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MAY 2011
High energy prices and the global economy’s eastward shift are changing the formula for success. Newcomers must build capabilities, and incumbents must sharpen value propositions.
Dow Corning’s Stephanie Burns and Gregg Zank talk about successful approaches to new-product and business-model innovation.
FEBRUARY 2010
With oil prices squeezed, now is the time for oil and gas companies to focus on operational excellence. What lessons can managers draw from world-class operators in the business?
Oil and natural gas companies play a central role in CO2 emissions. How can the industry meet the challenge from climate change regulations?
JUNE 2010
South Africa faces a growing gap between water supply and demand. The most effective solutions will cater to the specific agricultural, industrial, and domestic needs of the country’s different basins.
JANUARY 2010
There is great potential to reduce energy consumption and minimize its total cost by using existing technologies—and without changing the everyday habits of consumers.
SEPTEMBER 2009
Solar power is poised to grow into a reliable alternative energy source, promising lower carbon emissions and decreased dependence on fossil fuels. What technologies are currently jostling for leadership in the market?
AUGUST 2009
Only a collaboration between the two countries will create an environment where clean-energy technologies can thrive.
NOVEMBER 2009
The US biofuels industry must address midstream ethanol distribution bottlenecks if it hopes to deliver next-generation ethanol in a cost-effective manner.
JUNE 2009
An interactive graphic examines the growth of global energy and petroleum demand based on scenarios accounting for GDP and other factors, including the potential reduction in demand through increased energy productivity.
DECEMBER 2009
For many companies, water efficiency is a long-term requirement for staying in business, a big commercial opportunity, or both.
The chairman of Nestlé explains why water is “by far the most valuable resource on this planet” and what we must do to conserve it.
The solution to water scarcity, in part, will come from new technologies for better managing water as a resource. But to make these technologies more effective, business and policy leaders will need to work more closely to implement them.
Tom Albanese explains how Rio Tinto is adapting its operations to a future when climate change may make the world’s dry parts drier and wet parts wetter.
JANUARY 2011
A new index shows mixed results in the country’s push for sustainable urban development.
FEBRUARY 2011
Large cities may be the ideal test track for the mass market. Catalyzing early adoption could take less than most auto executives and policy makers think.
AUGUST 2010
As with climate change a few years ago, executives are now beginning to recognize the importance of biodiversity for their future strategies. Many are also discovering business opportunities, not just threats.
Africa’s climate already poses grave risks to the continent’s people and economies, and global warming promises to intensify the problem. A factual risk-management solution can help.
NOVEMBER 2010
Shokri Ghanem explains his hopes to expand the role of the private sector and to separate the functions of regulator and operator.
APRIL 2010
Schlumberger’s CEO reflects on the future of oil, the importance of investing in R&D, and the lessons he’s learned about leading a borderless company.
MARCH 2010
Shell’s executive vice president and CIO talks about the company’s never-ending transformation process.
McKinsey’s Jeremy Oppenheim analyzes the impact the recent climate conference will have on businesses and economies around the globe.
OCTOBER 2009
Koushik Chatterjee discusses the Indian multinational’s approach to outbound M&A—and its response to the global financial crisis.
The Brookings Institution’s Ken Lieberthal discusses the opportunities he sees for a China–US clean-energy partnership going into December’s climate change conference.
MAY 2009
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