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Sustainability and Branding: The Imperative of Continuity
This white paper, recently released by ADC Partners, identifies a number of the underlying reasons for initiating or maintaining sustainability programs, and for aligning a brand. Read More
10 Tips from an Eco-Capitalist: Tom Szaky Shares TerraCycle's Secrets to Success
Ever wonder how a wunderkind made it big time? Now you can take a page -- literally -- from Tom Szaky's "Revolution in a Bottle" and put the ideas to work in your business. Amie Vaccaro lists 10 tips gleaned from the book by the cofounder and CEO of TerraCycle Inc. Read More
Has Sustainability Become a Cliché?
In an earlier blog, Robert Pojasek spoke about environmental sustainability as an oxymoron. The "Google recognition index" registers more than 3,240,000 hits for environmental sustainability. "One has to wonder if the term sustainability is becoming a cliche," Pojasek now writes. "It is being applied to so many terms that it is in danger of becoming meaningless." Read More
How Companies Are Investing in Sustainability
Long-term sustainable growth is important to building a successful company. In Part 3 of her four-part series "Growing a Green Corporation: Meeting the Next Great Disruptive Challenge of the 21st Century" Brandi McManus looks at different strategies for investing in sustainability. Read More
Hippo Sweat Could Lead to Better Sun Protection
A secretion that protects hippos from the sun also keeps insects and microorganisms away, and could be an inspiration for multi-purpose sunblocks. Read More
The Engaged Organization
The National Environmental Education Foundation is developing a program to help companies use employee education and engagement to align corporate environmental values and day-to-day operations while also improving their bottom line. Read More
Happy Baby Puffs Launches in Obsolete Packaging
Happy Family's new baby food snacks are sold in containers leftover from when Method switched its cleaning wipes packaging. Read More
Case Studies and Findings from The Engaged Organization” Survey”
The National Environmental Education Foundation shares its research results about the value businesses place on environmental and sustainability knowledge and what companies are doing to educate employees. Read More
B-School, Sustainability and Our Discontent
In a recent article, the New York Times asked whether it is time to "retrain" business schools. The answer is yes, writes Leanne Tobias, who finds it interesting that so few of the readers commenting on the piece mentioned incorporating sustainability into business school training. Read More
Water: A Global Innovation Outlook Report
This report examines the opportunities and challenges of strategic water management. Five case studies provide perspectives from projects around the world. Read More