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Is sustainability taking the back seat during the pandemic crisis?

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Covid-response-booklet-vG.pdf
Twelve lessons for the rest of the world.

 

Businesses are doing what they their best to accelerate the development of an economy that is more equitable, inclusive and sustainable.

This Week’s Must Read is an insight piece from Corporate Citizen on how companies coped with Covid19, and how sustainability fits in their strategic agenda for recovery.

Corporate Citizen

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Thought Leadership

Today and Tomorrow: COVID-19 and the Increased Relevance of Corporate Sustainability | Blog | BSR
At GlobeScan and BSR, we spend our time working with some of the largest businesses in the world. We wanted to understand both the immediate effect on the sustainability efforts of the companies we work with and also to begin to understand what long-term implications they are anticipating as a resul…

 

What corporate sustainability efforts are being made by companies and what are their long-term implications as a result of the pandemic?

 David Stearns@BSR

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What’s Next for Sustainable Business? » SustainAbility
Welcome to SustainAbility’s annual trends report, in which we explore global sustainability issues and trends that will shape the business agenda in 2020. This year, our report not only looks at the issues and challenges but also highlights some of the most effective emerging solutions. Tweet This S…

 

This annual report from SustainAbility explores global sustainability issues and trends that will shape the business agenda in 2020.

Aiste Brackley, Bron York and Nicola Ledsham@SustainAbility

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Towards a Sustainable World through Crises: Reflect, Reassess, Reimagine – Frontlobe Insights
The post-coronavirus world will unveil a new social contract between businesses and consumers and mandating corporates to create crisis resilient business strategies.

 

During such an unprecedented crisis, getting all global stakeholders to collaborate will be crucial to speed up the research and development and deal with present and future crises causing possible disruption to economies, environment and societies.

N.P. Tushar and Mayank Jain@Frontlobe Insights

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Companies will have to get creative to advance sustainability amid crisis
As COVID-19 plunges the world into recession, consumers will be more sensitive to price.

 

During the pandemic , consumer data showed rising sales of products with sustainability features. The current crisis could also instigate a new level of corporate creativity and innovation along the sustainability value chain.

Denise Dahlhoff@The Conference Board

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This week’s Consulting News

ServiceNow : and Deloitte Extend Strategic Alliance Agreement to Transform Employee Experiences for the Next Normal | MarketScreener
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - July 8, 2020 -ServiceNow and Deloitte announced today that the two organizations have extended their strategic alliance to help customers accelerate their HR... | July 8, 2020

| MarketScreener

Philips launches mobile ICUs in India to help fight Covid-19
Royal Philips has launched mobile intensive care units (ICUs) in India to help fight the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, as well as other emergencies.

| Hospital Management

Keurig Dr Pepper Advances Sustainable Packaging Commitments with New $10 Million Investment to Improve Polypropylene Recycling in the U.S.
/PRNewswire/ -- Keurig Dr Pepper (NYSE: KDP) today announced its founding sponsorship of The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition (the...

| PRNewswire

Business leadership diversification slows in UK and US
Despite mounting evidence suggesting diverse firms perform better than businesses with more homogenous leadership, progress on gender balance in senior levels of global businesses continues to procee

| Consultancy.uk

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By drawing on his expertise in the plastic industry industry, Geoff Norby provides a highly relevant perspective on the importance of sustainability and how mindsets are shifting in the business world.

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