by dennis | Jul 19, 2012 | Articles 2012, News & Analysis
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Abstract The market continues to show growing interest in how well companies are performing across a broad range of environmental, social, and governance...
by dennis | Feb 2, 2012 | Articles 2012, News & Analysis
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Corporate sustainability has captured the attention of much of the world over the last few years. Trends including the growth of nongovernmental...
by dennis | Jan 6, 2012 | Articles 2012, News & Analysis
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The broader societal concern about sustainability has grown from almost nothing in the early 1990s to a dominant theme today. Meanwhile, leaders of major...
by dennis | Jan 5, 2012 | Articles 2012, News & Analysis
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. ABSTRACT Dow Chemical Company, which was founded in 1894, is now the second-largest chemical company in the world. From the outset, the company has been...
by dennis | Dec 19, 2011 | Articles 2011, News & Analysis
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Abstract During the past two decades, more and more companies have volunteered to provide “corporate social responsibility” or “sustainability” reports that...
by dennis | Nov 29, 2011 | Articles 2011, News & Analysis
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. ABSTRACT While conceptually elegant, the belief that a corporation’s role is to maximize value for shareholders is under increasing challenge as...
by dennis | May 23, 2011 | Articles 2011, News & Analysis
Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. To what extent companies contribute to a sustainable society is a question increasingly important, not only to the companies themselves, but also to...
