In April 2024, the founders of GOAT Vintage (GOAT), a sustainable clothing brand based in Hamilton, Ontario, were reviewing their business and determining how they were going to scale it without compromising their sustainable values. Informed by the fast-fashion industry and its issues, GOAT followed a circular economy model to justify a more sustainable future of fashion. The founders needed to understand how their business affected the industry, .....more

Teaching note for product W37600.

Teaching note for product W37021.

In May 2023, the Canadian Competition Bureau launched an investigation into greenwashing allegations by Greenpeace Canada, an international environmental agency group, against Pathways Alliance, a coalition consisting of the six largest Canadian oil sands companies with a shared goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.<br><br>It is now October 2023. As a representative of the Bureau, you are tasked with assessing whether Pathways .....more

New Zealand’s economy was based on agriculture, which comprised 50 per cent of the country’s national greenhouse gas emissions. In 2008, the government imposed a cap-and-trade system—known as the Emissions Trading System (ETS)—but had excluded the agriculture industry at the time. Recently, the government had been considering imposing a carbon tax at the farm level by 2025 to incentivize livestock farmers to reduce their emissions. However, there .....more

Teaching note for product W39722.

This case explores the environmental, financial, and social implications associated with food waste in the United States prison system. By studying a specific US correctional facility, Dade Correctional Institution, students will analyze and discuss the implications of food waste in prisons, drawing connections between food waste and the broader systems that are influenced as a result. Students will discuss the financial and social implications of .....more

Teaching note for product W39401.

In a letter to its members in September 2022, London Food Co-op (the Co-op) in London, Ontario, shared that it was struggling with a number of challenges. The pandemic had taken a toll on the Co-op’s financial position, to the extent that its viability was at risk. The main challenges it faced were decreasing sales, low membership, and a lack of awareness of the Co-op among Londoners. One of the managers of the Co-op needed to find solutions to help .....more

Teaching note for product W34527.