Case Study

Sustainable agribusiness investment (B): Syngenta’s challenge

11 pages
December 2005
Reference: IMD-2-0113

The Head of public Affairs, and the Head of Strategy at Syngenta, the world’s second largest agrochemical company are having a discussion. Both men are asking themselves about Syngenta’s next steps in its global macro business environment. The company has faced and will continue to face a number of key sustainability issues that are economically relevant; the men discuss these challenges and wonder about the implications of past events and current activities for their future sustainability strategy.

Keywords
Global Business Environment, Agribusiness, Corporate Sustainability Management
Settings
World/global, Switzerland
March 2005
Type
Field Research
Copyright
© 2005
Available Languages
English
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