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Corporate Sustainability Management
Thursday, September 02, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
The Most Important Assets are not on the Balance Sheet »
In the context of accounting, an asset is defined as any item of economic value that a corporation owns, especially those that can be converted...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
The View from the C-Suite: Diversey's Ed Lonergan »
Greenbiz.com's Heather King talks to President & CEO Ed Lonergan about 
the Johnson family legacy of sustainability, innovations that save water, energy and labor, and...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Climate Corps 2010: News Corp Cleans Up with Telepresence, Lighting Retrofit »
I looked straight ahead at the roughly 80" wide projected television screen in the  News Corporation's  New York  Polycom Telepresence  Suite. As  News Corp's Global...
Thursday, August 19, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Sustainability in the B2B World »
Method. Whole Foods. Stonyfield Farms. These well-known consumer goods brands roll off the tip of the tongue when you think ‘sustainability.’ However, consumer goods companies aren’t the only...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
San Francisco Issues ‘Green Approved’ List for Products and Services »
Plenty of websites exist that list and evaluate "green” products. Now more cities, including Seattle, are building lists of "approved” products and service providers. San...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Environmental Responsibility: Today’s Business Megatrend »
The Gulf oil spill has captured the attention of millions around the world, stimulating discussions about the accountability every business carries to the customers, employees,...
Monday, August 16, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Timberland Expands Its Green Product Rating, Embraces 'Eco Index' »
STRATHAM, NH — Earlier this month, the outdoor products industry  unveiled the Eco-Index, a product-footprinting tool  aimed at retailers. Following on the announcement of that...
Thursday, August 12, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Green Cleaning Study Reveals Gaps Between Intentions and Actions »
When it comes to environmental responsibility and purchasing of green cleaning products, businesses aren't so very different from consumers: There's often a disconnect between intentions...
Thursday, August 12, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
U.S. Consumers, Executives Skeptical about Corporate Sustainability Commitment »
A new sustainability survey reveals that only 16 percent of U.S. consumers and 29 percent of Fortune 1000 executives believe that a majority of businesses...
Thursday, August 12, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
U.S. Consumers, Executives Skeptical about Corporate Sustainability Commitment »
A new sustainability survey reveals that only 16 percent of U.S. consumers and 29 percent of Fortune 1000 executives believe that a majority of businesses...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
U.S. Businesses Lack Data to Meet Sustainability Goals »
A perceived lack of information and credible resources are holding U.S. businesses back from becoming environmentally responsible, according to a study from Ipsos Public Affairs....
Monday, August 09, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Dannon CSR Report: Cuts Carbon Footprint by 10% »
The Dannon Company has cut its overall carbon footprint by 10 percent in 2009, according to the company’s  2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report . The...
Monday, August 09, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Insurance Companies Find There Is Money to Be Made in Green Technology »
HONG KONG — Every day, national and local officials, municipal utilities, corporations, homeowners and consumers are weighing the risks and rewards of adopting renewable energy....
Friday, August 06, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
200-Plus Companies Seeing the Value of Ecosystem Services »
Ecosystem services -- the benefits humans derive from nature -- can present both risks and opportunities to business. Agribusiness depends on the freshwater, soil quality,...
Friday, August 06, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Businesses Lag in Tracking Most Sustainability Metrics »
While a majority of facility and sustainability professionals are tracking electricity use, many still don’t track for waste, water, green purchasing, carbon footprint and other...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
GRI Launches Effort to Marry CSR and Financial Reporting »
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — In an effort to bring about the convergence of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) reporting with financial reporting, the  Global Reporting...
Tuesday, August 03, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
How to Sell Sustainability Reporting to Your CEO »
Corporate sustainability reports show up in media coverage nearly every day. Two-thirds of the S&P 500 provided at least some carbon emissions information to the ...
Tuesday, August 03, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Energy Information System a Key to Driving Savings »
Like most leading manufacturing companies today, Eastman Kodak Company has an aggressive plan to drive energy efficiencies in our facilities that, in turn, yield substantial...
Friday, July 30, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Executives Link Sustainability with Business Strategy »
Large U.S. companies continue to be involved in sustainability, and most companies see an alignment between sustainability and their overall business strategy, according to a...
Thursday, July 29, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Crafting Organizations as Sustainable Human Systems »
As can be seen by the current economic crisis and issues regarding global warming, leading organizations in the 21 st century is very challenging and ...
Monday, July 26, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
What Color is the Triple Bottom Line? »
I recently posted a query on Twitter and Facebook asking a simple but vexing question: "Someone committed to the environment is called an environmentalist. What...
Friday, July 23, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
The World Wide Web of Green: EDF Climate Corps Fellow explores global opportunities for Yahoo! »
What do you get as a gift for the person who has everything? Though most of us won’t have to face this dilemma until the...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
GE Releases Annual Citizenship Report, "Renewing Responsibilities" »
FAIRFIELD, Conn., Jul. 20 /CSRwire/ - GE today released its sixth annual Citizenship Report, entitled  Renewing Responsibilities . The report covers GE's worldwide operations for...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
The green suits »
While climate scientists lament the fact that their flagship compendia, such as the IPCC reports, come under endless attack, scientists working on other environmental issues...
Monday, July 19, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Walmart and the Sustainability Index: One Year Later »
It’s been exactly a year since Walmart’s historic launch of a  Sustainability Index  and other measures to assess suppliers and products and, remarkably, the sun...
Friday, July 16, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Why Businesses Should Worry About Water »
Imagine this: If all the water in the world were somehow inside a water cooler, like the kind at your office, the amount of fresh,...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Initiative Could Require Businesses to Reveal Environmental Impact »
New rules under discussion with accounting standards organizations could require businesses to publish their environmental and social impacts together with their financial disclosures, reports The...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Comparing The Walmart and P&G Supplier Sustainability Scorecards »
This spring  Procter and Gamble  (P&G) rolled out a sustainability scorecard program for its suppliers. The program requests information on energy, carbon emissions, waste, and...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Biodiversity Inches Up on Corporate Agenda »
More and more companies are making noteworthy efforts to minimize damage to the environment from their activities, according to a  report  on business and biodiversity...
Monday, July 12, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
10 Things I've Learned About Making a Big Company a Green Giant »
As vice president of global sustainability at Procter & Gamble, I've been lucky enough to work with NGOs, thought leaders and P&G employees throughout the...
Monday, July 12, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
CDP and GRI Collaborate For More Streamlined CSR Disclosure »
Last week the  Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the  Carbon Disclosure Project ( CDP) released a  linkage document  that demonstrates the growing collaboration between the...
Thursday, July 08, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Siemens Sustainability Report: Water Use Down 5%, Energy Efficiency Improves 4% »
Siemens has reduced its water consumption by about 5 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2009 compared to a year earlier, using approximately 14.1 million cubic...
Wednesday, July 07, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Molson Coors Sustainability Report: Water Use Up 3%, GHG Emissions Down 15% »
Molson Coors has increased its water use by three percent and its solid waste generation by eight percent in 2009, compared to the previous year,...
Thursday, July 01, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
MillerCoors Sustainability Report: Beats Waste Reduction Goal, Misses Water Use Target »
MillerCoors has exceeded its 2015 goal for waste reduction by eliminating 20 percent of the amount of waste sent to landfill, according to the company’s ...
Thursday, July 01, 2010   (0 Comments - view/add)
Owens Corning Issues 2009 Sustainability Report »
Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) today released its fourth annual Sustainability Report, which outlines the company's progress in reducing its environmental footprint, greening its product lines,...

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