HR Digest

APRIL 21, 2024

Leadership Commitment : Demonstrate visible commitment from senior leadership to promote and uphold the D&I policy, setting the tone for the entire organization. As a part of your diversity and inclusion policies, constantly evaluate how you can make the workspace adapt to the needs of your workers.

Diversity 95

Diversity Policies Commitment Supply Chain 95

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2017

Scientists are still trying to determine the long-term effects of the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In terms of implications, our study reveals a major conflict between worker safety and globalization, as a policy commitment to economic openness may come at the cost of more industrial accidents.

Globalization 8

Globalization Industry Cost Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Sustainable businesses are redefining the corporate ecosystem by designing models that create value for all stakeholders, including employees, shareholders, supply chains, civil society, and the planet.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

” We will need to cut CO2 emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, the report says, and get to no emissions by 2050. More than 150 big brands that have already committed to use 100% renewable energy in their electricity. Could the government commit to buying EVs in all of its fleet? Getting to 1.5

Efficiency 10

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

When I joined Facebook in 2010, it was already well established that sustainability was central to the way that we operated. Before 2010, most of the energy powering these data centers was coming from coal. My husband was one of the earliest investors in alternative energy technologies in the U.S.,

Project 8

Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

But they don’t think nearly enough about operational meltdowns – technological glitches and other problems that can put them out of business. In October 2010, when its founders launched their website to the world, 25,000 web viewers overwhelmed the site. As a result, most are singularly unprepared to deal with them.

Operations 8

Operations Company Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2017

Just this week, three large companies demonstrated serious commitments to reducing emissions across their value chains (where most companies’ emissions lie): Walmart announced that it would ask suppliers to reduce greenhouse gases by 1 billion tons by 2030. In apparel, this is more than aggressive. will follow his lead.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Health Care Apparel Leadership 9