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During a period of the Syrian civil war, Lafarge Cement Syria managers established financial arrangements with armed groups, including ISIS, to maintain production at the Jalabiya cement plant, photographed here on February 19, 2018. Delil Souleiman / AFP

Doing business in conflict zones: what companies can learn from Lafarge’s exit from Syria

Leaders and managers must understand the complexity of armed conflicts to make responsible and ethical choices
As early as 1917, the Michelin company invested in plantations to produce rubber in what is now Vietnam. Here, hevea trees are seen in Southeast Asia in 1913. W. F. de Bois Maclaren, The Rubber Tree Book.

How ongoing deforestation is rooted in colonialism and its management practices

The world’s remaining great primary forests, including those in Borneo, the Amazon and the Congo basin, are still threatened by deforestation. This harmful practice often has colonial origins.
Following the Covid-19 emergency, emissions from air transport have been growing faster than from any other mode of transport. Jaromir Chalabala/Shutterstock

Is air travel about to get greener? Our study shows how ‘coopetition’ is helping aircraft companies tackle sustainability

Airbus, Saab, Dassault and others are part of an initiative involving ‘coopetition’, a practice that can help firms tackle complex challenges like sustainability.
While the appointment of just one woman to a board of directors has a positive impact, the benefits become clear and reverberate throughout the company when there are at least three women on the board. (Shutterstock)

Women in senior management: The more the better

The presence of at least three women on a board of directors improves the financial performance of organizations. The effect is similar to the impact of “critical mass” in physics.

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