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Chris Laszlo States Wal-Mart Decided To Pursue Sustainability Practices As A Defensive Tactic

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  • Date Added : 2/20/2008
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Chris Laszlo

  • Co-founder, Sustainable Value Partners
  • male
  • Caucasian
  • 1958 (Age: 66 years old)
  • Chris Laszlo - Lecture - Sustainable Value Partners
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Chris Laszlo is a partner and co-founder of Sustainable Value Partners, Inc., a firm helping companies create value for shareholders and stakeholders. For nearly ten years prior, he was an executive at Lafarge S.A., a world leader in materials, holding positions as head of strategy, general manager of a manufacturing subsidiary, and vice president of business development. Prior to that he was with Deloitte & Touche, where he consulted to global industry leaders such as Dupont, Toshiba, Avon Products and Renault on strategy.

Chris Laszlo received his undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College. He has a Masters in Economics from Columbia University and he received his Ph.D. with distinction in Economics and Management Science from the University of Paris.

Wal-Mart example. Interesting example because it's ... first of all it's a Fortune 1 company. It's the world's largest with 350 billion in sales, nearly 2 million employees but also interesting for some other reasons including the fact that this really represents a mainstream business, right. This...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 13 Chris Laszlo States Sustainability In Large Organizations Is Becoming Less About Compliance and More About Breakthrough Innovation
  • Chris Laszlo - Lecture - Sustainable Value Partners
  • 2/20/2008
  • Chris Laszlo
  • 3 min. 27 sec.
Video 2 of 13 Chris Laszlo States Environmentalism Has Changed From Stopping The Bad To Fostering The Good
  • Chris Laszlo - Lecture - Sustainable Value Partners
  • 2/20/2008
  • Chris Laszlo
  • 2 min. 35 sec.
Video 3 of 13 Chris Laszlo States Increasing Transparency Is Changing Competitive Environment For Companies
  • Chris Laszlo - Lecture - Sustainable Value Partners
  • 2/20/2008
  • Chris Laszlo
  • 3 min. 25 sec.
Video 4 of 13 Chris Laszlo States Societal Expectations Are Driving Corporate Strategies
  • Chris Laszlo - Lecture - Sustainable Value Partners
  • 2/20/2008
  • Chris Laszlo
  • 1 min. 54 sec.
Video 5 of 13 Chris Laszlo Discusses Environmental, Social and Economic Convergence
  • Chris Laszlo - Lecture - Sustainable Value Partners
  • 2/20/2008
  • Chris Laszlo
  • 0 min. 31 sec.
Video 6 of 13 Chris Laszlo States Environmental Benefits Are Seen As A Plus One My Consumers
  • Chris Laszlo - Lecture - Sustainable Value Partners
  • 2/20/2008
  • Chris Laszlo
  • 2 min. 50 sec.
Video 7 of 13 Chris Laszlo Describes How Corporations Are Pushing Regulators To Enact More Environmental Regulations
  • Chris Laszlo - Lecture - Sustainable Value Partners
  • 2/20/2008
  • Chris Laszlo
  • 2 min. 25 sec.
Video 8 of 13 Chris Laszlo States Wal-Mart Decided To Pursue Sustainability Practices As A Defensive Tactic
  • Chris Laszlo - Lecture - Sustainable Value Partners
  • 2/20/2008
  • Chris Laszlo
  • 2 min. 28 sec.
Video 9 of 13 Chris Laszlo Shares Example of How Wal-Mart Made Trucking Fleet More Sustainable
  • Chris Laszlo - Lecture - Sustainable Value Partners
  • 2/20/2008
  • Chris Laszlo
  • 6 min. 6 sec.
Video 10 of 13 Chris Laszlo Shares Example of Wal-Mart's Changes In Store Operations To Increase Sustainability
  • Chris Laszlo - Lecture - Sustainable Value Partners
  • 2/20/2008
  • Chris Laszlo
  • 2 min. 18 sec.
Video 11 of 13 Chris Laszlo States Sustainability Needs To Be Treated Like Any Other Business Opportunity
  • Chris Laszlo - Lecture - Sustainable Value Partners
  • 2/20/2008
  • Chris Laszlo
  • 1 min. 48 sec.
Video 12 of 13 Chris Laszlo Discusses How Dupont Restructured Itself To Create More Shareholder Value While Also Becoming More Sustainable
  • Chris Laszlo - Lecture - Sustainable Value Partners
  • 2/20/2008
  • Chris Laszlo
  • 3 min. 9 sec.
Video 13 of 13 Chris Laszlo States Companies Need To Address Societal, Environmental and Social Issues To Remain Competitive
  • Chris Laszlo - Lecture - Sustainable Value Partners
  • 2/20/2008
  • Chris Laszlo
  • 0 min. 59 sec.

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