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Walmart Broadens ROI for Green Power

Harvard Business Review

First, 75 percent of Walmart's California stores now have "some kind of renewable energy system." For example] the longer term payback on solar helps us get to scale down the road.". It also recognizes that, in the meantime, operational managers will gain valuable experience and knowledge about how to optimize the new power systems.

ROI 14
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Two Forces Moving Business Closer to Climate Action

Harvard Business Review

and an IRR of 27% for those companies with the most aggressive, science-based goals and actions on climate. I get it — business does some nasty things and the obsession with short-term profit maximization above all other definitions of business value is a pathology that’s dangerous for society and for business.

IRR 8