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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business Review

Among other things, there is growing demand from both retail and institutional investors to align their capital with better environmental and social outcomes, and more resources going into index fund or quasi-indexing products. Index funds can be a force for sustainable capitalism. Index funds, meanwhile, are a cause of heated debate.

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In Defense of Responsible Offshoring and Outsourcing

Harvard Business Review

for certain domestic markets due to rising costs abroad and labor productivity at home.) Companies must step up and honestly explain why they offshore business functions and employment in a broad array of product and service activities to compete in a truly global economy. especially in fast-growing foreign markets. Quality.

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The 10 Most Important Sustainable Business Stories from 2014

Harvard Business Review

But company coalitions aren’t just issuing reports — they’re making promises in line with the rapidly improving economics of renewable energy (which utilities can now obtain in many regions at prices below fossil fuels ). There are many reasons companies might rethink their product formulations.