Peter Winick

JUNE 13, 2024

What are those human factors that we really need to take into account if we’re going to create thriving, sustainable organizations? And when you look at the amount of time and energy and the effort that your organization has to spend to yield a decent return from them, it could be frustrating, right? There than and you are right.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2011

I'll admit to being incredibly conflicted about this source of energy and I usually punt when asked the question. But we have to take the recent events into account. The reality is that we're debating energy strategy anyway, for reasons ranging from national security to national competitiveness to climate change.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

Last year, networking giant Cisco Systems worked with one of its contract manufacturers in Malaysia to deploy 1,500 energy and temperature sensors on its manufacturing equipment. As Kern put it, “We always manage costs so closely, but we weren’t really measuring energy — we didn’t know how much we spent!

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Here's a surprising new fact about energy in the United States: the percentage of our electricity coming from the greenest sources — that is, the non-hydroelectric renewables such as solar, wind, geothermal and biomass — has doubled in just four years to nearly 6 percent. The renewable energy industry is growing very fast.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

When addressing the company's aspirational goal of using 100% renewable energy, Bedore said two noteworthy things. First, 75 percent of Walmart's California stores now have "some kind of renewable energy system." And the commitment to green energy has helped Walmart take third place on the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

The money collected will go to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and carbon offsets , allowing Microsoft to declare itself carbon neutral. Microsoft seems more interested in lowering overall carbon emissions and energy use, not just neutrality in and of itself. Accountability throughout the organization.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Today, Philips produces everything from automated external defibrillators to energy-efficient lighting for entire cities. Accountabilities and responsibilities were shared between products, segments, countries, regions, functions, and headquarters. It even applies its smart sensor technology to teeth brushing. Pricing model.

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