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Ensuring Survival
Business Models in a Low-Carbon World
Much to everybody’s surprise the low-carbon bandwagon survived even a global downturn - it remains a real issue in the eyes of politicians and the public alike. We have not seen the end of risky financial decisions, but have reached the end of a period when carbon became established as an issue but action appeared optional for individual governments, businesses and societies. In this publication, we present four assertions that we believe highlight the dangers of complacency.
Released: September 2009
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Optimizing Involvement in the Development of Sustainability Related Public Policy
Balancing Integrity and Innovation
Public Policy is increasingly influencing the corporate sustainability agenda, as is the need for companies to engage in its development. This is by no means a simple task. In this Viewpoint we identify key steps in the policy development process and highlight how companies can optimize their involvement.
Released: September 2009
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The Water Margin
How Strategic Management of Water can Grow Business Value
With two-thirds of the world to experience water shortages by 2025, this report warns companies that it is imperative to assess their water footprint and develop a proactive response to water management or risk damaging their business performance. According to the new report, this is broken down by product/service, by value chain position and by geographic region. A proactive approach to water management assesses value drivers such as water security, regulation and expectations of stakeholders.
Released: November 2008
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Green Purchasing Power
Cost Reduction and Revenue Generation through Sustainable Procurement
As stakeholders become increasingly insistent that 'promises made' by the CEO become 'promises delivered', business leaders will need to extract and manage increasing innovation from suppliers as well as employees to deliver on commitment to sustainable performance.
Released: June 2008
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Sustainable Performance
Scratch the surface of many companies' claims on sustainable performance and what lies beneath leaves much to be desired. Research by Arthur D. Little, for example, shows that even among Nordic companies, widely regarded as among the most environmentally responsible of corporate citizens, the response to the challenge of sustainability lacks rigour.
Released: June 2008
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Sustainable Performance Delivered
How to Unlock Value Through Integrity and Innovation
Having established the connection between Integrity + Innovation = Sustainable Performance CEO's now need to establish how to deliver the concept. In this second paper of the series Arthur D. Little’s demonstrates I plus I in the real world going on to show how companies such as GE, Dow and Novo Nordisk are unlocking value through sustainable business.
Released: May 2008
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The role of green branding in the race to innovate world energy markets
At "Solutions for Sustainability", the 12th Annual Conference of the German-British Forum held in London on 11th and 12th October 2007, David Lyon, Senior Manager, Sustainability and Risk, Arthur D. Little UK, emphasized the role of green branding. He comments: "We are seeing consumer-driven market innovation. With green electricity tariffs, some consumers are willing to pay an ecological premium. Green branding plays an increasingly important role - especially when public policy is increasingly supportive of new decentralized generation technologies."
For more information on the 2007 conference visit: http://www.gbf.com/gbf/speakers22007.asp
For articles on sustainability by David Lyon and other ADL consultants visit our PRISM website.
Released: January 2008
The Carbon Margin
Translating Carbon Exposure into Competitive Advantage
The Carbon Margin urges all business sectors to view emerging carbon constraints as an opportunity to develop new profit streams and gain competitive advantage. The report provides a guide to the specific risks and opportunities carbon exposure presents for each major industry sector, and explains how a profitable carbon strategy is conceived: through a careful balancing of technological innovations with customer-based solutions.
Released: December 2007
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Low Carbon London (English)
Action for Green Homes
Now is the time for action - and London leads the way! A Victorian terraced home with a twist, No.1 Lower Carbon Drive, opened on the 4th of December to provide Londoners with examples of ways in which they can alter their homes and domestic lifestyles to reduce the city’s CO2 emissions. Management consultancy Arthur D. Little worked with the London Development Agency (LDA) to develop the model home as part of the mayor’s Climate Change Action Plan. The Plan aims to encourage all Londoners and businesses to help in reducing the capital’s carbon dioxide emissions to 60 per cent below 1990 levels by 2025.
Released: December 2007
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New Report: integrity + innovation = performance
The Sustainability Value Formula
The Sustainability Value Formula examines how leading companies are building long-term sustainable performance through an intense focus on integrity and innovation. This paper brings clarity to the issues of where and how corporate responsibility delivers value to the firm – issues that until now have been clouded by much confusion and ambiguity. We preview research which indicates that the key ingredients to long-term sustainable performance are the fundamental value drivers: integrity and innovation.
Released: August 2007
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