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How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line

Harvard Business Review

Specifically, our analysis found that the net benefits to ranchers ranged from $18 million to $34 million (12% to 23% of revenues) in net present value projected over 10 years. For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1%

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Is Your Business Biased Against Innovation?

Strategy Driven

Many conventional metrics we use to estimate value are based on faulty assumptions. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point. Yet for the small handful of companies that have managed to drive growth consistently – even through tough times – the payoff is great. How do they do it?

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Warren Buffett's 2010 Shareholder Letter: What to Expect

Harvard Business Review

26, many thousands of people around the world will download Warren Buffett's 2010 shareholder letter. Imagine if managements, boards, and investors adopted them: we could restart our economy, energize our business school curricula and create prosperity for our children and grandchildren. This Saturday, Feb.

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