Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

Consider the sports apparel company Under Armour. In everything it does, the company pays as much attention to its growth engine — its ability to manage innovation and launch consistently valuable products — as in any particular garment or device it sells. One recent example is the collapse of SunEdison.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

The money collected will go to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and carbon offsets , allowing Microsoft to declare itself carbon neutral. Microsoft seems more interested in lowering overall carbon emissions and energy use, not just neutrality in and of itself. Accountability throughout the organization. Risk reduction.

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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.,

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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. Corporate social responsibility Global business Innovation'

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

The week before Fashion Week in New York, now underway, is perhaps the busiest in the city’s apparel industry. What we think is raw creativity – the electric energy of Marc Jacobs and Anna Sui or the exciting parties reported in the media – is quite a practical matter.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Meanwhile, business was free to focus on generating growth, productivity, innovation, and, ultimately, societal wealth. Such ecosystems even the playing field for individuals and small firms to participate in technological progress, catalyzing both employment and innovation. Essential background.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The military continues to lead the way on energy and climate. For over 200 years, from Thomas Malthus to the Limits to Growth gang, many people have made the case that it won't be long before we'll run out of food, energy, materials, and on and on. Value chain and transparency partnerships growing: The apparel industry bands together.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

But as I’ve done for the last 4 years, I’ll attempt to summarize some of the latest stories about the big environmental and social pressures on business, and how some innovative companies are dealing with them. Germany, and Walmart — add lots more renewable energy. In October, 99% of the new energy added to the grid in the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2011

These are innovation tools. Once the problem was recognized, vendors agreed to reduce their packaging, saving both sides energy and money. This new orientation, combined with previously unavailable data, creates the ideal conditions for a new wave of innovation. In 2008, Dairy Management Inc.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Inevitably, not all of the final pitches were winners but, to Facebook, the potential for uncovering groundbreaking innovations is worth pulling a couple hundred engineers away from their everyday tasks. After collecting enough hilarious answers, the hackathon leaders shared them throughout the exercise to keep participants’ energy up.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

Not innovation, risk management, technology, debt, or the regulatory environment. 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?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

With over 500 million dedicated fans, it also happens to be one of the most innovative franchises when it comes to fan engagement. A Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series racetrack is a Super Bowl–sized event packed with tens of thousands of fans who’ve come for the weekend to cheer on their favorite drivers.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Both in response and pre-emptively, the world’s leading companies continued to aggressively pivot their businesses toward more sustainable and innovative ways of operating. The utility and energy businesses are changing fundamentally (well, some of them are). Unilever U.S. A deep shift in how we generate and use power has begun.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Many countries also committed serious funds to build a clean economy: Saudi Arabia pledged $109 billion for solar , Japan declared that a $628 billion green energy industry would be central to its 2020 strategy, and China targeted $372 billion to cut energy use and pollution. It wasn't just energy. In the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

President Obama, with his counterparts in Canada and Mexico, agreed to some aggressive regional targets on renewable energy and efficiency. At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. days of innovation).

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