Silence on the Climate Front

By Alex Auden Schendler from the Aspen Skiing Company was adamant about the need to get Fortune 500 CEOs to speak more openly about climate change. Through this comment I’d like to explore some key reasons why CEOs aren’t going on record with a firmer stance on climate change. It’s my hope that elucidating some […]

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Dear Mr. Liveris: Please Join the Fight Against Climate Change

By Anonymous. Earlier this month, Auden Schendler, the Vice President for Sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company, posed a scenario to our class: “imagine you are working a large company and your CEO asks whether the company should join the fight against climate. What do you recommend? Should the company speak out about climate change?” In […]

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Chief Sustainability What?? The Evolution of the CSO and Making the Business Case.

By Jeremy A month ago I sat in front of a Fortune 1000 CEO and to explain why his company needed a Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) and how his bottom line could be improved. His ask: come back with a proposal and with the business case. Throughout our class discussions with Professor Henderson about CSOs, […]

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Why Aren’t CEO’s tweeting about Climate Change?

By Jair At the end of our Aspen case, Auden was asked what the ask of CEO’s across America should be. Auden mentioned that business leaders seldom publicize their viewpoint on climate change and global warming and they should start with that simple request. Why aren’t they already doing that? The first question is to […]

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CSR and sustainability agendas: a big distraction?

By Flavia In the face of growing uncertainties at their core businesses, are corporations pursuing sustainability and CSR agendas seeking for comfort? My hypothesis is that for large companies such as Nestlé and Dow, to pursue these agendas might help drive the company, employees and other stakeholders towards something less threatening. While top executives might […]

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Mexico City water shortage: a case for private sector role in correcting a government imperfection

By Anonymous In the class discussion on the Mexico City water shortage, we discussed the dire water supply situation primarily from the perspective of Carranza Property Fund (CPF), assessing whether to long, short, or hold its investments into the District Federal (DF) commercial real estate. However, one lense on this situation has been overlooked – […]

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