Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 28 November 2017
Length: 35 pages
Data source: Published sources
Abstract
This case explores the sustainability efforts at Novozymes, the world's largest and oldest producer of industrial enzymes. In 2015, the Danish company became the world's first company known to have crafted a new corporate strategy based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since then, the company used the SDGs as a lens to screen products, business models and partnerships, and prioritized innovation decisions that could deliver extraordinary societal and business impact. This case study asks students to evaluate the success of those efforts and to outline what the company should do going forward.
Industry:
Size:
> 1 billion; Large
Other setting(s):
2000-2017
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Abstract
This case explores the sustainability efforts at Novozymes, the world's largest and oldest producer of industrial enzymes. In 2015, the Danish company became the world's first company known to have crafted a new corporate strategy based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since then, the company used the SDGs as a lens to screen products, business models and partnerships, and prioritized innovation decisions that could deliver extraordinary societal and business impact. This case study asks students to evaluate the success of those efforts and to outline what the company should do going forward.
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Industry:
Size:
> 1 billion; Large
Other setting(s):
2000-2017