KeHE Distributors LLC., a $5.5 billion in revenues Illinois-based B Corp certified supplier of natural and organic food products across North America conducted a pilot study in 2020-2021 involving switching to shore power (using electricity instead of a truck's engine power) in bringing the temperature to desired levels in the refrigerated containers in their trucking fleet. The switch would have a positive effect on the environment in terms of lower carbon emissions in addition to cost savings. Tom Harden, KeHE's Senior Manager of Fleet Assets along with Laura McCord, the organization's Executive Director of Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility, had to decide on whether to seek approval for the project using both financial and sustainability metrics or to conduct an additional pilot study to better understand the controllable and uncontrollable factors that led to cost savings. The company had done poorly on the environmental dimension in the 2020 certification. Two factors made the decision both urgent and important. One was the necessity of applying early to receive rebates from state agencies that would help lower the capital cost of the project. The second was the fact that the company was facing a B Corp certification process in two years' time that involved more stringent criteria on the environmental front.

Our Santa Fe River, Inc, is a nonprofit organization committed to protecting the waters and lands supporting the aquifer, springs, and rivers that drain into the Santa Fe River in northern Florida. Michael Roth, president of Santa Fe River, is faced with the decision of how best to lead this organization in protecting the Santa Fe River watershed from Seven Springs Water Company (Seven Springs) and Nestle Waters North America's (NWNA) intent to withdraw 1.152 million gallons of spring water per day for NWNA's bottled water business. Seven Springs Water and NWNA had filed an appeal to the Division of Administrative Hearings (DOAH) preempting the Suwannee River Water Management District's (SRWMD) proposed denial of the renewal of the water use permit to source water from the springs at Devil's Eye Complex, which was part of the watershed for the Santa Fe River. Michael Roth and Our Santa Fe River (OSFR) board needed to decide on the optimal response to support efforts to finalize the denial of this water use permit.

Baldor Specialty Foods, a family owned, New York City-based food intermediary, served business customers in the country's north east corridor. A key activity that Baldor performed, called the "Fresh Cuts" program, was sourcing and preparing various vegetables for use by its customers. An outgrowth of Fresh Cuts was the approximately 150,000 pounds per week of produce scraps generated that was unfit for sale. Thomas McQuillan, Baldor's Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Culture, and Sustainability was charged with the disposal of these scraps in an environmentally friendly way that would also help the company's bottom line. After McQuillan designated Baldor's food scraps as "SparCs," ("scraps" spelled backwards) he and the company had early success in selling "SparCs" primarily for animal consumption and partly for human use. However, in 2018, waste disposal continued to be a significant cost for the company. At an upcoming offsite company retreat, McQuillan had to present a plan to address Baldor's food waste disposal that would help the company both financially and, in its sustainability standing.