Stuart L Hart is the S C Johnson Chair of Sustainable Global Enterprise and Professor of Management at Cornell University's Johnson School of Management. In his new book, Capitalism at the Crossroads: The Unlimited Business Opportunities in Solving the World's Most Difficult Problems, Hart argues that companies can become the catalyst for a truly sustainable form of global development-and profit in the process. The book was published by Wharton School Publishing in March 2005.

As the largest supplier of fresh dairy products in the world, €13 billion in sales last year, and offices in more than 120 countries, there is no doubt about the expanse of Groupe Danone’s reach. Yet, their 2005 Social and Environmental Responsibility Report has a section called: “Serving the Local Community All Around the World” – a seemingly contradictory statement for what hardly seems like a local operation.