What business can and should do

Question 1

def. leverage point

Answer 1

places within a complex system where a small shift in one thing can produce big changes in everything

Question 2

describe some take-aways of “PAYING FOR HEALTH CARE

WITH TREES: A WIN - WIN FOR ORANGUTANS AND COMMUNITIES”

Answer 2

1. Radical listening (stakeholder = consultation)
2. Intersectoral (agriculture, conservation, health, education)
3. Positive outcomes in multiple domains (education,
   biodiversity, food security)
4. Ongoing refinement of the ”business model”

Question 3

describe how systems thinking is hard

Answer 3

• There are no right answers
• Dividing the problem into subproblems is not the way to go. You lose characteristics of the system that way
• Cause and effect will not be closely related in time and space
• Beware of quick fixes
• Things may get worse before they get better

Question 4

describe the three parts of the triple bottom line

Answer 4

• planet (environmental performance)
• profit (economic performance)
• people (social performance)

-sustainability at the middle of the venn diagram

Question 5

what are the three ways to define/approach SDG

Answer 5

1. defensive (shareholder value, business considered separately and the most from env and society)
2. Selective (shared value, essentially the triple bottom line)
3. Holistic (system value, business considered as a part of society, and society a part of the environment, transforming business to solve a key SDG challenge)

Question 6

describe difference between CSR and corporate shared value

Answer 6

CSR

• value: doing good
• citizenship, philanthropy and sustainability
• discretionary or in response to external pressure
• separate from profit maximization
• agenda is determined by external reporting and personal preferences
• impact limited by corporate footprint and CSR budget

CSV

• value: economic and societal benefits relative to cost
• joint company and community value creation
• integral to competing
• integral to profit maximization
• agenda is company specific and internally generated
• realigns the entire company budget

Question 7

example of CSR

Answer 7

fair trade purcahsing

Question 8

example of CSV

Answer 8

transforming procurement to increase quality and yield