Our business case research challenges the assumption that corporate responsibility may be the right thing to do, but is not necessarily good for the bottom line. Our four research reports give practical examples of how responsible business can be intrinsically value enhancing.
Buried Treasure: Uncovering the Business Case for Corporate Sustainability seeks to uncover the evidence to test the premise that responsible business is value enhancing. The first large-scale study analysing the business case for sustainability in emerging markets.
Developing Value: The Business Case for Sustainability in Emerging Markets aims to help business managers understand the opportunities, risks and bottom line implications of sustainability strategies.
Corporate Community Investment in Japan is for Japanese companies, or western companies doing business in Japan, who want to learn how they can contribute to a better society in the communities where they operate. The report explores some of the ways companies and incorporated nonprofit organisations can work together to address society’s most pressing needs — and greatest opportunities.
Market Movers: Lessons from a Frontier of Innovation builds on Developing Value by exploring in more detail how some leading companies from emerging economies are understanding and responding to changing social and environmental trends as part of their overall business approach. Market Movers tells the stories of four firms that have managed to find business value in strategies based on sustainability. The firms are driven by world-class business leaders and range across the globe, from Beijing to Sao Paulo – in many cases operating in some of the most challenging environments in which to foster commercial success. The report goes on to draw some lessons from their experiences and to make recommendations as to how other emerging-market businesses might create value from sustainability.
