Bank of America


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For more information on Energy, Environment & Bank of America, visit Bank of America’s corporate website here.

AT&T


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Nissan Motor

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Boeing


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Royal Bank of Scotland Group



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New Books on Sustainable Development (2nd Release)

 

Profession and purpose : a resource guide for MBA careers in sustainability
HD30.255.K93
 
Revolution in a bottle : how TerraCycle is redefining green business
HD9483.U54S996
 
Multinational enterprises and the challenge of sustainable development
HC79.E5D427
 

Nonprofit sustainability : making strategic decisions for financial viability
HD62.6.B433
 
The green investing handbook : a detailed investment guide to the technologies and companies involved in the sustainability revolution
HG4521.H243
 
The green scorecard : measuring the return on investment in sustainability initiatives
HD30.255.P562

The Oil Crunch

People tend to think of oil as the stuff you put in cars, buses, trains, aeroplanes, lorries, etc. They don’t think of all the ramification that hydrocarbons have for the whole economy. You know, fertilizers made from oil, our goods and services that we buy in shops have a have huge oil input into them. So, if oil becomes more expensive. Then we get to a situation where all businesses are impacted.
~ Will Whitehorn, Virgin Group

In the video below, An Introduction to the Oil Crunch: a wake-up call for the UK economy, Will Whitehorn (Virgin Group) and John Miles (Arup), both belonging to the UK Industry Taskforce for Peak Oil and Energy Security, look at the implications of the oil crunch on the UK and why there’s an urgent need for government action.

This is echoed in this ABC TV Science video – Catalyst: Oil Crunch, where Dr Fatih Birol, Chief Economist, International Energy Agency, warns that “the time is running out, the oil is today our lifeline, it is everywhere in the economy, if the prices go up or if there’s a supply disruption this will be definitely very bad news.” And you know the situation is worst than what you think it is when he concludes that “it would have been better if the governments have started to work on it at least ten years ago.”

Good for business : the rise of the conscious corporation

“The fact is, corporate reputation matters more today because brand matters more. Over the past half century, we have moved beyond markets dominated by commodity goods to a world in which it is virtually impossible to buy anything that doesn’t have some form of logo or other identity mark stamped on it. And consumers are increasingly identifying themselves with and through the brands they buy.” (Benett et al., 2009: xiii)

In Good for Business: The Rise of the Conscious Corporation, authors Benett, Gobhai, O’Reilly and Welch look at the changes that corporations must make to grow and thrive in a more informed and questioning society. They highlight the four cornerstones of a successful as well as conscious business:
Purpose Beyond Profit
Humanized Leadership
Corporate Consciousness
Collaborative Partnerships

Some corporations mentioned in the book include: Nike, Google, Whole Foods, DuPont, Wal-Mart, Procter and Gamble, GE, Microsoft, and Apple.

Title: Good for business : the rise of the conscious corporation
Authors: Andrew Benett, Cavas Gobhai , Ann O’Reilly & Greg Welch
Publication info: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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The global corporation

In the 1980s, Johnson and Johnson’s, best known for its range of baby products, was in the news for the wrong reasons – a number of deaths caused by cyanide-laced capsules of Johnson and Johnson’s Tylenol. But the company’s quick response by recalling the product won it praise. This case study of Johnson and Johnson is recorded in The global corporation : sustainable, effective and ethical practices : a case book. Another company associated with babies that is featured is Abbott Laboratories. The chapter on Abbott looks at its commitment to HIV/AIDS research and community outreach programmes.

Besides these 2 corporations, others highlighted in the book include ExxonMobil, Procter & Gamble, Nike, McDonald’s, Unilever, etc.

This compilation of case studies and corporate best practices ends by looking at the frameworks for corporate and managerial ethical decision-making.

Title: The global corporation : sustainable, effective and ethical practices : a case book
Editors: Laura P. Hartman and Patricia H. Werhane
Publication info: New York : Routledge, 2009.
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