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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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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

I visited Beijing last week, speaking to a group of corporate executives assembled by a major NGO to work on climate change issues. However, the company execs and NGO leaders in Beijing tell me that sustainability is still a new pursuit for Chinese companies. VW: Tooling up for sustainability ".

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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

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. HBR: The idea of partnering with NGOs came up in many of the interviews. How can these relationships be most fruitful? The result will be innovation.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Asheesh Advani – President and CEO, Junior Achievement Worldwide – the largest NGO dedicated to teaching young people about entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Former President, Dow Chemical USA. Raj Shah – President, The Rockefeller Foundation. 14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development.

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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.

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10 Sustainable Business Stories Too Important to Miss

Harvard Business Review

Started by the NGO Ceres, as part of its Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP) initiative, the Climate Declaration is a broad statement of intent that acting on climate will be good for our economy and society. What Companies Are Doing.