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In 2008, Leila Janah founded Sama (formerly Samasource) with the view that providing access to outsourced digital work was an effective way to lift low-income communities worldwide out of poverty.
Reference 6749
Published 25 Mar 2022
Length 22 page(s)
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
In 2008, Leila Janah founded Sama (formerly Samasource) with the view that providing access to outsourced digital work was an effective way to lift low-income communities worldwide out of poverty.
In May 2020, Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest mining company, destroyed a cave system in Juukan Gorge, in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Reference 6731
Published 16 Jan 2023
Length 26 page(s)
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
Industry Mining & Metals
In May 2020, Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest mining company, destroyed a cave system in Juukan Gorge, in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia.
In May 2020, Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest mining company, destroyed a cave system in Juukan Gorge, in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Reference 6731
Published 16 Jan 2023
Length 6 page(s)
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
Industry Mining & Metals
In May 2020, Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest mining company, destroyed a cave system in Juukan Gorge, in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia.
This case describes the ESG journey of Pro-invest Group, an asset management and investment firm specialising in private equity real estate across the globe.
Reference 6729
Published 14 Apr 2022
Length 20 page(s)
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
Industry Real Estate, Private Equity
This case describes the ESG journey of Pro-invest Group, an asset management and investment firm specialising in private equity real estate across the globe.
As late as 2020, the supply chain of the global chocolate industry was characterized by modern slavery and child labour, poverty, dire living conditions and deforestation. While players in the cocoa industry had launched certification and in-house sustainability programmes, experts claimed that these have had limited impact.
Reference 6616
Published 07 Jun 2021
Length 14 page(s)
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
As late as 2020, the supply chain of the global chocolate industry was characterized by modern slavery and child labour, poverty, dire living conditions and deforestation. While players in the cocoa industry had launched certification and in-house sustainability programmes, experts claimed that these have had limited impact.
Since its inception in 2015, the 2030 Agenda for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) has provided a blueprint for shared prosperity in a sustainable world — a world where all people live productive, vibrant, and peaceful lives on a healthy planet. With less than a decade to go, we need to ask if we are laying the right foundation to achieve the SDGs. How “SDG-smart” are we?
Reference 6604
Published 27 May 2021
Length 79 page(s)
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
Industry Consumer Goods, Food and Beverages Production
Since its inception in 2015, the 2030 Agenda for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) has provided a blueprint for shared prosperity in a sustainable world — a world where all people live productive, vibrant, and peaceful lives on a healthy planet. With less than a decade to go, we need to ask if we are laying the right foundation to achieve the SDGs. How “SDG-smart” are we?
Jacqueline Novogratz quits a prestigious banking job to pursue a career in development but discovers that achieving real impact is harder than she had imagined, especially as grant-funded non-profits often lack the skills and accountability to be really effective.
Reference 6551
Published 12 Nov 2019
Length 4 page(s)
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
Industry Financial Services
Jacqueline Novogratz quits a prestigious banking job to pursue a career in development but discovers that achieving real impact is harder than she had imagined, especially as grant-funded non-profits often lack the skills and accountability to be really effective.
Corporations are increasingly held responsible for the products they source and the sustainability of their supply chains. It was to meet this need that EcoVadis, a sustainability rating agency, was founded in 2007 by Pierre-François Thaler (INSEAD MBA, 1999) and Frédéric Trinel to bridge the information gap between corporate buyers and their suppliers.
Reference 6535
Published 20 Jan 2020
Length 13 page(s)
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
Corporations are increasingly held responsible for the products they source and the sustainability of their supply chains. It was to meet this need that EcoVadis, a sustainability rating agency, was founded in 2007 by Pierre-François Thaler (INSEAD MBA, 1999) and Frédéric Trinel to bridge the information gap between corporate buyers and their suppliers.
This case focuses on the contribution of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), an American trade organization based on an industry-wide collaboration and a multi-stakeholder approach, to the fashion industry. The Higg Index is a self-assessment tool that aims to measure and reduce the environmental and social impacts of apparel supply chains.
Reference 6437
Published 19 Dec 2018
Length 12 page(s)
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
Industry Textiles, Apparel and Fashion
This case focuses on the contribution of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), an American trade organization based on an industry-wide collaboration and a multi-stakeholder approach, to the fashion industry. The Higg Index is a self-assessment tool that aims to measure and reduce the environmental and social impacts of apparel supply chains.
Kiva is an online platform that sources crowdfunding for low-income borrowers. By 2018 it has facilitated $1.1 billion in loans to 2.5 million borrowers worldwide.
Reference 6433
Published 24 Sep 2018
Length 26 page(s)
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
Industry Financial Services
Kiva is an online platform that sources crowdfunding for low-income borrowers. By 2018 it has facilitated $1.1 billion in loans to 2.5 million borrowers worldwide.
A manager rejects a consultant’s request for a location transfer because he voted for Donald Trump. She does not want to bring a Trump supporter into her office. Is this discrimination ethical?
Reference 6418
Published 25 Jun 2018
Length 1 page(s)
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
A manager rejects a consultant’s request for a location transfer because he voted for Donald Trump. She does not want to bring a Trump supporter into her office. Is this discrimination ethical?
A start-up founder raises money from unsophisticated angel investors, and offers them the right to invest in future funding rounds (pro rata rights). Later, under pressure from a venture capitalist to minimize dilution, the founder deliberately does not remind the original angels of their opportunity to invest in the new funding round. She is not breaking any laws.
Reference 6414
Published 25 Jun 2018
Length 2 page(s)
Topic Responsibility
Region Global
A start-up founder raises money from unsophisticated angel investors, and offers them the right to invest in future funding rounds (pro rata rights). Later, under pressure from a venture capitalist to minimize dilution, the founder deliberately does not remind the original angels of their opportunity to invest in the new funding round. She is not breaking any laws.