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The Big Flaw in Corporate Sustainability Rankings

Harvard Business Review

After all, no matter how green a company's operations and supply chains are, political efforts aimed at weakening environmental laws and regulations can have far greater environmental impact. public companies — their CPA-Ziplin Index — to Newsweek's environmental transparency scores.

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How Companies Can Take a Stand Against Bribery

Harvard Business Review

External standards can also be a powerful tool in support of those efforts, helping companies strengthen ethics and compliance practices by offering a clear framework for action. And consumers are placing a higher and higher value on whether a company has ethical practices, too.