune. Who will help lead us to a better future? Business. These... -
Coppersea: Growing a Craft Distillery
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Coppersea, a craft distillery in the Hudson Valley of New York, had developed a range of whiskies using "heritage distilling" techniques (a term they... -
ASEAN CSR Network
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details ASEAN CSR Network, a non-government organization based in Singapore, pondered on how it could increase local business interests in sustainable business... -
Newlight Technologies: Plastics for a Carbon Negative Future
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The Newlight Technologies case is set at the end of 2013. Newlight has been awarded the Innovation Prize for Biomaterial of the Year by nova-Institut... -
Amyris, Inc: Make Good. No compromise.
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View 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... -
Highland Capital Partners: Investing in Cleantech
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details One day during the summer of 2008, Paul Maeder, co-founder and general partner of Highland Capital Partners (HCP), was walking with his wife around Reykjavik,... -
Pfizer: Environmental and Business Benefits of Green Chemistry
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case focuses on Pfizer, the largest research-based pharmaceutical company globally with sales of over $51 billion and operations in 175 countries... -
American Electric Power: Facing the Challenges of Distributed Generation
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details American Electric Power, like most utilities in the USA, is currently exposed to distributed generation and the problem of net-metering. Solar installations... -
Windhorse Farm's Eco-Woodshop Guitar Top Decision
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The owner of Windhorse Farm (WHF), a sustainably run woodlot and woodshop that produces building products as well as "tonewood" (wood used for guitar,... -
Imperfect Foods: Ugly Produce and an Attempt to Reduce Food Waste
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Imperfect Foods is a grocery delivery company providing lower-cost items that may have aesthetic shortcomings and would typically be discarded. Despite... -
Indigo Agriculture: Harnessing Nature
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Indigo Agriculture used a digital-enabled research and development (R&D) process to launch its initial product, microbial coatings for agricultural seeds,... -
Husk Power
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In late 2013, Husk Power Systems found itself falling further and further behind plan. The founding CEO had decided to resign. His co-founder is faced...
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The Dark Side of Solar Power
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAs interest in clean energy surges, used solar panels are going straight into landfill. -
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
Operations and supply chain management Magazine ArticleCompanies tend to focus on their top-tier suppliers, but the real risks come lower down. -
The Elusive Green Consumer
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleCompanies that introduce sustainable offerings face a frustrating paradox: Most consumers report positive attitudes toward eco-friendly products and services,... -
An Inconvenient Truth About ESG Investing
Investment management Digital ArticleIt might not actually work. -
The Circular Business Model
Business models Magazine ArticlePick a strategy that fits your resources and capabilities. -
Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value
Sustainable business practices SpotlightThey must be woven into your strategy and differentiate your company. -
25 Years Ago I Coined the Phrase "Triple Bottom Line." Here's Why It's Time to Rethink It.
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleIt was supposed to be a radical rethinking of capitalism, but it's become a mere accounting tool. -
Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility
Social enterprise HBR BestsellerGovernments, activists, and the media have become adept at holding companies to account for the social consequences of their activities. Myriad organizations rank companies on the performance of their corporate social responsibility (CSR), and, despite sometimes questionable methodologies, these rankings attract considerable publicity. As a result, CSR has emerged as an inescapable priority for business […] -
The Challenge of Going Green
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleGreen strategies are necessary, but which ones, and how will we pay for them?