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- U.S. Corporate Boards Suffer From Inadequate Expertise in Financially Material ESG Matters (White Paper)
- The Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI): Monetizing Financial Benefits of Sustainability Actions in Companies (Sustainable Consumption and Production)
- Do Corporate Sustainability and Sustainable Finance Generate Better Financial Performance? A Review and Meta-analysis (SSRN)
- Existence inductive theory building to study coordination failures in sustainable beef production (Journal of Cleaner Production)
- Making a Better Business Case for ESG (Stanford Social Innovation Review)
- Using the Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI) Framework to Value Accelerated Decarbonization (Journal of Applied Corporate Finance)
- Embedding Sustainability Performance and Long‐Term Strategy in the Earnings Call (Journal of Applied Corporate Finance)
- ESG & the Earnings Call: Communicating Sustainable Value Creation (CSB & CEO Investor Forum)
- Sustainability-Marketed CPGs Outperform Conventional (Hapres Journal of Sustainability Research)
- Fintech Adapts to Demands for Sustainable and Convenient Investing (The Economist)
- Monetizing Financial Benefits of Sustainability Actions in Companies (The Review of Business: Interdisciplinary Journal on Risk and Society)
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Articles & Reports
- Sustainable Purchasing Patterns and Consumer Responsiveness to Sustainability Marketing Messages, March 2020
- EcoVadis & NYU Stern CSB 2019 Sustainable Procurement Barometer, July 2019
- "The Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI): Monetizing Financial Benefits of Sustainability Actions in Companies" in The Review of Business, June 2019
- Stern CSB Sustainable Market Share Index™, March 2019. To learn more about the study, click here.
- Shareholders Are Stealing Our Jobs, October 2018
- Responsible Investing: Guide to ESG Data Providers and Relevant Trends, September 2017 (originally published in the Journal of Environmental Investing)
- How to Quantify Sustainability's Impact on Your Bottom Line, September 2017
- Deforestation-free Supply Chains: Financial Impact for Brazilian Beef Production, August 2017
- Catalyzing Green Infrastructure on Private Property: Recommendations for a Green, Equitable, and Sustainable New York City, August 2017
- Sustainability and Effective Supply Chain Management: A Literature Review of Sustainable Supply Chain Management, April 2017
- SASB-Bloomberg Alignment Report, April 2017
- The Sustainability Business Case for the 21st Century Corporation, August 2016
- Harvard Business Review Excerpt: The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability
White Papers
- U.S. Corporate Boards Suffer From Inadequate Expertise in Financially Material ESG Matters by Tensie Whelan, January 2021
- Sustainability Materiality Matrices Explained, by Sophie Rifkin, May 2019
- Financing Mechanisms to Support Sustainable Practices, by Tom Manning, Senior Research Scholar, March 2019
- Green Bonds: What's New, What's Next, and Why Does it Matter?, by Tom Manning, Senior Research Scholar, December 2019
- Sustainability Assessment Tools, by Elyse Douglas and Tom Manning, Senior Research Scholars, January 2017
- Spotlight: Water Business Tools for Managing Water Resources and Risk, by Randi Kronthal-Sacco, Senior Research Scholar, September 2016
Case Studies
- Thinking "Out of the Box:" Up-cycling for Planet, People, & Profit, by Tensie Whelan, December 2020
- Martin Guitar: Navigating Sustainability and Legacy, by Tristan Davis, Hakan Stanis, Zineb Touzani, Ananya Vidyarthi, and edited by Chet Van Wert, Senior Research Scholar, November 2020
- Innovating a New Business Model for Electric Utilities: Consolidated Edison's Brooklyn & Queens Demand Management Project, by Angus Chan, Gregory Gangelhoff, Amy Klopfenstein, and edited by Chet Van Wert, Senior Research Scholar, January 2019
- Case Study: Greyston Bakery, by Chet Van Wert, Senior Research Scholar, August 2018
- Parnassus Investments: A Contrarian, Socially Responsible Mutual Fund Manager, by Chet Van Wert, Senior Research Scholar, September 2017
- West Elm: Bringing Purpose to its Corporate Ecosystem Through Human Resource Practices, by Randi Kronthal-Sacco, Senior Research Scholar, August 2017
- Citigroup, Inc.: Innovation in Energy Efficiency Financing, by Tom Manning and Randi Kronthal-Sacco, Senior Research Scholar, May 2017
- Avery Dennison: Innovative Marketing of Sustainability Attracts More Loyal Customers, by Randi Kronthal-Sacco, Senior Research Scholar, April 2017
- Kashi: Growing the Supply Chain for Organic Food, by Chet Van Wert, Senior Research Scholar, April 2017
- Nike: Sustainability and Innovation through Flyknit Technology, by Carly Fink, Research Scholar, August 2016
- Exxaro Resources Ltd: Mining and Water Risk Management Case Study, by Carly Fink, Research Scholar, June 2016
- Nespresso: Supply Chain and Stakeholder Engagement Case Study, by Carly Fink, Research Scholar, and Tensie Whelan, Director, May 2016
Working Papers
- Van Holt, T., Douglas, E., and Atz, U. Homogenous sustainability strategies in the auto industry. What strategies may drive financial benefits, and what is left on the table? In draft.
- Van Holt, T., Statler, M., Whelan, T., Atz, U., van Loggerenberg, M., and J. Cebulla. Sustainability and Innovation: Signs of an Industry Transformation. Under review.