Organizational Governance

How organizations are addressing the 'G' in ESG – striking the balance of maximizing long-term growth and value while safeguarding the interests of all stakeholders

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GE Report: Innovation on the Rise, Executives Conflicted About Best Approaches
GE Report: Innovation on the Rise, Executives Conflicted About Best Approaches
Published on January 18, 2013
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Business model innovation and collaborative innovation are expected to play larger roles in global performance, particularly in emerging markets, according to the annual "Global Innovation Barometer," published by GE this week. ... View More

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Same Brand, Different Business Model
Same Brand, Different Business Model
Published on January 16, 2013
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Business model innovation is steadily becoming more of a familiar term in the combined world of brand marketing and sustainability. ... View More

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Guayakí Pioneers Market-Driven Restoration Business Model
Guayakí Pioneers Market-Driven Restoration Business Model
Published on January 14, 2013
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“We had this incredible product — yerba mate — that gives you the strength of coffee, the health benefits of green tea and the euphoria of chocolate. ... View More

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Cutting the Fluff Out of Sustainability: An Interview with Ramon Arratia
Cutting the Fluff Out of Sustainability: An Interview with Ramon Arratia
Published on January 7, 2013
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Ramon Arratia is a sustainability director with 13 years' experience in corporate positions at companies such as Vodafone, Ericsson and, currently, Interface. ... View More

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Orchestrating Movements: A New Role for Leaders
Orchestrating Movements: A New Role for Leaders
Published on January 30, 2012
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2011 has been a rough year for leaders. Popular revolutions toppled dictators in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya; the Occupy movement attacked corporate leaders who led us into recession; Europeans tossed government after government; and Americans watched... View More

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Thought Leadership and Sustainability: As Within, So Without
Thought Leadership and Sustainability: As Within, So Without
Published on January 27, 2012
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The more things change, the more they stay the same. Like most clichés, this one conveys some truth, as do words attributed to ancient Greek poet Hermesianax: “As within, so without.” Those who have endured inner-work fully enough to enjoy the... View More

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Novo Nordisk Ranked World’s Most Sustainable Corporation
Novo Nordisk Ranked World’s Most Sustainable Corporation
Published on January 27, 2012
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Danish pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk was named the most sustainable corporation in the world by Corporate Knights, the Toronto-based media company focused on “clean capitalism.”Corporate Knights’ 2012 Global 100 list includes companies from ... View More

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Identity-Centered Leadership: Enabling Individuals and Brands to Thrive through Sustainability
Identity-Centered Leadership: Enabling Individuals and Brands to Thrive through Sustainability
Published on January 26, 2012
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Brand leadership is about creating a connection between the brand and its customers. We can identify three waves through which brand leadership has evolved in relation to sustainability: ... View More

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Three Ways to Develop Your Inner Leadership (and Why Leaders of Sustainable Brands Should Care)
Three Ways to Develop Your Inner Leadership (and Why Leaders of Sustainable Brands Should Care)
Published on January 24, 2012
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Whether you are a business leader or a MapQuest user, knowing where you are and where you want to go is important. But if you’re a leader of a sustainable brand, this is only the beginning. Who you are at your core now counts more than ever. ... View More

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(Leadership) Change of Heart
(Leadership) Change of Heart
Published on January 22, 2012
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I did not think about it before sitting down this evening (January 16, 2012), but to write about leadership on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is to feel one’s own limitations. ... View More

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How Leadership at Cabot Creamery Makes All the Difference
How Leadership at Cabot Creamery Makes All the Difference
Published on January 20, 2012
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When was the last time you saw the CEO of a world-class company wading knee-deep in the specification and design of sustainability metrics? Dr. Richard Stammer of Agri-Mark, Inc. (d.b.a. Cabot Creamery Cooperative) is one such person. ... View More

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A New Toolbox For Today’s Brand Leaders
A New Toolbox For Today’s Brand Leaders
Published on January 19, 2012
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It used to be that good brand management simply meant finding the right positioning, leveraging well-understood media channels and delivering solid quarterly returns. Not anymore. ... View More

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A Vision of Real Corporate Leadership on Sustainability
A Vision of Real Corporate Leadership on Sustainability
Published on January 16, 2012
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The basics of sustainability excellence are fairly well known by now: reduce your footprint, create products and services that help customers do the same, drive employee engagement, think value chain, track data and enable transparency, and on and o... View More

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Leading Us "Into" The Woods
Leading Us "Into" The Woods
Published on January 10, 2012
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We use the word leadership easily, as if we really knew what we are talking about. But do we? We often view leaders as the ones who ride in on a white horse to save the day, to slay the dragons, to lead us out of the woods. ... View More

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10 Character Traits of Today's Leaders
10 Character Traits of Today's Leaders
Published on January 9, 2012
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The great transformations in the history of humankind began with a vision -- a powerful vision that inspired and engaged people to collectively transform their reality. We have always had visionary people in our world -- some have used their vision f... View More

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Defining and Developing Personal and Brand Leadership
Defining and Developing Personal and Brand Leadership
Published on January 5, 2012
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This month two of us - Andrew Winston and Chris Laszlo - begin 2012 with an inquiry into how personal and brand leadership is evolving to serve both thriving businesses and a flourishing world. The question of what leadership really looks like is vit... View More

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Magnum Aiming to Enhance Financial Opportunities for 5K Female Cocoa Farmers by 2025
Magnum Aiming to Enhance Financial Opportunities for 5K Female Cocoa Farmers by 2025
Published on January 1, 1970
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The ice cream brand aims to help 5,000 female cocoa farmers in Côte D'Ivoire achieve financial stability and diversify their incomes, for greater prosperity in the cocoa-farming offseason, by 2025. ... View More

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