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Walmart Broadens ROI for Green Power

Harvard Business Review

We worship internal rates of return (IRR) to our detriment. When it comes to green projects, this narrowly-defined measure of "payback" is particularly destructive. The typical (but evolving) view is that all sustainability initiatives are either an expense and/or should only happen if they meet the strictest hurdle rate.

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