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Jim Urquhart / Reuters

What the Early Days of the Cable Industry Reveal About Silicon Valley

John Malone, the man behind the bid to merge Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable, made his name in an upstart business that resembles the tech landscape today.

  • Matt Thompson
May 30, 2015
John Gress / Reuters

One Retailer's Unusual Message: 'Don't Buy So Much Stuff'

As part of its business strategy, Patagonia has for years been imploring potential customers to purchase fewer things.

  • Saki Knafo
May 29, 2015
MoshikBrin / Netafim

Selling the Desert's Water-Conservation Lessons to the Rest of the World

The Israeli company Netafim has developed an irrigation system that can grow plants with much less water, which has proven to be a good line of business amid increasing drought.

  • Saki Knafo
May 28, 2015
Darhill Crooks / The Atlantic

Toward a Corporate World Where Sustainability Is an Expectation, Not a Goal

Paradoxically, the companies that are the most socially responsible may be the ones that are the least conspicuous about their social responsibility.

  • Christine Bader
May 22, 2015
The Atlantic

Beyond the Chief Sustainability Officer

Companies are full of roles—big and small—that should be charged with thinking about the environmental and human costs of doing business.

  • Christine Bader
May 20, 2015
The Atlantic

Whose Job Is It to Prevent Worker Abuse Abroad?

Supply-chain managers are central to making sure a company doesn’t exploit its employees in factories around the world or pollute the environment. Yet their task is increasingly Sisyphean in today’s economy.

  • Christine Bader
May 18, 2015
The Atlantic

CEOs Aren't as Powerful as Most People Think

There’s a saying that managing is like standing in a cemetery: lots of people under you, but no one is listening.

  • Christine Bader
May 14, 2015
Lauren Giordano / The Atlantic

To Do Good in the World, Get a Better HR Department

Human resources is often thought of as an endless source of bureaucratic hassles, but finding the right people is the beginning of getting any company on a path of positive impact.

  • Christine Bader
May 13, 2015
Lauren Giordano / The Atlantic

The Power of Sustainability-First Design

For many companies, social responsibility seems to come as an afterthought. But if product developers are onboard, it can become the core of a business.

  • Christine Bader
May 12, 2015
Lauren Giordano / The Atlantic

Corporate Lawyers Can Be More Than Naysayers-in-Chief

In-house counsel can get a bad rap, but with a little creativity, they can enable their companies to do right by workers and the environment.

  • Christine Bader
May 8, 2015
Darhil Crooks / The Atlantic

What Do Chief Sustainability Officers Actually Do?

More and more companies have a senior executive in charge of sustainability, but that doesn't make those companies automatically green.

  • Christine Bader
May 6, 2015
Darhil Crooks / The Atlantic

Who Can Push for Change Within a Company?

Corporate structures can be mystifying, and sometimes it's hard to tell who on the inside has actual power.

  • Christine Bader
May 4, 2015
Reuters

Why Corporations Fail to Do the Right Thing

Six reasons why international business remains dangerous to workers and the environment, even when its leaders genuinely want to do better

  • Christine Bader
April 21, 2014
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