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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

For example, Bunge, an agribusiness firm, reported a $56 million quarterly loss in its sugar and bioenergy segments due to drought in 2010. Coca-Cola, for example, faced a water shortage in India that forced it to shut down one of its plants in 2004. billion in mining projects since 2010. Fostering innovation.

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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

In 2010 it was $900 million — seventh place. r>g: Economist Thomas Piketty’s formula for spiraling wealth inequality, in which the rate of return on capital is higher than economic growth, has its critics. He reportedly took home compensation of $1.7 billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land.

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