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Sustainability strategy cases
Real-world sustainability scenarios from the Planet x Business Collective, by Casuarina Consulting. Each case pairs a decision under pressure with strategic questions built to sharpen thinking, for teaching, workshops, board prep, or your own reflection.
- Case 004Food & BeverageAdvanced
The Credibility Asset
Ashgrove Confectionery built The Ashgrove Standard to prove its cocoa was traceable and child-labour-free, with a showcase cooperative, The Beacon, to embody it. Then a second documentary revealed the showcase had been quietly starved of volume and blended in unverified cocoa. A strategy case on public commitments, incentives, and conflicts of interest, with five strategic questions. When a company builds a showcase to prove its promise, and the showcase breaks the promise.
5 strategic questions → - Case 003Fashion & RetailAdvanced
The Conscious Collection
AuraStyle spent five years marketing its "Conscious Collection" as ethical and sustainable, until an investigation exposed the claims as fabricated. A strategy case on greenwashing, crisis narrative, and corporate governance, with five strategic questions. When sustainability marketing meets supply chain reality.
5 strategic questions → - Case 002Climate RiskAdvanced
Climate Risk After the Lawsuit
Climate risk management after a landmark lawsuit. When a super typhoon exposes the limits of corporate accountability for climate damages, leaders must balance legal exposure, reputation, and the trade-off between defending the past and investing in the future.
6 strategic questions → - Case 001Supply ChainAdvanced
The Sourcing Mandate
Supply chain governance after an industrial disaster. A strategy case on stakeholder conflict, ESG pressure, and the gap between intention and execution, for professionals, academics, and team leaders. When disaster exposes the limits of voluntary compliance in global supply chains.
6 strategic questions →