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Sustainability Management for a Rapidly Changing World: Q&A with Maersk Group’s Annette Stube thumnail image
Supply Chain | Transport And Logistics

Sustainability Management for a Rapidly Changing World: Q&A with Maersk Group’s Annette Stube

Annette Stube, head of sustainability at Maersk, shared her insights on the role of the sustainability team, sustainability risks for the company, and how to measure impact.

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Climate Change | Healthcare | Supply Chain | Women’s Empowerment

Climate Change, Public Health, Women’s Empowerment, and Supplier Performance in Bangladesh

Rising temperatures and more frequent flooding events are likely to increase with climate change, and in Bangladesh, this will affect the lives of the 4 million people working in the garment industry, who are disproportionately women.

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Women’s Empowerment

How Do You Empower 100,000 Women?

In 2014, ANN made its 100,000 Women Commitment to empower 100,000 women working in its global supply chain. Here's the story of how it achieved this milestone.

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Women’s Empowerment

On International Women’s Day, Let’s Press for Progress in Global Supply Chains

If all players across global value chains press for progress, we can achieve a future where an empowered female workforce is widely recognized as a driver for business success.

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Supply Chain | Technology

Managing Supply Chain Water Risk: New Capacities for New Challenges

Water scarcity will be a defining issue of the 21st century. This example from Dell demonstrates how companies can manage water risk in their supply chains.

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Collaboration

Collaboration: How Business Must Lead to Achieve Sustainable Development

As we look to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and implement the Paris Agreement, we must foster collaboration for impact at scale.

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Collaboration | Healthcare

Next-Generation Private-Sector Collaboration for Sustainable Development: Q&A with Gavi

We sat down with Gavi, the Vaccination Alliance, to talk about the key success factors of its cross-sector collaboration efforts.

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Collaboration

Collaboration for Impact: A Conversation

This is the first in a series of interviews on how the private sector contributes to sustainable development through collaboration.

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Inclusive Business | Supply Chain

Assessing Suppliers: Inclusive Business or Business as Usual?

Inclusive suppliers can be distinguished by these three traits.

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Supply Chain

Why We Need a Loud (and Consistent) Business Voice on Policy Issues

Business silence on key public policy issues is no longer an acceptable stance.

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Supply Chain

The 5 Stages of Materiality Grief

These are our tips for navigating the journey from denial to acceptance when embarking on a materiality assessment.

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Sustainability Management | Sustainability Reporting

Three Hot Debates in Sustainability Reporting Today

Throughout our recent discussions with sustainability reporting leaders, we were struck by sharply divided opinions on these three questions.

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Financial Services | Supply Chain

Four Sustainability Management Trends and Opportunities in the Banking Sector

How has corporate responsibility in the banking sector changed since the 2008 financial crisis? What more could be done?

(Re)Making the Case for Sustainability: Effective Sustainability Management through a CEO Transition thumnail image
Sustainability Management

(Re)Making the Case for Sustainability: Effective Sustainability Management through a CEO Transition

To maintain and increase sustainability investment during a CEO transition, answer these guiding questions.