November 2018
Intermediate to advanced
335 pages
8h 39m
English
The final element of the Scorecard section on Governance and Leadership addresses the broad subject of reporting, especially to key external audiences.
To truly grasp the complexities of sustainability reporting, it is best to look at complex situations where a highly visible CEO took a stance on sustainability. The Monsanto evolution since the late 1980s is a case in point.
In 1997, Monsanto’s (then) CEO Robert Shapiro spun off the company’s chemical operations into a separate company (Solutia). He focused the “new” Monsanto on biology and agriculture (combined with chemistry) under the banner of “Food, Health, Hope.”
Following the Solutia spin-off, Monsanto issued its annual report, packaged ...