Topic 6: Sustainable business (b): Sustainable business and sustainable business strategy

Topic 6 Readings

Core (required) readings:

Eccles, R. G., & Serafeim, G. 2013. Innovating for a Sustainable Strategy. Harvard Business Review 91(5): 50-60.

Esty, D. C., & Charnovitz, S. 2012. Green Rules to Drive Innovation. Harvard Business Review, 90(3): 120-123.

Hart, S. L. 1997. Beyond greening: strategies for a sustainable world. Harvard Business Review, 75(1): 67-76.

  

Additional (optional) readings and resources:

Web sites:

These web sites provide various resources on sustainable business issues from a reformist perspective:

  • The World Business Council for Sustainable Development:   
  • GreenBiz:   

These sites take a more critical look at the corporate sector and provide some alternate narratives on what might otherwise be presented by corporations on their own activities.

  • CorpWatch:  
  • Crocodyl: