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In research published in the journal Nature Climate Change, Fuqua School of Business professor Rick Larrick, along with colleagues Adrian Camilleri of the University of Technology Sydney, Dalia Patino-Echeverri of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke, and Shajuti …

Climate change is bad for business.  But can business innovate fast enough and far enough to help us avoid a climate crisis?  A new book by professors Michael Lenox of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and Aaron …

The effects of climate change–from supply chain disruptions to real estate and infrastructure impacts–are expected to present trillions of dollars of direct and indirect impacts to businesses in coming years.  With investors like BlackRock and Fidelity calling on corporations for …

As part of Dow Chemical’s “Elements of Sustainability Series”, Professor Dan Vermeer discusses how methods of design thinking and scenario planning can be productively used to tackle perhaps the world’s most wicked problem: climate change. — RELATED ARTICLES: Business schools …

NEWS RELEASE DURHAM, North Carolina—Feb. 26, 2018 Risks related to climate change are some of the most significant threats facing the global economy, according to the World Economic Forum, which recently released its Global Risks Report 2018.  In a report …

Katherine Neebe, Director of Sustainability at Walmart, discusses how sustainability drives business value for Walmart, why Walmart is acting on climate change, and why every MBA needs to be thinking about social and environmental risks to business in this EDGE …

Dawn Rittenhouse, Director of Sustainable Development at DuPont, talks about growth opportunities, the business case for sustainability, and the challenge of scaling up best practices in this EDGE Chats video.   — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with …

Duke University’s Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment will host the Winter meeting of the U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development (USBCSD) on Jan. 11-12, 2017.  Focused on the theme of “Making Markets, Moving Markets,” the meeting will …

Kristen Sullivan, Deloitte Partner and Lead for Deloitte US’s Sustainability Reporting, Assurance & Compliance Services practice, discusses corporate sustainability reporting, why it matters to businesses and investors, and the hallmarks of best practice in this EDGE Chats video. — RELATED …

Liza Schillo graduated from Duke’s business and environment MEM/MBA joint degree program in 2014. Now, she’s working as a Manager of Product Sustainability at Levi Strauss & Co. at their headquarters in San Francisco, allowing her to turn her lifelong …