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May 7, 2013
3 Leadership Lessons We Can Learn from Gen Y
gen y leadership
Those of us who grew up in corporate-land believing work occurs 8-5 need to learn to rethink how, where and when work gets done. Millennials get this. It’s time the rest of us do, too.[read more]
May 15, 2013
Benefits of Corporate Social Responsibility
CSR and profits
No longer is the term ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ a novel idea amongst businesses. A 2011 sustainability study by MIT showed that sustainability, in the US at least, now plays a permanent part in 70% of corporate agendas.[read more]
May 15, 2013
Communication: Crucial to a Conservation-Minded Society
communication
Communication between organisations and stakeholders on environmental and other issues is important because stakeholders are individuals, groups or organisations that affect and/or are affected by it.[read more]
Are Fair Trade Products Worth It?
fair trade
In times of economic difficulty, when money is tighter than usual, we always look for a good deal. But how do we balance getting a good deal with the idea of fair trade? Are fair trade products worth it?[read more]
iPhone Apps to Boost Your Business Productivity
apps for productivity
iPhones are not just phones for communication; for employees, they serve as a personal assistant. Keeping track of notes and travel dates, accessing remote files and collaborating with teams was never so easy.[read more]
3 Ways to Build Leadership Credibility in Tough Times
building leadership
So there is significant skepticism among America’s workforce, but great leaders are overcoming and setting examples for how to conquer the most pressing concerns.[read more]
What Are the Benefits of CSR?
sustainability and profits
There’s nothing like prefacing an article with a colossal question – what are the benefits of CSR? A question that is both difficult to pose and incredibly difficult to answer.[read more]
Stigmatizing Unsustainable Behaviors
unsustainable behaviors
Unsustainable behaviors follow predictable patterns of addiction. If you want to change the amount of energy Americans waste, follow the same game plan that cut smoking and teen pregnancy in half: stigmatize it.[read more]
Are Personal Carbon Off-sets a Cop-Out?
carbon offsets
Since the option of trading carbon offsets on the market became a reality, a bewildering array of private companies have become established that offer private citizens the possibility of off-setting their carbon consumption.[read more]
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“CindyTotally agree that a focus on forward looking targets and reporting against progress in following years is an improvement that's needed in sustainability reporting. I hope that integrated reporting can support this. It's great to see leaders like SAP showing the way, especially as many of the organisations I've worked with have struggled most around the data ...”
“Well done and fully support and encourage your calling out for leaders to look beyond themselves, their ego's, status and all that has caused them to be self-serving leaders. To get themselves out of the way so as to see their own truth and reality, their true potential and especially the potential of all those 'under' them.I have a similar 'heart-longing' as yours as can be seen by what I have ...”