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Summer 2015
McKinsey on Sustainability & Resource Productivity, Number 3
Presenting insights and approaches that organizations can use to transform how they manage resources and drive sustainable growth.
Articles in this issue
Commentary
Lower oil prices but more renewables: What’s going on?
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Why the renewables sector is more resilient than ever.
Article
Building the cities of the future with green districts
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Better design can make sense aesthetically, environmentally—and economically.
Article
Rethinking the water cycle
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How moving to a circular economy can preserve our most vital resource.
Commentary
Short-termism and the threat from climate change
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By not acting now, we’re allowing the future costs of the greenhouse-gas crisis to compound. Eventually, the consequences will be irreversible.
Article
From liability to opportunity: How to build food security and nourish growth
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How can public institutions, development agencies, investors, researchers, and producers work together to build a food sector that propels economic growth, meets demand, and helps to maintain social stability?
Book Excerpt
Manufacturing growth through resource productivity
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Resource productivity should be a top priority for manufacturers. This excerpt from a new book presents five core beliefs to drive growth by becoming leaner and greener.
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