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Human-Centered Leadership | Renee Moorefield

Peter Winick

Peter and Renee discuss the differences between internal and external certified guides, highlighting the unique challenges and benefits of each approach. 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?

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Walmart Broadens ROI for Green Power

Harvard Business Review

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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Microsoft Taxes Itself

Harvard Business Review

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. Risk reduction.

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How Exactly Will We Move Away from Fossil Fuels?

Harvard Business Review

The logic, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) and banks like HSBC, is this: as the world migrates away from carbon-based fuels, trillions of barrels of oil and billions of tons of coal — the assets sitting on the books of energy companies — will become “stranded,” or worthless. Let’s quickly look at each.

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More CEOs Should Tell Anti-Environment Shareholders to Buzz Off

Harvard Business Review

At the company’s latest shareholder meeting, a think tank, NCPPR, pushed Apple to stop pursuing environmental initiatives like investing in renewable energy. That leaves at least three other deep benefits to investing in green power on your own facilities in ways that may take longer to pay back in traditional terms.

ROI 9
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Selling Products Is Good. Selling Projects Can Be Even Better

Harvard Business Review

Selling experiences provides intangible benefits that are hard to quantify and measure, often focusing on meeting the needs of one single customer, preventing any mass production. Today, Philips produces everything from automated external defibrillators to energy-efficient lighting for entire cities. Pricing model. Quality control.