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    How Businesses Can Serve Everyone, Not Just Shareholders

    How Businesses Can Serve Everyone, Not Just Shareholders

    Companies worldwide are pledging to play a more meaningful role in the well-being of their employees, customers and the environment. How can they turn their promises into action? From creating a representative boardroom to committing to measurable sustainability goals, business leader Dame Vivian Hunt discusses the necessary changes companies can make to embrace stakeholder capitalism -- and shares how it could change business for good.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Social change Industries -- Social aspects Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    The Business Logic of Sustainability

    The Business Logic of Sustainability

    At his carpet company, Ray Anderson has increased sales and doubled profits while turning the traditional "take / make / waste" industrial system on its head. In a gentle, understated way, he shares a powerful vision for sustainable commerce.

    Subjects:
    Management and Marketing
    Keywords:
    Leadership Sustainable development Business -- Environmental aspects Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    The Business Case for Working with Your Toughest Critics

    The Business Case for Working with Your Toughest Critics

    As a "corporate suit" (his words) and former VP of sustainability at McDonald's, Bob Langert works with companies and their strongest critics to find solutions that are good for both business and society. In this actionable talk, he shares stories from the decades-long transition into corporate sustainability at McDonald's -- including his work with unlikely partners like the Environmental Defense Fund and Temple Grandin -- and shows why your adversaries can sometimes be your best allies.

    Subjects:
    Management
    Keywords:
    Sustainable development Organizational change Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    Green Supply Chain Management

    Green Supply Chain Management

    The half-semester graduate course in Green Supply Chain Management will focus on the fundamental strategies, tools and techniques required to analyze and design environmentally sustainable supply chain systems. Topics covered include: Closed-loop supply chains, reverse logistics systems, carbon footprinting, life-cycle analysis and supply chain sustainability strategy. Class sessions will combine presentations, case discussions and guest speakers. All students will work on a course-long team project that critically evaluates the environmental supply chain strategy of an industry or a publicly traded company. Grades will be based on class participation, case study assignments and the team project.

    Subjects:
    Logistics and Industrial and Systems Engineering
    Keywords:
    Business logistics Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Courseware