All Blog Posts Tagged 'Business' (110)

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Good Business International has been named one of five “Standout Companies” of 2010 by the Washington Post. GBI is a free public service information and research center that tracks values-based trends internationally. It joins Starbucks, General Motors, Honest Tea, and Executives…

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This CSR Minute is sponsored by Harvard Business School (HBS) Executive Education. For information about the HBS Corporate Social Responsibility program taking place November 7–10, 2010, please visit…

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The rejuvenating business environment is beginning to motivate companies to answer the business sustainability call to action and revisit some of the basic survival tactics of the past few years. We find organizations…

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The triple bottom line was the main topic at Business Forum New South Wales held recently in Sydney, Australia. Speakers on a panel at the event agreed that sustainability in business is maturing, and that

sophisticated measuring tools now make it possible to include triple

bottom line reporting as an integral part of corporate strategy, with

specific objectives and targets, and…

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Pacific Gas & Electric and the city of San Jose have produced the Silicon Valley Energy Map to help monitor the region’s environmental sustainability goals. The online map combines energy-use

data from 15 South Bay cities, as well as information on green

buildings and solar panel installation in those cities. San Jose’s

Green Vision strategic plan was started in 2008 to address 10 goals

related to…

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Intel is amending its corporate charter to include “corporate responsibility and sustainability performance” in its overall policy responsibility. For two years, investment firm Harrington Investments

has introduced a shareholder resolution to amend Intel’s bylaws to

create a Board Committee on Sustainability. Intel had initially opposed

the resolution, but then…

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Coca-Cola Enterprises has won a 2010 Atlanta Business Chronicle Environmental Award for its water conservation efforts. From 2006 to 2008, the company reduced its water use by five percent, saving the

City of Atlanta more than 1.65 million gallons of water. CCE has

implemented water-saving technologies such as dry lubrication, air

rinsers, and can warmers in its manufacturing…

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We've all heard about "going green" and the corporate sustainability plans that many larger organizations are undertaking. However, one of the biggest misconceptions around this topic is that sustainable

business strategies are exclusive to larger organizations. Nothing

could be farther from the truth.

In fact, within our professional consulting with smaller businesses, we…

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April 8 1pm EST - 2pm EST, Webinar

Explore the business case for an integrated approach to water resource management. With a focus on the risks and opportunities related to freshwater resource management, this webinar will help

companies navigate this multi-layered and complex social and

environmental crisis. CBSR will share its Integrated Water…

Representatives from Kellogg, Marks and Spencer, and Ericcson will be among 25 other senior executives at Ethical Corporation’s 4th Annual Climate Change Summit, to be held in London this June. The focus will

be on discussion of post-Copenhagen business challenges, including

strategies to help embed climate change management throughout a

business; global benchmarks…

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Wal-Mart has launched its new Sustainability Product Index initiative in Canada, the first market outside the U.S. in which it will be used. The Index, announced in the U.S. last year, is intended

to create transparency in the supply chain of the mega-corporation’s

44,000 vendors. This summer, Wal-Mart Canada will send…