Sustainable business practices

Send the right signals to the local stakeholders you want to work with.

Local initiatives—driven by necessity and resource constraints—offer scalable solutions for waste reduction, supply chain resilience, and environmental and social leadership.

How the century-old, family-owned company pursues positive social impact, including ambitious climate-change targets, while continuing to grow profits.

A Q&A with Mars CEO Poul Weihrauch from HBR’s Future of Business 2025 live event.

New research finds that when brands link social action to their core business, they earn higher trust, broader appeal, and long-term loyalty from customers.

It’s the best way to anticipate the many secondary effects of change in an interconnected world.

How to pursue a proactive stance in an era of heightened scrutiny.

How to solve the dual problems of market readiness and supplier deadlines.

Approach it as you would any innovation challenge.

How to navigate this regression—and prepare for a resurgence down the line.

What leaders can learn from successful efforts at Flexport and Twilio.

How one company is pushing the industry toward social responsibility

A new framework to help you to determine whether initiatives should be abandoned, need adjustment, or are driving lasting value.

Notable companies retreated from their climate and social responsibility commitments — plus other defining themes.

Leaders must take a step back and recognize some of the key failures that have led to the public’s growing discontent with big business.

The energy transition is first and foremost a physical transformation.

Bayer’s Crop Science division has succeeded with a surprisingly simple approach: ask beneficiaries directly.

To continue making progress on all three fronts, companies should focus on each issue individually.

The framework has its detractors. Here’s a new playbook for responsible business.