How are you taking advantage of the new focus on sustainability and social responsibility?
There are also a number of clean energy and technology classes that touch on sustainability issues.
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They reflect the real difficulty that corporations face in defining meaningful action on sustainability.
Businesses have stopped looking to Washington and other national capitals for leadership on sustainability.
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Companies can differentiate themselves on sustainability performance, but the time before an issue becomes generic is short.
By contrast, France scored 75 on adequacy, but only 30 on sustainability.
The report will show there is much more business can do to elevate its game on sustainability risks and solutions.
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Most firms need governance and technology overhauls to capture information on sustainability as easily as they do for other operational indicators.
Companies would like to differentiate themselves from their competitors on sustainability performance.
This article is by Aron Cramer, the president and chief executive officer of BSR, a global business network and consultancy focused on sustainability.
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We at Henkel embraced the thought of performance based on sustainability many decades ago, and we will continue to do so in the future.
For example, the 2009 Report Card found that 27% of colleges and universities were incorporating a message on sustainability in their admissions and interview process.
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But when Chouinard counseled Walmart on sustainability, the retail behemoth found it actually saved money through environmental initiatives, like reducing its packaging and water consumption.
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They are effectively long on sustainability, which we think is ingenious.
Once briefed on global and local issues, challenges and solutions, and community engagement, artists were asked to respond creatively to the information with messages on sustainability.
Explanations for the lack of corporate focus on sustainability include the poor economy and the difficulty in determining what is coming next in terms of business challenges.
Wales is a founder member of the Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development, which represents over 600 sub national governments within the UN on sustainability issues.
The Findhorn Foundation is often called on to report to government bodies on sustainability, based on what it has developed and learned over the past three decades.
Professor Paul Younger from the Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability at Newcastle University says the "fundamental problem is that it has a tendency to be strongly alkaline".
Beginning in 2006, CA Technologies began to focus on sustainability.
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The train operator Eurostar is another trying to capitalize on sustainability issues with their train manager's bags made from decommissioned staff uniforms designed by UK-upcycler Worn Again.
But I do not believe that external pressure, particularly pressure which does not have a sustained impact on bottom line, is sufficient to drive meaningful action on sustainability.
Often it takes a crisis like these floods to get executive attention on sustainability issues, but business leaders with foresight have an opportunity to learn from the misfortunes of others.
About 71% of travelers reported that they planned to choose hotels based on sustainability over the next year, compared with 65% in the previous survey, according to an April 2012 Trip Advisor survey.
He directly interacts with suppliers on sustainability, led a drive to raise ethical standards in the health care industry, and personally worked to increase access to health care to underserved and at-risk populations worldwide.
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These responses were from a class of roughly 30 attendees ranging from senior sustainability professionals, consultants, entrepreneurs, campus faculty, several MBA students and yours truly who have gathered this week in Burlington, Vermont, for a workshop on sustainability.
That emphasis on sustainability extends to dining.
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Meaningful action on sustainability means the actions that will make the difference between a company surviving and growing into the future or it failing through a challenged licence to operate, dwindling markets, a deteriorating resource base or a crumbling society.
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