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What do executives think about sustainability? How important do they think it is to their business? How are they responding to sustainability pressures?
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How does a company's communication of sustainability goals affect consumers? Does it result in increased loyalty, sales, etc.?
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See four presentations on big data below, featured at CSB's Big Data event in 2016. Click here for a recap and video of the Big Data event.
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Has applying a sustainability lens to operations and value chains increased efficiency and sparked innovative products and services?
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What is the relationship between sustainability, ESG, and CSR performance and financial performance?
- Pensions & Investments: "Excluding Companies with Higher Social, Environmental Incidents Equals Outperformance - Research." 2018
- Journal of Applied Corporate Finance: "Sustainability and Shareholder Value." Spring 2017.
- Harvard Business Review: "The Type of Purpose That Makes Companies More Profitable." October 2016.
- Clark, Feiner and Viehs: "From the Stockholder to the Stakeholder: How Sustainability Can Drive Financial Outperformance." September 2016.
- Trust Across America: "Return on Trust: The 'State of Trust' 2016." 2016.
- Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management: "ESG and Corporate Financial Performance." December 2015.
- Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment: "ESG and financial performance: aggregated evidence from more than 2000 empirical studies." December 2015.
- Bartha, M., Cahanb, S., Venterc, E.: "The Economic Consequences Associated with Integrated Report Quality: Early Evidence from a Mandatory Setting." December 2015.
- Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management: "ESG & Corporate Financial Performance: Mapping the Global Landscape." December 2015.
- MSCI: "Can ESG Add Alpha? An Analysis of ESG Tilt and Momentum Strategies." June 2015.
- Journal of Consumer Research: "Doing Well by Doing Good." April 2015.
- Harvard Business School: "Sustainability and Materiality." March 2015.
- GS Sustain: "Governance and Risk Management." March 2015
- Harvard Business School: "Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality." March 2015.
- Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment: "Financial Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility." November 2014.
- Clark, Feiner and Viehs: "From the Stockholder to the Stakeholder: How Sustainability Can Drive Financial Performance." September 2014.
- KPMG International: "A New Vision of Value: Connecting Corporate and Society Value Creation." 2014.
- Flammer, C: "Does Corporate Social Responsibility Lead to Superior Financial Performance? A Regression Discontinuity Approach." October 2013.
- Sustainable Insight and CDP: "Linking Climate Engagement to Financial Performance." September 2013.
- Eccles, R. G., Ioannou, I. & Serafeim, G: "The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance." May 2013.
- Eccles, R., Serafeim, G: "The Performance Frontier: Innovating for a Sustainable Strategy." May 2013.
- Nagy, Z., Cogan, D., & Sinnreich, D: "Optimizing Environmental, Social and Governance Factors in Portfolio Construction." February 2013.
- Tang, Z., Hull, C. E., & Rothenberg, S.: "How Corporate Social Responsibility Engagement Strategy Moderates the CSR-Financial Performance Relationship?." November 2012.
- Deutsche Bank Group: "Sustainable Investing: Establishing Long-Term Value and Performance." June 2012.
- Journal of Business Ethics: "Sustainability Practices and Corporate Financial Performance: A Study Based on the Top Global Corporations." October 2011.
- AT Kearney: "Green Winners: The performance of sustainability-focused companies during the financial crisis. 2009.
- Peloza, J. Yachnin, R.: "Valuing Business Sustainability: A Systematic Review." November 2008.
- UNEP & Mercer: "Demystifying Responsible Investment Performance." October 2007.
- Porter, M., Kramer, M.: "Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitve Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility." 2006.
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Does behavior and reputation as a sustainable company result in improved HR statistics related to retention, recruitment, morale or accidents and lawsuits?
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Does behavior and reputation as a sustainable company result in improved and more regular media coverage?
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How does sustainability relate to risk management? How are critical issues like natural resource depletion and climate change affecting supply chains, transport, and manufacturing? How are businesses managing these new risks by applying sustainable practices?
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What are the benefits of applying sustainability throughout supply chains? How are companies better managing global supply chains to address risks and opportunitites related to sustainability?
- Conservation Letters: "Zero Deforestation Zones: The Case for Linking Deforestation-Free Supply Chain Initiatives and Jurisdictional REDD+." November 2016.
- Journal of Cleaner Production: "Sustainable supply chain models for base of the pyramid." November 2016.
- Fink, C & Whelan, T.: "The Sustainability Business Case for the 21st Century Corporation." October 2016.
- Journal of Cleaner Production: "Impact of sustainability labeling in the perception of sensory quality and purchase intention of chocolate consumers." September 2016.
- Desalination: "Environmental and economic performance assessment of desalination supply chain." August 2016.
- Journal of Cleaner Production: "The emerging role of water footprint in supply chain management: A critical literature synthesis and a hierarchical decision-making framework." August 2016.
- Journal of Cleaner Production: "Supplier integration, green sustainability programs, and financial performance of fashion enterprises under global financial crisis." June 2016.
- Fink, C & Whelan, T.: "Supply Chain and Stakeholder Engagement Case Study: Nespresso." May 2016.
- Global Ecology and Conservation: "What is in a label? Rainforest-Alliance certified banana production versus non-certified conventional banana production." May 2016.
- Industrial Marketing Management: "Supplier involvement in NPD: A quasi-experiment at Unilever." May 2016.
- Int. J. Production Economics: "Sustainable supply chain management in emerging economies: Trade-offs between environmental and cost performance." February 2016.
- Journal of Business Logistics: "Mapping the Landscape of Future Research Themes in Supply Chain Management." 2016.
- Academy of Management Journal: "Challenges for Global Supply Chain Sustainability: Evidence from Conflict Minerals Reports." 2016.
- Int. J. Production Economics: "The relationship between green supply chain management and performance: A meta-analysis of empirical evidences in Asian emerging economies." December 2015.
- Canadian Operational Research Society: "Benefits of inter-firm relationships: application to the case of a five sawmills and one paper mill supply chain". September 2015
- Int. J. Production Economics: "Supply chain sustainability: A risk management approach." August 2015.
- Journal of Operations Management: "Sustainable evaluation and verification in supply chains: Aligning and leveraging accountability to stakeholders." July 2015.
- Conservation Letters: "Did Ranchers and Slaughterhouses Respond to Zero-Deforestation Agreements in the Brazilian Amazon?" March 2015.
- World Economic Forum: "Beyond Supply Chains Empowering Responsible Value Chains." January 2015.
- Environmental Quality Management: "Building a Sustainable Supply Chain: Key Elements." 2015.
- Business Strategy and the Environment: "Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Motivators and Barriers." 2015
- The British Accounting Review: "Water management accounting and the wine supply chain: Empirical evidence from Australia." October 2014.
- Journal of Cleaner Production: "Do Codes of conduct improve worker rights in supply chains? A study of Fair Wear Foundation." September 2014.
- Journal of Cleaner Production: "An analysis of metrics used to measure performance in green and sustainable supply chains." August 2014.
- Journal of Cleaner Production: "Carbon emission reduction: the impact on the financial and operational performance of international companies." August 2014.
- Ecological Economics: "Group certification supports an increase in the diversity of sustainable agriculture network–rainforest alliance certified coffee producers in Brazil." August 2014.
- Rethinking the Global Supply Chain: "Slowing Amazon deforestation through public policy and interventions in beef and soy supply chains." June 2014.
- Computers & Industrial Engineering: "Sustainable supply chain optimisation: An industrial case study." May 2014.
- Development of Truly Sustainable Supply Chains: "Why Research in Sustainable Supply Chain Management Should Have No Future." January 2014.
- International Journal of Operations & Production Management: "The impact of environmental supply chain sustainability programs on shareholder wealth." 2014.
- Workiva: "The Role of Sustainability in Enterprise Risk Management." 2014.
- The State of Sustainability Initiatives: "Standards and the Green Economy." 2014.
- PWC: "How can resilience prepare companies for environmental and social change?" 2014.
- Supply Chain Management Review: "The Socially Responsible Supply Chain." October 2013.
- Global Environmental Change: "Enhancing the sustainability of commodity supply chains in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes." August 2013.
- J Bus Ethics: "Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Value Chains: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?" June 2013.
- International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management: "Investigating the relationship of sustainable supply chain management with corporate financial performance." March 2013.
- Journal of Cleaner Production: "Sustainability management beyond corporate boundaries: from stakeholders to performance." January 2013.
- Business Strategy and the Environment: "Sustainability-Related Supply Chain Risks: Conceptualization and Management." 2013.
- International Journal of Production Research: "When does lean hurt? – an exploration of lean practices and worker health and safety outcomes." December 2012.
- Springer Science: "Supply chain surplus: comparing conventional and sustainable supply chains." September 2012.
- Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management: "Purchasing and supply management sustainability: Drivers and barriers." July 2012.
- Journal of Organizational Behavior: "Environmental standards and labor productivity: Understanding the mechanisms that sustain sustainability." June 2012.
- J Bus Ethics: "The Relationship Between Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Stakeholder Pressure and Corporate Sustainability Performance." June 2012.
- Food Policy: "Comparing environmental impacts of regional and national-scale food supply chains: A case study of processed tomatoes." May 2012.
- Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management: "Implementing sustainable sourcing—Does purchasing need to change?" April 2012.
- Int. J. Production Economics: "Social issues in supply chains: Capabilities link responsibility, risk (opportunity), and performance." February 2012.
- Accenture: "Why a sustainable supply chain is good business." 2012.
- Global Environmental Change: "Big brand sustainability: Governance prospects and environmental limits." October 2011.
- Decision Support Systems: "Do green supply chain management initiatives impact stock prices of firms?" October 2011.
- J Bus Ethics: "Sustainability Practices and Corporate Financial Performance: A Study Based on the Top Global Corporations." September 2011.
- Journal of Operations Management: "Efficiency meets accountability: Performance implications of supply chain configuration, control, and capabilities." January 2011.
- World Development: "The Impact of Fair Trade Certification for Coffee Farmers in Peru." 2011.
- World Development: "The Economic Sustainability of Certified Coffee: Recent Evidence from Mexico and Peru." 2011.
- Network for Business Sustainability: "Managing Sustainable Global Supply Chains." 2011.
- Int. J. Production Economics: "Is green and profitable sustainable? Assessing the trade-off between economic and environmental aspects." October 2010.
- Ecological Economics: "Fair Trade organic coffee production in Nicaragua — Sustainable development or a poverty trap?" August 2009.
- Strategic Management Journal: "Corporate Responsibility and Financial Performance: The Role of Intangible Sources." September 2009.
- World Development: "Mainstreaming Fair Trade Coffee: From Partnership to Traceability." 2009.
- Journal of Cleaner Production: "From a literature review to a conceptual framework for sustainable supply chain management." June 2008.
- International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: "A framework of sustainable supply chain management: moving toward new theory." April 2008.
- Philosophical Transactions: "Biological Sciences: "Developing Sustainable Food Supply Chains." February 2008.
- Academy of Management Perspectives: "Does It Pay to Be Green? A Systematic Overview." 2008.
- Business Strategy and the Environment: "Core Issues in Sustainable Supply Chain Management - a Delphi Study." December 2007.
- International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: "Exploring future competitive advantage through sustainable supply chains." October 2007
- Industrial and Labor Relations Review: "Does Monitoring Improve Labor Standards? Lessons from Nike." October 2007.
- International Journal of Management Reviews: "Green supply-chain management: A state-of-the-art literature review." 2007.
- International Labour Review: "Work organization and labour standards at Nike’s suppliers." 2007.
- California Management Review: "Compliance, Collaboration, and Codes of Labor Practice: The adidas Connection." 2002.
- Transportation Research Part E 38: "Social responsibility and supply chain relationships." March 2001.
- Accenture: "Why a sustainable supply chain is good business."
- Stern Supple Chain Management: "Course Syllabus."
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