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Sustainability

Real competitive advantage through sustainability. How to get it? Through five “circular” business models that bring you closer to what your customers want. And act as a wellspring of innovation.

Overview

Buy and own? That’s so yesterday’s model

With the Product as a Service business model, product longevity, reusability and sharing are no longer seen as cannibalization risks, but instead, as drivers of revenue and reduced costs.
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Today's forecast: Hurricanes, ice storms, extreme heat, tornadoes

Globally, extreme weather events resulted in $175 billion in losses over the last decade. Now, business and government are factoring climate change into their strategic planning and long-term investment decisions. Here’s how digital technologies are enabling climate resilience.
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Using digital tech to spin the circular economy

In the digitally powered circular economy, business models focus on renewal, sharing and focus. And the shortest path to sustainable, profitable growth isn’t a straight line.
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Recent articles on this subject

Buy and own? That’s so yesterday’s model (March 2015)

Today's forecast: Hurricanes, ice storms, extreme heat, tornadoes (March 2015)

Using digital tech to spin the circular economy (January 2015)

A failure to communicate? (January 2015)

Portrait of a disruptive new business model (January 2015)

Interview: Jeremy Rifkin, president, TIR Consulting Group | The new economic paradigm (February 2014)

Why green is the new gold (December 2013)

Interview: Felipe Calderón, former president, Mexico | Green Growth: How to manage a false dilemma (June 2013)

Sustainable organizations? Start with sustainable procurement (February 2013)

Holistic, inclusive, robust: How end-to-end sustainable systems drive business value (February 2013)

How chief strategy officers can advance business value through sustainability (November 2012)

Why a sustainable supply chain is good business (October 2012)

Rise of the Intelligent City (June 2011)

Bright ideas (June 2011)

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