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BusinessInterests

SUSTAINABILITY SWEET SPOT

Society’s

Interests

Environmental

Social

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 Talent, Transformation and the Triple Bottom Line

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• Climate Change • Resource Constraints

• Demographics

• Transparency

• New Corporate Forms • New Economic Forms

• Society Needs/Expectations2

Changing Operating Conditionsfor Business

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Growth in Expectations on BusinessesCor orate Sector

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• MAKE MONEY • Provide philanthropy • Protect the environment • Protect workers • Safeguard products

 • MAKE MONEY • Provide philanthropy • Restore the environment • Protect workers • Safeguard products • Promote diversity • Prevent child labor • Foster public health • Ensure human rights • Alleviate poverty • Provide technology •

Oppose corrupt regimes • Patrol supply chain • Engage stakeholders • Measure and report • Continuously improve • Ensure privacy

 • MAKE MONEY • Provide philanthropy

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The Triple Bottom Line

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• New curriculum and degrees

• Integration into existing curriculum

• Institutional Sustainability

• Socially Responsible Endowments

• Partnerships with corporations andcommunities 

• Sustainability Centers • Executive Education

• Fundraising • Student Activism

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Sustainability on Campus

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• Sustainability 101..201..301.. • Organizational Culture

• Organizational Capabilities• Change Management

• Internal and External

Engagement

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Curriculum Development

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• Innovation

• Collaboration

• Long- Term Orientation• Outward Focus

• Interdependent Thinking

• Learning

• Adaptability 8

Organizational Capabilities forSustainability

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• Employer Branding

• Recruitment and Retention

• Career Development• Compensation and Incentives

• Performance Appraisal• Succession Planning

• Workforce Planning 9

Sustainability Being Intergrated into

Workforce Life Cycle

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Strong Corporate Culture

Artifacts

Espoused Values

Underlying Assumptions

“What we do”

“What we say”

“What we

believe”

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Stakeholder Engagement

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Business

Results

Sustainability delivers business

results: • Cut costs • Reduce risk • Grow revenue • Strengthen product brands

Employee engagement delivers businessresults: •  Increase job productivity •  Reduce turnover, absenteeism, theft •  Get innovation and other extra efforts •  Strengthen employer brand

Synergy between sustainability and

employee engagement:• Sustainability motivates employees• Motivated employees get involved with

sustainability 

TBL

Programs

Employee

Engagement

Employee Engagement and Sustainability

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• Teaching and Curriculum

• Research

• Partnerships

• Center Strategy and

Operations

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HBS Sustainability DirectorWorkshop Topics

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Thank you!

 Andrew W. Savitz 

Sustainable Business Strategies andy@getsustainable.net 

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