Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

Dara Dotz is removing obstacles to rapid recovery in humanitarian disasters with her NGO, Field Ready. Rather than relying on slow, expensive supply chains to import disaster relief, Field Ready empowers people in disaster-struck areas with the technology and expertise to make life-saving and life-sustaining supplies onsite.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain NGO CTO Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

The Climate Declaration, created by the NGO Ceres as part of its BICEP advocacy group , makes a simple case for action: Taking on climate change will save money, improve efficiency, and drive innovation, all of which will keep America competitive internationally.

Policies 8

Policies NGO Supply Chain Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Toffel : The interesting thing about the risk lens is if everyone started paying attention to risks, I suspect it would lead to both more product innovation and investing in more-resilient operations and supply chains. HBR: The idea of partnering with NGOs came up in many of the interviews. The result will be innovation.

Project 8

Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

The collaboration, which the NGO Forum for the Future is managing, has high aspirations. But now they’re actively pushing the supply chain to invest better options. I attended the two main meetings thus far, first in Chicago in 2014 and then in Brooklyn earlier this year.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Chemicals Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

One large company, Dow, is now tackling this issue, working with the environmental NGO The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to try and make the business logic clearer. Business continuity: All companies depend on natural services, such as water, either directly or in their supply chains.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain NGO Short-term Competitive Advantage 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Swedish retailer H&M recently said it would pay a “living wage” to 850,000 workers in its supply chain by 2018 – a somewhat vague, but important announcement. Walmart is phasing out 10 toxic chemicals in the products on its shelves, and HP set a carbon reduction goal of 20% for its supply chain.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

To tackle the growing problem of overfishing, they mapped the current supply chain, identified entrepreneurs who are working to fix failing parts of the process, and then supported them to succeed. Supporting activists to develop new campaign strategies that can build the capacity of NGO’s, as Campaign Lab does in the U.K.

System 8

System Incubator Supply Chain NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Western business people are ensnared in low-level court proceedings in China far more regularly than is reported in the West, the risk remains low of a retaliatory move against a Western executive of similar status to Meng.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer NGO Technology Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The Obama administration issued new standards to double the fuel economy of cars and trucks , and the National Resources Defense Council (an NGO) proposed using the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from power plants by 25%. The green supply chain gets some teeth: Walmart changes incentives for buyers. In the U.S.,

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Another example of an infrastructure patch that has already gotten attention in the West is BRCK, the spin-off commercial service from renowned NGO Ushahidi. 2. And the reporting feature is designed to mimic the language of ‘online chat’ and SMS rather than that of SAP.

CRM 8

CRM Marketing Supply Chain NGO 8