Systematic Review: Valuing Sustainability
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This systematic review synthesizes the entire body of research on valuing business sustainability.
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Topic: Valuing Sustainability
How can managers make the business case for sustainability?
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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This systematic review synthesizes the entire body of research on valuing business sustainability.
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Executive Report: Valuing 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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Philanthropy Is Not a Quick Fix For a Damaged Reputation
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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 »
Three Ways to Reap Value from CSR Initiatives
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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 »
How to Manage Your Company’s Reputation Through a Crisis and Come Out on Top
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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 »
Making Money and Sustainable Progress with Ecopreneurship
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Many entrepreneurs are stuck deciding whether environmental and social ventures will yield profits. Though sustainable development has been deemed “one of the biggest business opportunities ... Read More »
Employee Commitment Can Turn Ethics into Dollars
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Recent corporate scandals have drawn public attention toward the ethics of firms. Although researchers have demonstrated a small correlation between the ethical activities (broadly speaking, ... Read More »
CSR or Just “Good Management” — Which Drives Financial Performance?
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Managers often anecdotally claim that their firm’s investments in CSR initiatives have “paid off.” But much research seeking to quantify the effects of CSR on ... Read More »
How Third-party CSR Ratings Impact Your Share Price
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With trillions in assets in socially screened portfolios on the line, investors are increasingly turning to third-party social indices to help them assess a company’s ... Read More »
Summary Report: Forum on Valuing Business Sustainability
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A summary of the key take-aways from the NBS’s forum on valuing sustainability, which brought together representatives from business, government and academia.
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When Does the Market Reward Environmental Performance Improvements?
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Many firms have undertaken proactive environmental initiatives in recent years – consider Wal-Mart’s efforts to increase energy conservation and more recently, their sustainable supply chain ... Read More »
Use Corporate Philanthropy to Grow Your Top — and Bottom — Line
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Charitable donations by companies have grown in value over the past 20 years. In 2007, U.S. firms spent $15.7 billion on philanthropy. Sears Roebuck attributed ... Read More »
Lower Your Firm’s Cost of Capital by Managing Environmental Risks
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This study shows that a firm’s improved environmental performance reduces the firm’s cost of capital. The researchers found that investors perceive a firm’s risk more ... Read More »
Stakeholder Relations Sustain Positive Financial Performance
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How can companies extend periods of exceptional financial performance and end those of substandard performance? This study found that good stakeholder relations were a key ... Read More »
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