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2. C. Laszlo and N. Zhexembayeva, Embedded Sustainability, The Next Big Competitive Advantage (Stanford, CA: Greenleaf Publishing Limited, 2011), 85.

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12. Ibid.

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4. Based on Chris Laszlo and Nadya Zhexembayeva’s Embedded Sustainability, the Next Big Competitive Advantage (Stanford, CA: Greenleaf Publishing Limited, 2011), 16.

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6. C. Laslo and N. Zhexembayeva, Embedded Sustainability, 164.

7. Rowledge, Igniting the Core.

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9. Kevin Hagen, April 11, 2013, personal interview.

2. John Koriath, August 28, 2012, personal interview.

3. Mary Kay Chess, August 27, 2012, personal interview.

4. Ibid.

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6. Ibid.

7. Chess, personal interview.

8. Kevin Hagen, January 11, 2013, personal interview.

9. Ibid.

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11. Ibid.

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18. Anderson, phone interview.

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11. Ibid.

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19. Terra Anderson, August 8, 2012, phone interview.

20. Gifford Pinchot III, May 24, 2013, personal interview.

21. Rowledge, Igniting the Core.

22. Pinchot, personal interview.

23. Ibid.

24. Ibid.

2. Bob Willard, January 23, 2013, video conference interview.

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8. Rowledge, Igniting the Core.

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13. Rowledge, Igniting the Core.

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19. Ibid.

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2. Ben Packard, January 7, 2013, personal interview.

3. David A. Lubin and Daniel C. Esty, “Lessons for Leaders from Previous Game-Changing Megatrends,” Harvard Business Review, May 2010.

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20. Derek Eisel, December 4, 2012, personal interview.

2. John Koriath, August 28, 2012, personal interview.

3. Dawn Danby, December 11, 2012, personal interview.

4. Capitini, personal interview.

5. L. Rowledge, Igniting the Core: Employee Engagement and Sustainability (Mercer Island, WA: EKOS International, 2010), retrieved from www.ekosi.com/index.php?page=engaging-employees-in-sustainability.

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7. Molly Ray, August 23, 2012, personal interview.