Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

But the company’s achievement also raises some interesting questions about how goals are set, how they’re viewed in the court of public opinion, and what Coca-Cola should focus on going forward. And so it set goals accordingly. This goal, and its achievement, arguably makes Coca-Cola “water neutral.”

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Goal Supply Chain Operations Energy 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Under the rules of supply chain dynamics, one must study your supplier relationships, formalize a plan of outsourcing and develop collaborations. Become top management’s partner in efficiency of operations. Managers lose sight of their employees’ goals.

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Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

Wal-Mart's recent announcements continue a five-year campaign to green the supply chain, but they add in some interesting new twists as well. Wal-Mart can pass on these operating savings to customers, so it all fits nicely within the company's normal business model. The business benefits are in there also, but are fuzzier.

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Supply Chain Bottom-up Energy Banking 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

The company has made increasing commitments to renewable energy as part of its aggressive greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals (30% by 2020). KP is buying both carbon offsets and significant onsite energy — 11 megawatts of solar and 4 megawatts of fuel cell generation, for example.

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Health Care Operations Supply Chain GDP 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

"System" is the key word, and it was top of mind during a recent HBR event in Palo Alto, sponsored by Hitachi, where I was moderating a panel on sustainable supply chains. Pepsi has rolled it out at hundreds of sites, and now is sharing it with supply-chain partners. Lifecycle analysis isn't new, of course.

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Supply Chain Chemicals Energy System 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

In another example, a large US-based specialty retail chain wanted to determine the chief drivers of store energy efficiency in order to reduce usage and greenhouse emissions. For example, the retailer was able to migrate to automatic HVAC systems for better insulation and adjust store timings to optimize energy usage.

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Supply Chain Retail Energy ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The UN then asked the IPCC to study what it would take to achieve that goal. The list of actions companies take is well-developed and documented, and most large companies do the following: Slash energy use and emissions in operations. Embrace renewable energy. Set science-based carbon reduction targets for operations.

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Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Walmart's efforts to green its supply chain are about to get much more effective. Some quick background: Walmart deserves praise for its industry-leading sustainability successes, such as improving its fleet fuel efficiency by 69% and becoming the nation's leading commercial buyer of solar energy.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2014

Extreme weather brings unpredictable dangers for physical assets or massive disruptions to supply chains (like auto and hard drive companies found out with floods in Thailand in 2011). So are a lighting retrofit, a boiler overhaul, innovation to reduce energy use of your products, and much more.

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Supply Chain Company Short-term Fast Follower 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

For every “shared value” example of an energy-saving initiative that reduces operational costs, or of a social investment that enhances customer loyalty, one can find a less comfortable result. It can cost more to ensure better labor standards in a supply chain, or to meet environmental standards.

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Ethics Short-term Long-term Supply Chain 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2012

But it's not just about reacting to pressure.Knowing your footprint helps you get proactive, spot risks and costs along your value chain, and identify opportunities to innovate. In essence, carbon is a proxy for energy cost and waste, and good carbon management is a proxy for good operational execution.

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Supply Chain Transportation Productivity Products 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Growing food requires water, seeds, labor, machinery, energy, and fertilizer. Letting food go to waste, then, is a frivolous use of natural resources that drives up costs, inflates food prices, and weakens the food supply chain. Partner with farmers in the supply chain. billion to 9.8 In the U.S.,

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Retail Supply Chain Crisis Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Now for the company-level stories: Supply chain pressure continues to rise (a.k.a., Even coming out of the recession, this was a big year for green supply chain announcements. In February, Wal-Mart said it would eliminate 20 million metric tons of GHG emissions from its supply chain. Big goals were back.

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Supply Chain Retail Globalization Price 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

But amidst a seemingly scripted set of responses on Walmart's supply chain and operational greening efforts, the discussion took an interesting turn. When addressing the company's aspirational goal of using 100% renewable energy, Bedore said two noteworthy things. look at where the investment gets us.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

How has Coca-Cola integrated these CSR principles into your operations? Sustainability can no longer be a compliance measure or a “nice-to-do”; it’s now a business planning imperative with measures, goals, and explicit value connected to our programs. Thus, we operate a value creation model that is globally driven but locally focused.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

It’s time for sustainability to be a real goal for businesses striving to ensure a competitive future. The urgent challenge now is to drive the majority of businesses to take measures that will save energy and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. How can you make core business operations more sustainable?

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Project Henderson Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

Nearly every major company today operates a broad set of social and environmental activities that parallel its commercial value chain. The ultimate goal should be for all employees to find meaning in their daily work. employees who want to be proud of their workplace. Nike is about fitness. IBM is about a smarter planet.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

The goal of ARD is to produce denim in a sustainable way by tackling the three main ecological issues the industry faces: water, energy, and chemicals. For instance, denim industry leaders in Amsterdam have come together, with the help of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, to form the Alliance for Responsible Denim (ARD).

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Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The company focuses on building environmentally friendly work sites and data centers and improving access to clean energy for all. Without secure energy and a stable climate, we won’t be able to make meaningful progress on other challenges — like connecting the world. This interview has been edited and condensed.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The greening of the supply chain. 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. business continuity").

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Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Yet, when the company shifted from being an energy supplier to the hucksterish energy trader, the charitable activities were dispensed with. There were no checks and balances for members of the supply train. This archaic mindset flies in the face of progressive supply chain management, which successful companies now embrace.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

Interestingly, all these intrusions into business operations typically do not come from the Kremlin but from local officials who seem eager to gain the Kremlin’s favor amid instances of elevated international tensions. This environment is altering how multinational firms operate in the country and market their products.

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Policies Supply Chain Politics Operations 8

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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Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The HTA’s self-described goal is “to improve the way corporations provide health care benefits in an effort to create better health care outcomes for their employees” by aggregating its members’ purchasing power and using it to gain additional leverage with care providers. health care system works.

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Health Care Supply Chain Company Presenteeism 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Nuclear reactors melted down, disrupting the national grid, reversing energy policies as far away as Germany, and contaminating a part of Japan for generations to come. Before companies could fully recover, massive flooding in Thailand caused further disruptions in Asian supply chains.

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Efficiency Supply Chain Christensen Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2013

The idea is that if we know the optimal way for something to operate, we can figure out exactly what to change in a suboptimal situation. Machine-learning software onboard the trains themselves can take all of these factors into account, running hundreds of calculations a second to direct an engineer to operate at the proper speed.

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Supply Chain Software Information Technology Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

In the fast growth markets of Asia, Africa and Latin America, national governments are responding to a more empowered citizenship, and looking for corporate partners to achieve their development goals. Playing development to win will be the hallmark of great companies operating in emerging markets. They are playing development to win.

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Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Facebook, KickStarter, Kiva, Twitter, and other companies thriving in the social era are operating by the rules of the Social Era. Most organizations operating today started when companies needed more operating capital. Conversations, not chains. They get it. They live it. And to them, it's ridiculously obvious.

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Banking Business Model Supply Chain Mass Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

At Essent, the Dutch energy company, CEO Erwin van Laethem provided practical guidance to his CMO. “My That process incorporates operations, customer service, R&D, clinical specialists, sales, supply chain operators, and service teams. Informal practices can be even more helpful.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2016

In the global effort to limit climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), the energy and transportation sectors are the most obvious targets, but perhaps not be the biggest. Two big companies in particular, General Mills and Kellogg, have set new, aggressive goals. jennifer maravillas FOR HBR. Consider the food business.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Energy, agriculture, insurance, retail, human resources — no industry is unaffected. When predefined treatment goals are attained, both parties contractually benefit. Medtronic is using big data and advanced analytics to drive their approach to patient and physician support and manage supply chains.

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Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Our stakeholder-based strategy rests on the following key pillars: People: The human factor plays a central role in our operations, and thus our business growth must be tied to the growth of our people. Customers and suppliers: The ultimate goal of our business is not to sell products but to serve customers.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

The Joint Center For Energy Storage Research (JCESR) has a five-year mandate to develop next generation battery technologies. “But here, we can operate within the time frame of the next coffee break.” In battery research, for example, scientists have long focused on finding materials with greater energy density.

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Technology Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2016

Our goal in this article is to offer specific, real-world case studies to show how big data has provided value for companies that have worked with Microsoft’s analytics teams. Operations in a Connected World. Smoothly operating supply chains are vital for stable profits. Insight Center.

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Supply Chain Price Airlines Advertising 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

On a scale of one to five, how important is having a good network to your ability to accomplish your goals? But just because you know that a network is important to your success, it doesn’t mean you are devoting sufficient time and energy to making it useful and strong. In fact, few of us do.

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How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2017

On its face, more collaboration is a laudable goal. Instead, they take steps to address the underlying causes: Simplify the operating model. A company’s operating model encompasses its structure, governance, accountabilities, and ways of working. A “collaboration for collaboration’s sake” culture.

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Supply Chain Execution Operations Organization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2017

If not addressed, water scarcity will squeeze food and energy supply chains, and stall economic growth. In many parts of the world, the increased operational and infrastructure costs are simply passed on to consumers. As one U.S. ” Regulatory incentives often exacerbate this behavior. Australia, Israel, the U.K.),

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Industry Supply Chain Incentives Technology 8