Resources to help
you make the best sustainability decisions for your business
Instituting a corporate social responsibility plan into your business does create value, according to 30 years of reputable research. Most management studies find a positive relationship between sustainability investments and financial performance.
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John Peloza, marketing professor at Florida State University and NBS Editor for Valuing Sustainability, discusses how research on the business case for sustainability has evolved ... Read More »
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This systematic review synthesizes the entire body of research on valuing business sustainability.
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This report contains a framework to help measure the business case for sustainability in your organization and suggests specific tools to guide your analysis.
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If the tragic day comes when your company’s car accelerator pedals start sticking, your pain relief pills get poisoned, or your oil rig explodes, pouring ... Read More »
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For your company to be a sustainability leader, you need sustainability leadership inside your organization. NBS reviewed the best management research from around the world ... Read More »
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The following are the most popular Research Insights published in 2012: 1. Burned-Out Employees? Reduce Absenteeism with Workplace Interventions Michael Leiter shows weekly meetings and ... Read More »
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The following is a compilation of eight important research findings from 2012 on the relationship between corporate social performance and corporate financial performance. When Shareholders ... Read More »
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The emergence of shareholder activism and its negative effect on stock price Shareholders unhappy with your environmental track record hurt your company’s financial performance ... Read More »
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Each month, NBS spotlights a key sustainability issue for business leaders. These issues have been identified by NBS’s Leadership Council, a group of Canadian businesses ... Read More »
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New research reveals companies that integrate sustainability into their core business strategy financially outperform firms that don’t. And five key traits drive these companies’ increased ... Read More »
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Companies that show real results in environmental performance – such as lower carbon emissions – receive a premium from investors. For decades, researchers have tried ... Read More »
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Each month, NBS spotlights a key sustainability issue for business leaders. These issues have been identified by NBS’s Leadership Council, a group of Canadian businesses ... Read More »
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Corporations often make charitable donations towards humanitarian disasters, even when they may be hurting financially themselves. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina created negative ripple effects throughout ... Read More »
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“The ‘CSR Bubble’ has become over-inflated which, at worst, tries to create a parallel universe dangerously separate from business purpose and strategy,” cautions British Petroleum ... Read More »
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On March 18, 2006, The Wall Street Journal unleashed a tsunami, reporting that several firms had falsified the dates they had awarded stock options to ... Read More »
