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Business Needs to Do What Government Can't

Harvard Business Review

We're moving towards innovation in technology, pricing, business models and partnerships," explains head of corporate responsibility management, Dorje Mundle, of the company's base-of-the-pyramid operations. Breakthrough Finance. Zeitz is also rolling out the EP&L across the holding group PPR.

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The 6 Ways Business Leaders Talk About Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

The focus of people using a resources frame to understand sustainability is often on waste reduction and technological innovation. Challenges of this frame: It is tempting to imagine that such technology will solve all our resource problems, but shoehorning billions of extra people onto the planet must have consequences.

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What Apple Should Do with Its Massive Piles of Money

Harvard Business Review

I know that finance professors at business schools throughout the nation teach MBAs and executives that, for the sake of economic efficiency, a company should “maximize shareholder value.” I disagree with this priority. Yes, Apple already has some sustainability initiatives in its supply chain and other areas.