Environmental sustainability

And how to support them.

E-liability accounting has helped a Singapore-based tire manufacturer and a German cement producer reduce their emissions.

The great volcanic eruption in Iceland has stranded seven million travelers and is costing airlines at least $1 billion in lost revenue this week. This...

Over the last five years, the percentage of Fortune 100 board members possessing relevant credentials rose from 29% to 43%.

Pepsi recently demonstrated its commitment to reducing its environmental impacts up and down the value chain with two rapid-fire announcements about new...

Climate change is a pressing concern for Bill Gates, who has just published a new book on the subject. He spoke with HBR's editor-in-chief about the need...

(Editor's note: This post is part of a six-week blog series on how leadership might look in the future. The conversations generated by these posts will...

If your firm is debating whether to hire a chief sustainability officer (CSO), you may be like fictional electronic components manufacturer Narinex. After...

It's always easier to picture how a manufacturing company can go green - just cut back on energy, waste, and material to reduce air and water pollution,...

Three decades into the environmental revolution, many companies in the industrialized nations have recognized that they can reduce pollution and increase...

Over the past decade, more and more institutional investors have taken an interest in companies' records on environmental sustainability, social responsibility,...

Like most holy grails, sustainability as a firm's most dependable route to financial high performance has seemed a goal always beyond reach. The problem...

Instead of battling the NLRB, McDonald's should extend an approach it's using with suppliers.

I am in Rome, Italy. Gas prices here are roughly $6 a gallon and many of the cars on roads look like two-door golf carts. As far back as 1976, Italians...

It's very easy to pile onto BP right now. The "accident," which may be due more to negligence, is bad enough. The company lost 11 employees - after losing...

I was recently talking to a friend about her family car purchase. She said: "Yeah, we heard Priuses weren't that green-there are some issues with battery...

The U.S. Navy operates on the front lines of climate change. It manages tens of billions of dollars of assets on every continent and on every ocean, which...

The hope that an entrepreneurial industry can help reverse global warming misses one critical point: Innovation takes time. Lots of time.

To solve big, global problems, companies must rethink capitalism and how they collaborate, argues Mariana Mazzucato, professor in the economics of innovation...

Renewable energy, eco-friendly construction, and many other green initiatives are markets that promise to generate jobs and profits. Former U.S. president...