Climate Change
The Insurance Industry Wants a World That Is Sustainable and Insurable
A United Nations initiative is helping the insurance industry address environmental risks.
Corporate Social Responsibility
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Corporate Social Responsibility
The Leaders’ Choice
New business executives face a choice: What kind of companies do they want to lead?
Climate Change
Why Boards Must Look Beyond Shareholders
Shareholder primacy is an ideology, not law, and boards have the option to consider other audiences.
Climate Change
Creating Effective Dialogue About Corporate Social Responsibility
How can companies counter negative perceptions of CSR efforts and have a credible dialogue with stakeholders?
Corporate Social Responsibility
The 2015 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize
This year’s winning article is “Combining Purpose With Profits,” by Julian Birkinshaw, Nicolai J. Foss, and Siegwart Lindenberg.
Climate Change
What Does a Corporate Responsibility Manager Do?
CSR pioneer Alberto Andreu Pinillos believes that CSR managers have three distinct responsibilities: foresight, nurturing, and evangelism.
Climate Change
Why Sustainability Ratings Matter
Trustworthy, transparent ratings of companies’ sustainability performance are becoming increasingly important in the global economy.
Climate Change
To Red-Card Corruption, You Have to Know What a Foul Is
The crisis over corruption at FIFA offers useful pointers for managers.
Climate Change
Why Corporate Social Responsibility Isn’t a Piece of Cake
Responsible corporate behavior isn’t simply “doing well by doing good.” Six structural changes need to be considered.
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.
Climate Change
Sustainability Reporting As a Tool for Better Risk Management
Sustainability reporting isn’t about being eco-friendly — it’s about managing business risks.
Climate Change
Integrated Reporting: Corporate Disclosure for China’s “New Normal”
As China takes center stage as an international economic powerhouse, it stands to benefit by implementing integrated reporting. Will it succeed?
Climate Change
MasterCard Pins Down the Cash Economy
When social support is delivered in cash, corruption and theft are rife. MasterCard is helping governments find a more secure alternative.
Sustainability
Joining Forces: Collaboration and Leadership for Sustainability
The 2014 Sustainability Report by MIT Sloan Management Review, BCG and the United Nations Global Compact highlights new global collaborations.
Climate Change
On Companies’ Holiday Wish List: Board Involvement in Sustainability Efforts
New research underscores the gap between the ideal and the reality of board involvement on sustainability.
Climate Change
Why It Pays to Become a Rule Maker
Businesses have the potential to be rule makers as well as players in establishing environmental regulations.
Climate Change
The Sustainability Insurgency: Missives from the Front Lines, Part 2
Emma Stewart, Autodesk’s head of sustainability, describes how social intelligence helps CSR advocates promote a culture of sustainability.
Climate Change
The Crucial — and Underappreciated — Role of HR in Sustainability
HR departments are usually overlooked in developing sustainability programs — yet their input is crucial for success.
Climate Change
The Sustainability Insurgency: Missives from the Front Lines, Part 1
Autodesk’s Emma Stewart says that social intelligence helps promote CSR and a culture of sustainability.
Climate Change
Asia Pulp & Paper and Greenpeace: Building New Directions, Together
An unexpected partnership emerged when Asia Pulp negotiated with Greenpeace.