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What would the Future MBA look like? Explore the potential in week 2 of this new 100-day series.
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What would the Future MBA look like? Explore the potential in week 1 of this new 100-day series.
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Organic flowers can be a tough sell, with higher short-term costs for growers and higher prices for buyers. Here’s how Organic Bouquet makes it work.
by Anna Hackman
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Brendan May, author of "How to Make Your Company a Recognized Sustainability Champion," details what you need to know about the broader business-sustainability environment to help lift your company to the top.
by Brendan May
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More hotels have water-saving programs and completely smoke-free facilities, and almost half have or are working toward green certification.
by Glenn Hasek
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How to choose and implement the best Environmental Management Information System for your company.
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Gain new insight into organics management through conversations with leaders in the field.
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Sixty upstream companies (those from mine to smelter) have reported increased awareness of and less skepticism about implementing supply chain due diligence.
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As CSR becomes more specialized, it's time to take a look at where these efforts are placed in relation to community relations and corporate philanthropy.
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Take a look inside how a two-year-old startup got two of America's largest retailers to put its products on the shelves.
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Despite the many differences between the Fortune 500 coffee retailer and the family-owned artisan roaster based in Mendocino, Calif., the two companies are committed to working with growers to source coffee beans as sustainably and ethically as possible.
by Marc Gunther
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Cloud computing could redefine the way we think about business ethics and sustainability. Here's how the cloud could affect two of our biggest sustainability challenges: climate change and human rights.
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Apple's China scandal demonstrates why companies need to do more to ensure the health of factory workers making their products. Here's how some manufacturers are netting returns from investing in women's health.
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by Marc Gunther
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The retail giant takes a stand on sandblasting denim, which can harm garment workers' lungs.
by Jennifer Kho
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The company's 15 goals embrace everything from advancing global health through medical innovation to pushing sustainability through its supply chain; among its other goals are a 20 percent emissions reduction by 2015.
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Kraft plans to manufacture its famous foods using less water, energy and packaging, the company announced last week. Its European coffee brands have also committed to 100 percent sustainably sourced coffee by 2015.
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The company's new guidelines, issued 20 years after it set terms of engagement focused on compliance in its supply chain, now aim to help the workers in its global supply chains prosper while also protecting the environment.
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From sustainable supply chains to sustainable brands, a recent gathering at the University of Washington brought MBA students together with business leaders to discuss how to make a good idea a great green solution.
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Sustainability gives Best Buy the vehicle by which it can engage its 180,000-strong workforce and stay competitive, according to CEO Brian Dunn.
by Marc Gunther
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Long after the furor over the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's stance on environmental legislation, a spinoff of a regional Chamber aims to share the expertise of its members to help businesses get greener, one step at a time.
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Members of the new platform, called Global Compact LEAD, will work to implement the newly unveiled Blueprint for Corporate Leadership, a roadmap released by the UN Global Compact last year. The LEAD program's new members include Accenture, Intel, KPMG, Newmont Mining Corp., PricewaterhouseCoopers, Symantec, Coca-Cola, Novo Nordisk and Heineken, among others.
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"The 21st Century Corporation: The Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability" makes the business case for why companies should be rethinking their corporate structures, processes and performance, while also offering advice and case studies of how companies are putting these practices to work.
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The concept of a triple bottom line, where social and environmental factors are considered along with economic ones, is also getting a lot of attention. Is this another business fad? I don't think so.
by Mitch Tyson
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As we view the whatever-it's-called decade in the rearview mirror, it's tempting to assess what's transpired since the good old days of Y2K to see how far we've come — and how far we haven't.
by Joel Makower