Thierry Deau, Founder and CEO, Meridiam
Citation:
Cole, Shawn A., and Lynn Schenk. "Thierry Deau, Founder and CEO, Meridiam." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 220-703, October 2019. View Details|
Working Paper HBS Working Paper Series 2019 Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to Environmental Sustainability. Past Roads and Future Prospects |
Abstract
This working paper examines key barriers to business sustainability discussed at a multidisciplinary conference held at the Harvard Business School in 2018. Drawing on perspectives from both the historical and business literatures, speakers debated the historical success and future opportunities for voluntary business actions to advance sustainability. Roadblocks include misaligned incentives, missing institutions, inertia of economic systems, and the concept of sustainability itself. It appears that overcoming these roadblocks will require systematic interventions and alternative normative concepts.
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Problems and Challenges; History; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Opportunities;
Citation:
Bergquist, Ann-Kristin, Shawn A. Cole, John Ehrenfeld, Andrew A. King, and Auden Schendler. "Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to Environmental Sustainability. Past Roads and Future Prospects." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-067, January 2019.
