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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Sustainable businesses are redefining the corporate ecosystem by designing models that create value for all stakeholders, including employees, shareholders, supply chains, civil society, and the planet.

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The Future Economy Project: Q&A with Marne Levine

Harvard Business Review

When I joined Facebook in 2010, it was already well established that sustainability was central to the way that we operated. Before 2010, most of the energy powering these data centers was coming from coal. Chairman and CEO, the Dow Chemical Company , and Executive Chairman, DowDuPont. Andrew Liveris.

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Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2011

Harvard Business Review

Ok, this one is cheating a bit, but on a fundamental level, the top themes in green business haven't actually changed too much ( see the 2010 list ). From relentless demand for resources to bamboo-like 9% growth to vicious competition for the technologies and industries of the future, China will be the big story for a long time.

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Crisis Management Failures in Japan's Reactors and the BP Spill

Harvard Business Review

A potentially catastrophic technological problem, an incomplete crisis response plan, misleading early information, divided private and public authority, ineffective initial actions. But, it also describes what happened after the April 20, 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.