Sustainability
Why Businesses Need to Embrace the Bioeconomy
Developing products using materials from biological sources can yield more sustainable business models.
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Diversity & Inclusion
Should DEI Efforts Be Expected to Have a Financial Return?
Strategy experts weigh whether companies should expect monetary returns from diversity, equity, and inclusion investments.
Financial Management & Risk
The New Math of Multistakeholderism
Success means that when investors and customers do well, workers, partners, and communities do too.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Rethinking Executive Incentives Can Boost ESG Performance
A new mechanism — parity pills — aims to address pay inequities between high-level execs and rank-and-file workers.
Corporate Social Responsibility
The Importance of Corporate Political Responsibility
Engaging on political policy requires courage when it goes against industry dogma.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Rethinking How We Measure Companies on Social and Environmental Impact
The authors present a new framework for assessing the effects of a company’s social and environmental practices.
New Product Development
Is Tesla’s Era of Dominance Coming to an End? What Experts Say
A panel of experts considers whether Tesla has what it takes to remain the top producer of electric vehicles in the U.S.
IT Governance & Leadership
To Be a Responsible AI Leader, Focus on Being Responsible
The 2022 MIT SMR-BCG responsible AI report finds that leaders view RAI as important but few prioritize it in practice.
Sustainability
Every (Repurposed) Product Has a Story
Goods made from reused materials are more appealing when customers are primed to spin a narrative about their history.
Content sponsored by Tata Consultancy Services
Meeting the Imperative for an Organizational Sense of Purpose
Two experts explain how and why financial services companies should develop purpose-led strategies.
Executing Strategy
How to Evaluate the Impact of Corporate Purpose
Companies must develop the capacity to accurately assess the execution of purpose-driven strategies on ESG goals.
Ethics
Why Business Integrity Can Be a Strategic Response to Ethical Challenges
An empowered strategic integrity function is key to developing a more proactive and systemic approach to governance.
Sustainability
Why Making Good on Green Promises Can Be a Win for Retailers
Engaging retail workers on environmental sustainability can boost employee attraction, retention, and satisfaction.
Diversity & Inclusion
How a Values-Based Approach Advances DEI
A new model for developing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the organization can increase employee satisfaction.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Should Organizations Link Responsible AI and Corporate Social Responsibility? It’s Complicated.
A panel of experts weighs in on whether responsible AI should be connected to corporate social responsibility efforts.
Content sponsored by L&T Technology Services
Agenda: Sustainability
Executives from PepsiCo and L&T Technology Services discuss their efforts to improve sustainability.
Content Sponsored by EY
Brewing Up a Blockchain Solution for Supply Chain Transparency
Learn how Italian beer maker Birra Peroni uses blockchain to meet its sustainability goals.
Sustainability
What’s Lost When We Talk ‘ESG’ and Not ‘Sustainability’
Investors love the term ESG, but there are risks to viewing sustainability through a market lens.
Global Strategy
Will Russian Sanctions Have Long-Term Effects on Human Rights Protections?
Strategists weigh in on the long-term effects of Russian sanctions on how companies respond to human rights abuses.
Climate Change
10 MIT SMR Articles to Celebrate Earth Day
A collection of articles that show how organizations can take a sustainable approach to their business practices.