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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. World authority on project management. Co-author: Predictable Magic.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

However, the company execs and NGO leaders in Beijing tell me that sustainability is still a new pursuit for Chinese companies. Comments The Buzz on Green Business in China I visited Beijing last week, speaking to a group of corporate executives assembled by a major NGO to work on climate change issues.

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How Target Is Taking Sustainable Products Mainstream

Harvard Business Review

The list of no-no ingredients is long — 1,600 chemicals tracked or regulated by NGOs and governments around the world. In one room, at the behest of the two big guns of retail, sat the largest consumer product, chemical, and fragrance companies.

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The Future Economy Project: Advice from Sustainability Experts

Harvard Business Review

We need tools to assess progress for external stakeholders, consumers, and managers. For example, [Andrew] Liveris talked about the focus Dow [Chemical] has on great chemistry and designing new sustainable product lines and being willing to cannibalize existing products. How can these relationships be most fruitful? Andrew Liveris.

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Dow Asks, What's the Business Case for Protecting Nature?

Harvard Business Review

Companies are increasingly seeing the obvious benefits of slashing energy use, and beginning to include in their calculations the considerable risk reduction from managing water well or limiting the use of toxic chemicals. Risk reduction: Managing your nature-sourced supply chain well can help avoid headaches and possible litigation.