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- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
by Avery Forman
Despite polarized attitudes, Rebecca Henderson argues that it's the perfect time for companies to reset their moral compass. In an essay from the book A Political Economy of Justice, she explores the social efforts of Cadbury and Unilever.
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- November 11, 2016
- Harvard Business Review (website)
The Fortune 500 Can't Go Along with a Rollback on Climate Policy
- April 2016 (Revised April 2017)
- Case
Reimagining Capitalism: Towards a Theory of Change
By: Rebecca Henderson, Tony L. He and Brian Tomlinson
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- February 2016 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Greening Walmart: Progress and Controversy
By: Rebecca Henderson and James Weber
In 2005, Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, launched a sustainability initiative aimed at reducing waste and making the company more environmentally and socially conscious. By 2015, the company had made progress on multiple dimensions: energy efficiency in its...
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- March 2015 (Revised March 2016)
- Teaching Material
Note: Industry Self-Regulation: Sustaining the Commons in the 21st Century?
By: Rebecca Henderson, Amram Migdal and Tony He
Industry self-regulation has, in general, a lousy track record. Many studies have shown that it is often ineffective unless backed by the power of the state, and that in some cases it serves rather to forestall government intervention or to reduce competition than as...
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- March 2015
- Cases with Notes
Tough Choices at the Gomez Lobster Cooperative
By: Rebecca Henderson and Amram Migdal
This case is designed to be used with HBS Note: Industry Self-Regulation: Sustaining the Commons in the 21st Century, HBS No. 315-074.
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- March 2015
- Case
Sustainable Palm Oil and Self-Regulation
By: Rebecca Henderson and Amram Migdal
This case is designed to be used with HBS Note: Industry Self-Regulation: Sustaining the Commons in the 21st Century, HBS No. 315-074.
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- February 2015 (Revised September 2017)
- Teaching Material
Omar Selim: Building a Values-Based Asset Management Firm (B)
By: George Serafeim, Rebecca Henderson and Shannon Gombos
The case describes the decision of Omar Selim to set up Arabesque as an independent organization and how he organized Arabesque to use both financial and environmental, social and governance (ESG) data in order to deliver performance for its clients.
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- 2014
- Working Paper
Making the Business Case for Environmental Sustainability
Can a business case be made for acting sustainably? This is a difficult question to answer precisely, largely because there is no generally accepted definition of the term "sustainability". Is it acting sustainably to protect the human rights of the firm's workforce?...
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- 2015
- Book Chapter
Making the Business Case for Environmental Sustainability
Can a business case be made for acting sustainably? This is a difficult question to answer precisely, largely because there is no generally accepted definition of the term "sustainability." Is it acting sustainably to protect the human rights of the firm's workforce?...
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- 2015
- Book
Leading Sustainable Change: An Organizational Perspective
The business case for acting sustainably is becoming increasingly compelling—reducing our global footprint to sustainable levels is the defining issue of our times, and it is one that can only be addressed with the active participation of the private sector. However,...
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- January 2015 (Revised September 2017)
- Cases with Notes
Omar Selim: Building a Values-Based Asset Management Firm (A)
By: George Serafeim, Rebecca Henderson and Shannon Gombos
The sustainable investing market was a recent phenomenon in the first decade of the 21st century. However, an increasing number of investors began to integrated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues in investment decisions. At Barclays Capital, Omar Selim...
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