Zinc LLP incorporated sustainability into its Mission Statement as part of their strategic planning organizational restructuring process. Management was jolted when their hopes of increasing profitability did not materialize. In fact, profits decline. Advise Zinc’s management, with an example, on how profitability can decline when sustainability is included in the mission statement.

Zinc LLP incorporated sustainability into its Mission Statement as part of their strategic planning organizational restructuring process. Management was jolted when their hopes of increasing profitability did not materialize. In fact, profits decline. Advise Zinc’s management, with an example, on how profitability can decline when sustainability is included in the mission statement.

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