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This case focuses on Birgit Cameron, senior director of Patagonia Provisions, and her colleagues as they attempt to increase the scale of sustainable regenerative organic agriculture in two ways.
- Topics on: Food, Impact
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In 2019, global food company General Mills committed to advancing regenerative agriculture on one million acres of farmland by 2030. It was a risky proposal because a supply chain for regeneratively-grown ingredients doesn’t exist and the company doesn’t own the acreage.
- Topics on: Food, Impact
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This case describes the first investment decision of Tyson Ventures, the venture capital arm of Tyson Foods—the largest protein producer in the United States and one of the largest in the world.
- Topics on: Food, Impact, Strategy
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Jasmine Crowe founded Goodr to redirect food waste to people in need. Now a profitable enterprise, she’s searching for Series A funding and encountering pushback.
- Topics on: Food, Impact, Strategy
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- Topics on: Food, Operations, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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Whole Foods has successfully rolled out a new store in a low-income neighborhood of Detroit and company leaders are looking to scale the model to Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood and beyond. Chicago would offer $11 million…
- Topics on: Food, Impact, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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This case focuses on Dell’s efforts to develop an open-source, scalable, and cost-effective supply chain capable of delivering ocean plastics waste to its production facilities, and potentially to those of partnering companies through a consortium.
- Topics on: Circular Economy, Impact
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Founded in 2010, in just one decade, the Swiss company On had established itself as a main player in global sports footwear and apparel.
- Topics on: Circular Economy, Impact, Strategy
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Erica Ocampo, sustainability and advocacy manager at The Dow Chemical Company, is getting ready to present her report on the pilot Energy Bag program to her boss.
- Topics on: Circular Economy, Impact
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This case describes TerraCycle’s history as an innovative recycling platform and focuses on the business model of its newest endeavor, Loop.
- Topics on: Circular Economy, Strategy
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Plastic has become essential to global day-to-day activities, yet it is also causing extreme environmental degradation.
- Topics on: Circular Economy, Impact, Strategy
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AptDeco, a used furniture marketplace, was growing rapidly in the tri-state area.
- Topics on: Circular Economy, Economics, Reporting and Measurement, Strategy
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Erica Ocampo, sustainability and advocacy manager at The Dow Chemical Company, is getting ready to present her report on the pilot Energy Bag program to her boss. The waste-to-energy program has been met with success in…
- Topics on: Circular Economy, Impact, Investing, Policy, Statistics, Technology
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This case explores the debate over which sustainability philosophy should drive a corporation’s strategy: circular economy, green growth, or degrowth. The case uses IKEA and its enormously successful “fast furniture” business…
- Topics on: Circular Economy, Impact, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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In 2018, the Seattle City Council unanimously voted 9-0 for a tax that would require companies whose annual revenue surpassed $20 million to pay the city $275 per employee per year.
- Topics on: Circular Economy, Impact, Strategy
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Environmental racism describes the unequal burden of environmental hazards placed on disadvantaged communities through systems, policies, and practices.
- Topics on: Impact
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Industrial agriculture feeds the modern world but its practices, such as monocropping and use of chemicals, have caused significant damage to the environment and food supply.
- Topics on: Food, Impact, Strategy
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Imperfect Foods is a grocery delivery company providing lower-cost items that may have aesthetic shortcomings and would typically be discarded.
- Topics on: Food, Impact
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- Topics on: Impact, Statistics, Strategy, Technology
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- Topics on: Impact, Investing, Statistics, Strategy