Cases June 30, 2009
Kapai New Zealand: Eat Your Greens!
Case Abstract By August 2007, Kapai New Zealand Limited had grown from an idea to two salad stores with two more on the way, and ambitions for national and international […]
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Cases June 30, 2009
Jamii Bora and Kaputei Town: Affordable and Sustainable Housing for Urban Slumdwellers
Case Abstract In late 1999, Ingrid Munro founded a savings-related microloan organisation in Nairobi, Kenya with 50 women who had previously been desperate street beggars. The organisation is called “Jamii […]
Cases June 30, 2009
Michelin’s Strategic Partnership with Indigenous People
Case Abstract In June 2004, Jim Morrison, Human Resources Manager of Michelin’s Bridgewater Plant, was reflecting on the Aboriginal Workforce Participation Initiative (AWPI) Partnership Agreement that the company signed the […]
Cases June 30, 2009
The Ambrose Hotel: Eco-Labeling Strategies for Sustainable Lodging
Case Abstract The case traces the story of the Ambrose Hotel, a hotel based in California whose owner has invested in green practices and is interested in pursuing an eco-labeling […]
Cases June 30, 2008
Exiting in a State of Grace: Can Death be Sustainable?
Case Abstract By August 2007, Deborah Cairns and Fran Reilly had been in business just a year and their alternative, family-directed funeral business had already won a regional sustainable business […]
Cases June 30, 2008
Scojo Foundation: A vision for Growth at the Base of the Pyramid
Case abstract Scojo Foundation uses a market-based approach to sell affordable reading glasses to the poor. While it had been another successful year for Scojo, Jordan Kassalow, Chairman and […]
Cases June 30, 2008
Procter and Gamble’s PuR Water Purifier: The hunt for a Sustainable Business Model
Case abstract Over the last 6 years, under the leadership of Dr. Greg Allgood, director of the Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program, P&G has helped to distribute 65 million PuR […]
Cases June 30, 2008
Living Homes
Case abstract Steve Glenn, a successful internet start-up entrepreneur, returned to his love of architecture and commitment to sustainability by creating a company that would provide signature, green, prefabricated homes […]
Cases June 30, 2008
Greenpeace
Case Abstract Nearly all environmental organizations have a similar aim; to stop the degradation of the natural environment. However, the strategies which environmental organizations choose to employ are sometimes starkly […]
Cases June 30, 2007
The Body Shop: Social Responsibility or Sustained Greenwashing?
Case Abstract This case is about the issue of sustainability rhetoric and greenwashing. In March 2006, The Body Shop International Plc. (Body Shop), a retailer of natural-based and ethically-sourced beauty […]