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Managing the Greek Euro Exit
It is certain that Greece has plans to leave the euro but these will be marked ‘Top Secret’ and only shared with those who need to know. If the market knew that Greece was leaving, and the date of its departure, there would be a run on Greek banks and huge opportunities for the speculators. I have looked into my crystal ball and the...[read more]
New EU Definition and Strategy for CSR
The new definition of CSR in the eyes of the European Union is "The responsibility of enterprises for their impacts on society."[read more]
Airlines Could Be Fighting to Survive Carbon Taxes in Europe
The EU is discussing bringing aviation into the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETC) which could cost airlines up to 1.1 billion next year. This means all airlines flying to Europe would have to buy carbon allowances.[read more]
How Effective is Corporate Governance in the EU? What are the Lessons for the Global Community?
Norman Marks reviews the European Commission's ‘Green Paper,’ which reviews European corporate governance frameworks that both direct and control companies.[read more]
Valuing Sustainable Supply Chains
Over the holidays, a recent study was brought to my attention by Spend Matters Jason Busch (@spendmatters). The report reminded me of the scene in the movie Jerry McGuire, where the sports agent coaches his client, and he shouts through the phone “Show me the Money!”. Well, despite late 2010 surveys that suggested that...[read more]
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Sustainable Business Forum
Ted Coine Ted Coiné is one of the most influential business leaders on Twitter and author of the book Catalyst. More »
Richard Crespin Richard Crespin is an entrepreneur and CSR adviser to executives. More »
Marc Gunther Marc Gunther is a contributing editor at FORTUNE magazine who writes and speaks about business and sustainability. More »
Kimberly Knickle Kim Knickle is a frequent conference speaker, and is responsible for research and analysis of business and IT issues. More »
Dave Meyer Dave Meyer is the founder and principal of ValueStream Performance Advisors. More »
Derek Wong Derek Wong is a Toronto based sustainability consultant. More »
“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 ...”