Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2020

While not necessarily standard in all lawn care software, some of the more advanced iterations will even allow you to track chemical usage. Simply put, it’s 2020, and the best way to make an impact on your business is with lawn care software. Focus on Customer Service.

Quality 75

Quality Software Efficiency Hedge 75

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). Setting a 30 percent absolute GHG reduction goal by 2020 is in line with what scientists tell us we need to do, and it's unusually aggressive.

Health Care 10

Health Care Operations Supply Chain GDP 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

Employees at semiconductor-chip-maker Intel recently devised a new chemistry process that reduced chemical waste by 900,000 gallons, saving $45 million annually. Another team developed a plan to reuse and optimize networking systems in offices, which cut energy costs by $22 million.

Metrics 9

Metrics Chemicals Simon Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Attacking "other" greenhouse gases , those that can be much more powerful warming agents than CO2, such as methane (which comes from animals/farms, natural gas leaks, and landfills) and HFCs (the class of chemicals used in refrigerants). The President name checked Walmart, GM, and Nike, and for very good reasons.

Payback Period 8

Payback Period Energy Politics Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

He’d found a receptive chemical-company owner who was providing lab space and even some financial support. If Unamano was to meet the strategic goal it had set out last year—to open affiliates in 25 countries by 2020—why wouldn’t it consider the city? From that perch, he saw only potential in Miami.

Case Study 8

Case Study Incubator Marketing Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

In pursuit of this goal, I committed Desso to becoming 100% Cradle-to-Cradle by 2020. Starting in our biggest business — carpet tiles — our managers and staff have gone through the grinding process of identifying every single chemical in our products. Sounds pretty idealistic, doesn't it?

Strategy 11

Strategy McKinsey Chemicals Armstrong 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

On the upside, similar calculations from WWF and McKinsey suggests that this pace of change –they endorse a 3% reduction in absolute emissions per year through 2020 – will actually be very profitable. states ), committed to a 600% increase in renewable energy by 2020.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

also committed to 100 percent renewables by 2020 (Disclosure: I’m on advisory boards for both RE100 and for Unilever U.S.). And China took serious action, setting a cap on coal emissions by 2020 , which will help it reach the goals of the carbon agreement with the U.S. (a Unilever U.S.

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

trillion : The size of the "climate economy" by 2020 according to the bank HSBC. Dow Chemical has reduced energy costs $9 billion since 1994. OK, so the math is not pretty, but it is what it is. And it's not like the world is ignoring the challenge entirely. Here are some numbers that make me feel better: $2.2 It's not so crazy.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey GDP Cost-Benefit Analysis Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

With the support of chemical companies , more than 170 countries also agreed to phase out HFCs , the high global-warming-potential chemicals used in air-conditioners and refrigerators everywhere. But last month the country also indicated coal use would rise until 2020 (albeit at a slower rate than the growth of renewables).

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8