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Banking on Sustainability (Spanish version)
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Reisen de Pinho, RicardoCase HBS-311S04Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityABN AMRO REAL made corporate social responsibility central to its brand, adding to customer focus and reflecting its values. Leaders developed the Bank of Value theme and implemented it through activities such as microfinance in poor communities, environmentally oriented lending products, socio-environmental screening of customers and suppliers, employee diversity, and reduction of waste and recycling. Now the fourth largest private bank in Brazi...Starting at €8.20
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Energy-Credit Buyers Beware (Spanish version)
Schendler, AudenArticle HBS-F0609ECompanies are buying millions of dollars' worth of renewable energy credits (RECs) to offset the carbon produced by the electricity they use. But RECs have little effect on the environment, the author says.Starting at €8.20
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UBS and Climate Change--Warming Up to Global Action?
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Raabe, Elizabeth A.Case HBS-707511-ELeadership and People ManagementMarco Suter, Executive Vice-Chairman, UBS Board of Directors, carefully studied the chart on his desk. It showed the public commitment of major financial institutions to help mitigate global warming. Evidently, UBS lagged behind its competitors. The graph was part of a report that environmental specialists and senior executives at UBS had compiled. It suggested the company adopt a more progressive policy on climate change. Suter thought about the...Starting at €8.20
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Competitive Advantage on a Warming Planet
Lash, Jonathan; Wellington, FredArticle HBS-R0703F-EStrategyThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice, along with suggestions for further reading. Whether you're in a traditional smokestack industry or a "clean" business like investment banking, your company will increasingly feel the effects of climate change. Even people skeptical about global warming's dangers are recognizing that, simply because so many ...Starting at €8.20
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Greenpeace
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Mitchell, JordanCase HBS-708418-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Nearly all environmental organizations have a similar aim: to stop the degradation of the natural environment. However, the strategies which environmental organizations choose to employ are sometimes starkly different. Compares the models of two dissimilar environmental powerhouses: Greenpeace and World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF). Active in 100 countries, WWF works with ...Starting at €8.20
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World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Mitchell, JordanCase HBS-708417-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Nearly all environmental organizations have a similar aim: to stop the degradation of the natural environment. However, the strategies which environmental organizations choose to employ are sometimes starkly different. Compares the models of two dissimilar environmental powerhouses: Greenpeace and World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF). Active in 100 countries, WWF works with ...Starting at €8.20
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Climate Business/Business Climate
Porter, Michael E.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Schwartz, Peter; Esty, Daniel C.; Slater, Alyson; Bortz, Christina; Hoffman, Andrew J.; Schendler, Auden; Bakhshi, Vicki; Krajeski, Alexis; Roosevelt, Theodore; Llewellyn, John; Correa, Maria Emilia; Way, Mark; Rendlen, BrittaArticle HBS-F0710A-EClimate change will affect everything businesses do, as government efforts to mitigate carbon emissions cause their prices to rise steeply. This special edition of Forethought takes a hard-nosed look at the risks and opportunities of climate change. Michael E. Porter and Forest L. Reinhardt argue that the effects of climate change on companies' operations are now so tangible and certain that the issue is best addressed with the tools of the strat...Starting at €8.20
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Climate Business/Business Climate (Spanish version)
Porter, Michael E.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Schwartz, Peter; Esty, Daniel C.; Slater, Alyson; Bortz, Christina; Hoffman, Andrew J.; Schendler, Auden; Bakhshi, Vicki; Krajeski, Alexis; Roosevelt, Theodore; Llewellyn, John; Correa, Maria Emilia; Way, Mark; Rendlen, BrittaArticle HBS-F0710ABusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityClimate change will affect everything businesses do, as government efforts to mitigate carbon emissions cause their prices to rise steeply. This special edition of Forethought takes a hard-nosed look at the risks and opportunities of climate change. Michael E. Porter and Forest L. Reinhardt argue that the effects of climate change on companies' operations are now so tangible and certain that the issue is best addressed with the tools of the strat...Starting at €8.20
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Global Climate Change and BP
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Hyman, MikellCase HBS-708026-EStrategyFollowing the sudden resignation of Sir John Browne, Tony Hayward, BP CEO, must decide how global climate change management will figure into BP's corporate strategy. Climate change management was a major part of BP's strategy under Browne: In 1997 Browne broke from his colleagues, publicly declaring that global climate change was a serious problem and pledging BP to play a significant role in the search for solutions. BP successfully reduced its ...Starting at €8.20
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Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One (A)
Mikes, AnetteCase HBS-109001-EAccounting and ControlAn early adopter of Enterprise Risk Management, energy giant Hydro One anticipated new threats and opportunities in an industry that faced climate change and carbon legislation, the deregulation of electricity markets, and the greater adoption of renewablStarting at €8.20