Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Every year, weather variability is estimated to cost $630 billion for the U.S. In the apparel sector, for instance, the unusually warm winter temperatures across Europe and the U.S. Disclosing climate change risks is not just about reporting on your energy usage and carbon emissions. alone, or 3.5% These instruments are not new.

Hedge 8

Hedge Apparel Risk Management Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

That said, with 187 countries pledging collective action to cut carbon emissions, the deal will have vast repercussions for business , particularly as governments put into place policies to remake our energy, transportation, and building systems. The vision of an all-renewable energy system comes into focus. In the U.S.,

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

As the costs of things like phone calls and televisions have dropped, the cost for basic necessities like food and housing has soared. It’s an apparel manufacturer called 99Degrees Custom. In a wonderful bit of symbolism, it is located in the historic Everett Mill in Lawrence, Mass.,

Drucker 9

Drucker Apparel Chemicals Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2013

Some apparel retailers attempted to deny that they had any connection with the Rana Plaza building that collapsed — but data at the level of each shipment is increasingly available to both researchers like us and to the general public. cost increase for garments. to produce properly.

Business Model 8

Business Model Supply Chain Compliance Disaggregation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

The whole circular concept sounds daunting — there's quite a bit involved with an approach like that: reverse logistics, cost incursions, consumer awareness. We looked at the three biggest segments — packaging, food waste, and apparel. Energy costs are a huge concern for car manufacturers. It's fascinating.

Company 10

Company Apparel Engineering Welch 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

If, in addition, companies are managing their underperformers out poorly, the costs rise even further. consumer durables & apparel, retailing, education, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g.,

Telecommunications 9

Telecommunications Health Care Talent Management Biotechnology 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Some scramble to imitate successful strategies launched by competitors, like Microsoft did with its giant investment in Bing or Coca-Cola with its foray into energy drinks and waters. Instead, they let a small startup develop the first low-cost electric toothbrushes. When this happens, they often react in unproductive ways.

Organization 13

Organization Apparel Retail Fashion 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week. Unlocking Energy.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g., An IBM study estimated that the average cost of a data breach is around $4 million. ” A Real Strategic Threat.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Contingency Plans 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

As a result, firms that take costly actions to source products in a sustainable way could find themselves with a higher cost structure and lower profitability margins, and as a result at a competitive disadvantage.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

Market share, cost reductions, and profit margins of new businesses are examples of impact metrics. Companies that aspire to be true innovators need to remember the role of vision and gut instinct, says Jason Berns, senior director of innovation at the athletic apparel company Under Armour. “How big could this be? .

Metrics 8

Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

While the last wave of globalization centered on accessing foreign markets and creating low-cost global supply chains, the next wave could follow a very different pattern. Leading energy companies are investing in decentralized energy grids, demonstrating the broad feasibility of such approaches. These are the seven areas: 1.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The military continues to lead the way on energy and climate. Malthus strikes back: Coca-Cola takes an $800 million hit on commodity costs. Coca-Cola was not alone in facing increasing costs in 2011; one of my clients, Kimberly-Clark, took an earnings hit from record pulp prices.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2011

Further, suppliers are often nervous about sharing information that reveals their cost structure with the people with whom they negotiate price. Once the problem was recognized, vendors agreed to reduce their packaging, saving both sides energy and money. The Sustainable Apparel Coalition offers a glimpse of one such effort.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel Management Retail 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2014

Or think about the choice forced on apparel makers and retailers by a 300% rise in cotton prices over one recent 2-year period: either pass along higher costs and reduce sales, or take a hit to margins. Could we operate without fossil fuels and only renewable energy, or without using water? Finally, ask some heretical questions.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Constraint Brainstorming 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2013

In particular, many studies agree that a critical mass of women on boards — variously defined, but often somewhere around three women or 30% of the board — is positively correlated with performance measures like return on equity, Tobin''s Q, lower cost of debt, or quality of earnings.

Diversity 8

Diversity Proposal Apparel Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

Not rising costs. consumer durables & apparel, retailing, education, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., food, beverage & tobacco, household and personal products); Energy & Utilities (e.g., And what did they say was their biggest concern? Not competitive threats.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

This short paper outlines how climate is “already costing local economies billions” and describes how hundreds of billions of property are at risk. The utility and energy businesses are changing fundamentally (well, some of them are). Another report, the U.S. Unilever U.S.

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2017

We could endlessly debate the merits of the costs and benefits of specific regulations, but at the macro level, a law as important as the Clean Air Act not only is not expensive — it’s probably the most profitable regulation in human history. In apparel, this is more than aggressive. will follow his lead.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Health Care Apparel Leadership 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Mega weather took many lives and cost over $120 billion in the U.S. Individual companies are feeling the bite: analysts at Morningstar estimate that input costs at Tyson Foods will rise by $700 million — more than its 2012 net income. It wasn't just energy. alone ( $50 billion for the drought , $71 billion for Sandy ).

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

the Obama administration started to incorporate the “social cost of carbon” in decision-making and the Pentagon made climate change a military priority. President Obama, with his counterparts in Canada and Mexico, agreed to some aggressive regional targets on renewable energy and efficiency. In the U.S.,

Energy 8

Energy Banking Globalization Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican. apparel, automobiles, retailing, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g.,

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8