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For Sustainable Success, Sustainability Needs to be the Responsibility of Boards and CEOs

Dr. Yılmaz Argüden and Gizem Argüden Oskay state, “A broad and holistic approach must be adopted at every step, from thought to incentive systems, and from strategy to implementation for sustainability.”

For Sustainable Success, Sustainability Needs to be the Responsibility of Boards and CEOs

Harvard Business Review Türkiye

Leading companies align executive incentive mechanisms with strategic sustainability goals to ensure that top management prioritizes sustainability and focuses on key issues. As we enter a period where we assess how we can most effectively integrate sustainability into our ways of doing business, it becomes critical to clearly define the roles of boards of directors and top executives who will lead in this area. To ensure the widespread adoption of sustainability practices in decision-making processes, boards must hold company management explicitly accountable for the company’s sustainability impact.

Harvard Business Review Türkiye, April 2022

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