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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Of the respondents, 72% said that climate change presents risks that could significantly impact their operations, revenue, or expenditures. ” Improving risk management. households spend 3% of annual electricity budgets on heating water to wash clothes.

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2016 ECS Value Creators Report: Building Endurance

BCG

Such companies may be finding that the low-growth environment has undercut their efforts to improve TSR through greater discipline with respect to operating costs and capital. Japanese companies’ average annual TSR of 14% in the five-year period from 2011 through 2015 is generated by extremely strong margin increases and cash flows.

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