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    Every business is initiated and run with the aim of making profits. As such, every employer must compel his or her employees to work hard to ensure that the business objectives are achieved. Additionally, every business, whether big or small in size have come to the realization that the traditional methods that were used to measure the performance of the business contribute little in matters of the shareholders. Notably, much of the decisions and the policies were meant to ensure that the company

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    sustainability and climate action. Increasing pressure is being put on businesses to create a more sustainable society, this is being done through many business sustainable business efforts. To achieve a sustainable business, it must first start with organizational change. Utilizing Kanter’s change wheel there are ten important pieces that successful sustainable business uses in order to achieve their societal and business goals. The change wheel is an important model for businesses as it offers a dynamic view

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    Sustainable development in a business, although a widely used phrase and idea, has many different meanings and therefore provokes many different responses. Although managing the economic bottom line and protecting social and environment resources is an important aspect of sustainability, it is not the only aspect. For example, sustainability refers greatly to an accounting framework with three parts: social, environment and financial. Commonly known as the Triple Bottom Line. One business that aims

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    “Sustainable” business practices are being touted, or even required, more and more by western society. What is ANZ’s sustainability policy and how is this congruent (or not) with cutting edge sustainability thinking and theory. Does this thinking and practice change across borders? And if so, how does the ANZ’s Australian head office engage with it? Does what they espouse align with the reality of their practice? Over the past few decades, sustainable business practices have become more prevalent

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    Walmart’s Sustainable Business Development The purpose of this paper is to introduce you to the role of sustainable business philosophies and practices of Walmart as well as looking at Walmart’s strategic management perspectives and what type of impact and influences they have on the external forces in the industry. While also focusing on Walmart’s concept of value creation applied to SBD (sustainable business development) and their strategies. Defining Sustainable business philosophies are a system

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    leader in sustainable business and environmental practices. This book goes over the ethical and sustainable business practices that Patagonia has been using for the past 40 years. They started off as a small company called Chouinard Equipment, they sold rugby shirts, ice axes, and much more basic mountain climbing equipment. Throughout the course of this paper I will be discussing, Patagonia’s values, ethical framework, and the different elements that made them a highly sustainable business. Patagonia

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    In today’s world of business the role of leadership team has been to integrate sustainable business practices into the organisations and ethics are key agenda items (Smart et al., 2010).Businesses can be tempted to make short-term gains by turning a blind eye to ethics that will lead to the loss of reputation (Barman et al.,2010). Thierry Pilenko said that “It is in the power of the leaders, stakeholders and employees to make sure that the ethics are the core values in order to maintain good reputation”

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    There are many ways to obtain sustainable business success from ecological, social to sustainable economic growth. Many corporations have become more concerned with greater social responsibility. High sustainable companies have stronger convictions in governance structure in regards to the environmental, social and financial aspects of sustainability (Eccles, Ioannou & Serafeim, 2012). Understanding how to have success and sustainability may pay off in the long run of a company. Societal concern

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    What does sustainable business mean? According to the author Ivy Wigmore, “Sustainable business is the management and coordination of environmental, social and financial demands and concerns to ensure responsible, ethical and ongoing success”(Wigmore, 2013). Sustainable business means to me that building a sustainable business takes hard work and creativity to ensure that the practices one institutes also makes good business and financial sense as well. The qualities that best reflect this model

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    responsibility or sustainable responsible business traces its beginnings from 1950s, shows the modern era of corporate social responsibility or sustainable responsible business. Definitions corporate social responsibility or sustainable responsible business got expanded 1960s and late 1980s. After that till 1990 it had been properly defined and elaborated by lots of researchers and now it has been transformed with new and detailed frameworks. The term of corporate social responsibility or sustainable responsible

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