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Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2011

Harvard Business Review

On the use side of the water issue, companies with products that depend on water in production (beverages) or in use (shampoo, apparel) are also seeing the writing on the wall and getting creative. Value chain and transparency partnerships growing: The apparel industry bands together. trillion market for clothes and shoes.

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Is Your Company Actually Set Up to Support Your Strategy?

Harvard Business Review

Who has P&L authority? For a sports apparel and equipment maker, for instance, the generic “improve collaboration across different categories” contains less useful direction than “make it easy for us to deliver coordinated head-to-toe apparel and footwear to stores in time for the season.”

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Microsoft Taxes Itself

Harvard Business Review

And more recently, athletic apparel company Puma (working with my colleagues at PwC and the UK's TruCost) produced an " environmental P&L " which measured the "real" cost of carbon and other environmental inputs like water. But executives weren't charged real money.

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What Big Companies Get Wrong About Innovation Metrics

Harvard Business Review

P&L impact or other financial impact. 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. The five most commonly used metrics were: Revenue generated by new products. stage to the next.

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Top 10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2012

Harvard Business Review

Puma, after making last year's list with it's Environmental P&L, kept the momentum going and announced a new "InCycle" collection with biodegradable sneakers and shirts, and recyclable jackets and backpacks. Keeping the apparel theme, um, running, check out Nike's new shoe with FlyKnit technology.