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Creating Effective Dialogue About Corporate Social Responsibility
How can companies counter negative perceptions of CSR efforts and have a credible dialogue with stakeholders?
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What Does a Corporate Responsibility Manager Do?
CSR pioneer Alberto Andreu Pinillos believes that CSR managers have three distinct responsibilities: foresight, nurturing, and evangelism.
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Why Sustainability Ratings Matter
Trustworthy, transparent ratings of companies’ sustainability performance are becoming increasingly important in the global economy.
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To Red-Card Corruption, You Have to Know What a Foul Is
The crisis over corruption at FIFA offers useful pointers for managers.
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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.
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Salary, Benefits, Bonus … and Being
It’s not enough to offer great pay and benefits anymore. Employees want their workplace to reflect and support who they are.
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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.
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Sustainability Reporting As a Tool for Better Risk Management
Sustainability reporting isn’t about being eco-friendly — it’s about managing business risks.
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Closing the Trade Finance Sustainability Gap
Many companies have worked to make supply chains more environmentally sustainable. But there’s work yet to be done in the finance sector.
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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?
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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.
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How Collaboration Advances Your Sustainability Efforts
An authors’ briefing and Q&A on the findings from MIT Sloan Management Review’s Winter 2015 global sustainability study.
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Sustaining Sustainability
Improved performance rests not upon tangible investments, but on the intangibles of workers’ perceptions.
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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.
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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.
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To Conserve Water for Agriculture, a Solution from the Desert
For farmers, maintaining adequate water for their crops is a key challenge in a changing climate.
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Why It Pays to Become a Rule Maker
Businesses have the potential to be rule makers as well as players in establishing environmental regulations.
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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.
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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.
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For BASF, Sustainability Is a Catalyst
A focus on environment helped BASF to transform both its product lines and its culture.