Climate Change
Business Needs to Pay Off Its Climate Debt
Climate accords among nations will not be enough to address global climate change. It’s time for businesses to get involved.
Sustainability remains a frequently discussed opportunity for business differentiation. Heralded as “the primary moral and economic imperative of the 21st century,” by Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England, it is considered to be “one of the most important sources of both opportunities and risks for businesses.”
MIT SMR and Boston Consulting Group recently completed an eight-year collaboration on the topic of sustainability. Over the course of the program, the partnership produced cutting-edge research on business adoption of sustainable practices and the integration of sustainability into business strategy. We developed detailed analyses of the business cases for sustainability, sustainability-related profitability, and issues around collaboration and investment.
The intersection of sustainability and another powerful market influence, digitalization, however, represents largely unexplored territory. Each has spawned a massive set of research about how it will change management practice, and more broadly, business and society. MIT SMR intends to build on its research on corporate sustainability and digitalization, and is currently looking for a partner to join our research effort.
Climate accords among nations will not be enough to address global climate change. It’s time for businesses to get involved.
Sustainability reporting isn’t about being eco-friendly — it’s about managing business risks.
Many companies have worked to make supply chains more environmentally sustainable. But there’s work yet to be done in the finance sector.
As China takes center stage as an international economic powerhouse, it stands to benefit by implementing integrated reporting. Will it succeed?
When social support is delivered in cash, corruption and theft are rife. MasterCard is helping governments find a more secure alternative.
An authors’ briefing and Q&A on the findings from MIT Sloan Management Review’s Winter 2015 global sustainability study.
Improved performance rests not upon tangible investments, but on the intangibles of workers’ perceptions.
The 2014 Sustainability Report by MIT Sloan Management Review, BCG and the United Nations Global Compact highlights new global collaborations.
New research underscores the gap between the ideal and the reality of board involvement on sustainability.
For farmers, maintaining adequate water for their crops is a key challenge in a changing climate.
Emma Stewart, Autodesk’s head of sustainability, describes how social intelligence helps CSR advocates promote a culture of sustainability.
HR departments are usually overlooked in developing sustainability programs — yet their input is crucial for success.
A focus on environment helped BASF to transform both its product lines and its culture.
Autodesk’s Emma Stewart says that social intelligence helps promote CSR and a culture of sustainability.
At what point do corporate executives become personally liable for their companies’ failure to take action on climate change?
As part of its sustainability strategy, organic yogurt company Stonyfield has made a mission of total transparency in its sourcing.
An unexpected partnership emerged when Asia Pulp negotiated with Greenpeace.
For Sprint’s Amy Hargroves, putting sustainability into practice means changing the business environment as well as business practices.
New tech can create new hazards for users — and for companies. Here’s how to limit the risk.
In the fourth part of the series, Gregory Unruh describes how sustainability can be introduced into the business dialects of functional areas.