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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Coca-Cola, for example, faced a water shortage in India that forced it to shut down one of its plants in 2004. One study estimated that companies experience an average internal rate of return of 27% to 80% on their low carbon investments. billion from reduced energy and wastewater consumption in manufacturing.

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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. r>g: Economist Thomas Piketty’s formula for spiraling wealth inequality, in which the rate of return on capital is higher than economic growth, has its critics. But Icahn’s campaign to get eBay to spin off PayPal succeeded last month.

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