MIT Sloan Management Review's blogThe environmental impact of supply chain transportation
Even corporations with clear environmental aims fail to go the distance when it comes to their supply chains. In "'Greening' Transportation in the Supply Chain," an article from the MIT SMR Sustainability archive, the authors show how a small group of Fortune 500 companies have addressed the environmental impact of transportation in their supply chains. They offer recommendations for companies looking to make strategic progress toward achieving sustainable supply chain transportation. Read the article FREE for a limited time >> http://www.sloanreview.mit.edu/x/51210 How clean is your electricity?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's online "power profiler" tells U.S. residents where their electricity comes from, provides emissions rate comparisons and offers suggestions for switching to green energy. Read more at http://sloanreview.mit.edu/improvisations/2011/09/16/how-clean-is-your-e... The factor environmental ratings miss
There's a problem with nearly all major environmental rating schemes, say Auden Schendler and Michael Toffel in the Fall issue of MIT Sloan Management Review. Too often, the ratings fail to incorporate broader criteria such as whether a company's political activities support or undermine environmental regulation. Read more at http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/2011-fall/53104/the-factor-envir... Campbell Soup: A decade to make a difference
Setting long-term sustainability goals gives managers and employees permission to think about what's really possible, says Dave Stangis, VP of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability at Campbell Soup. "It's a much more effective way to drive system-wide, enterprise change." Campbell Soup: A decade to make a difference
Setting long-term sustainability goals gives managers and employees permission to think about what's really possible, says Dave Stangis, VP of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability at Campbell Soup. "It's a much more effective way to drive system-wide, enterprise change." Unilever's "Sustainable Living Plan"
"Small actions, big difference" is how Unilever describes sustainability strategy in MIT SMR's recent special report on sustainability. Can environmental concerns drive innovation?
In this MIT SMR sustainability interview, new-product design expert Steven Eppinger addresses the question of how environmental concerns can drive product design and innovation. Among his main points: Don't try to eliminate environmental impacts all at once. Try to get a little better each time you design any product, and focus on materials. FREE sustainability article compliments of PTC. 2nd annual MIT Sloan Management Review Sustainability Research Report
The much-anticipated results of the second annual Sustainability and Innovation survey, a collaboration between MIT Sloan Management Review and The Boston Consulting Group, are being released today. The MIT Sustainability Interview Series
The MIT Sustainability Interview features thought leaders from arenas as diverse as management, urban studies, history, energy science, civil engineering, and design. The conversations are wildly varied, but at root their goal is to help leading managers answer two crucial questions: “As sustainability—economic, environmental, social, and personal—becomes the defining business issue of our times, what decisions will I need to face, and what will I need to know when I face them?” Can environmental concerns drive innovation?
In this MIT SMR sustainability interview, new-product design expert Steven Eppinger addresses the question of how environmental concerns can drive product design and innovation. Among his main points: Don't try to eliminate environmental impacts all at once. Try to get a little better each time you design any product, and focus on materials. New global study, The Business of Sustainability
The Business of Sustainability is produced by MIT Sloan Management Review and The Boston Consulting Group. It is part of our Sustainability Initiative, which studies how the challenges and opportunities presented by sustainability will transform management. Reducing Waste and Saving Money
The most recent edition of Business Insight, which MIT Sloan Management Review produces in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal, contains a fascinating case study of a Subaru plant in Indiana that has found that reducing its environmental impact saves money. |
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