Integrating sustainability and strategy: 3 narratives for successÂ
The future lies in creating positive value equations for customers, showcasing how sustainability enhances traditional product benefits....
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Redesign pay incentives to turn climate promises into action
Boards can drive real climate action by linking executive pay to meaningful environmental targets, ensuring accountability beyond symbolic pledges....
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Time to pay up for depleting our natural resources
As temperatures hit 53C in Furnace Creek in California’s Death Valley, it’s clear we need to act – and fast. Edoardo Chiarotti argues that companies need to pay a ‘vegetation debt’ to...
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How much money can our corporate giants spend fixing the world?
With society facing a number of critical challenges, such as the transition to a low-carbon economy, digital disruption, and aging populations, demands are growing on businesses to divert some of their economic...
The right thing: Triple bottom line has renewed purpose
November 6, 2023 • by Sudhanshu Sarronwala in Sustainability • 9 min read
Focusing on a company’s ecological and social impact as well as its economic performance has yielded mixed results. However, there is increasing evidence that even legacy companies are now making positive strides....
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The chickens are coming home to roost: Companies admit their climate promises were unrealistic
The vast majority of plans are not worth the paper they are written on, recent research shows. A comprehensive path toward net zero should address Scope 3 emissions, incorporate carbon offsetting, and...
Regenerative business: Three Rs are the new triple bottom line
October 26, 2023 • by John Elkington in Sustainability • 12 min read
What’s a regenerative business model? It starts with designing companies as if we mean to stay on this planet....
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How can luxury harness technology to craft a more sustainable future?
Integrate disruptive technologies into your sustainability strategy and foster collaborations to drive growth and boost brand value in the context of climate change, said Marie-Claire Daveu and Jan Huckfeldt at the second...
Leading systems change is tough. We asked the experts how to get it rightÂ
October 16, 2023 • by Amanda Williams, Knut Haanaes in Sustainability • 10 min read
Today’s urgent sustainability challenges need more than the efforts of individual companies. Systems-change leaders offer guidance on how organizations can collaborate across sectors and supply chains to keep within planetary boundaries....
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Sustainability transformation: five books to inspire you
October 13, 2023 in Sustainability • 4 min read
IMD professors recommend books to help you think differently about the challenges posed by sustainable business transformation....
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