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Renewable Energy to go: Fuel Cells

May 16, 2012 by Christopher Miles
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Recently there has been a return to serious consideration of the fuel cell for transportation. Recent breakthroughs promise to make hydrogen a more practical alternative. By 2015 most automakers will have a fuel cell vehicle on the road. High priced and hydrogen fueled, yes – but on the road [read more]

Manufacturing in America: A Call to Arms

May 13, 2012 by Sarah Griswold
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Let’s Rebuild Manufacturing in America, One State at a Time Last week I was privileged to moderate a manufacturing roundtable at which six members of the Connecticut manufacturing community met with Congressional candidate Elizabeth Esty to share with each other their principal thoughts and concerns about the key issues they have to confront every day. [read more]

Technology Continues to Change our Personal and Work Lives

May 13, 2012 by Norman Marks
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One of the fascinating aspects of my job is the ability to watch and wonder at the new ‘stuff’ that is coming out. I use it in my presentations, trying to alert governance, risk, and assurance professionals that while it is only right and proper for them to be concerned about the risks being created, they should be excited at the... [read more]

Final Results of COSO vs ISO Risk Management Survey

May 12, 2012 by Norman Marks
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For the last few months, I have been running a survey of risk experts on which risk management guidance they prefer: the COSO ERM – Integrated Framework, or the ISO 31000:2009 risk management standard. I am fully aware that there are others, but these appear to be the prevalent ones. The purpose was to obtain an independent view; prior surveys have been run either by COSO or by individuals clearly linked to ISO advocacy. [read more]

CSR: 8 Short Questions, 5 Long Answers

May 12, 2012 by Elaine Cohen
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We recognize that companies have to start where they are. As consultants, we are always looking to help our clients deliver more progress, better results, faster implementation and broader and deeper assimilation of sustainability principles in the business. However, we recognize that companies can only do so much and that they have to pace themselves. Sustainability is a long-term effort and must follow a strategy which has a scope and a timing which is right for each business. [read more]

Structure: Hidden Agent of Change

May 12, 2012 by Kathryn Alexander
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David Brooks, in his recent articlein the New York Times addressed an issue that has been totally ignored – structure. We talk of change, but mostly we just rearranging the chairs on the Titanic. A delicious case in point are the recent Banking scandals. Banking scandals have a long history and most of them are structural in nature. The... [read more]

Corporate & Workplace Reputation: Be Authentic

May 11, 2012 by John Friedman
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You can't fake it in the age of transparency! [read more]

Organic farming: Beyond the yield debate

May 11, 2012 by Marc Gunther
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Yields from organic farming may not match those produced by farmers who use synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, but there are other good reasons to buy and support organic–its health benefits, the good that it does for farm workers, even its animal-welfare rules. [read more]

Businesses Push for Mandatory Carbon Reporting

May 11, 2012 by Erika Roshdi
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Mandatory carbon reporting will require large companies to disclose their emissions in their annual reports, and it seems that businesses are aware of the gains to be made from this, particularly in the form of reduced energy costs and a better understanding of climate risks and opportunities. [read more]

Philanthropy Mindset Hampers Sustainability Effectiveness

May 10, 2012 by John Friedman
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Are we neglecting our own environmental, social or economic needs in order to promote sustainability? What does that say about us? The effort? [read more]

How to Recover after Being a Jerk

May 10, 2012 by Ted Coine
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At work recovering from those moments of being a jerk is crucial to your success. What’s more important is team effectiveness that enables success. How do you recover and repair the damage? [read more]

Organic Food is Not as “Green” as You Think

May 9, 2012 by Marc Gunther
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If, in fact, organic methods are less productive, scaling up the production of organic food at will require more land, contribute to deforestation and cost more than growing our food using conventional methods. That suggests that organic methods alone can’t feed the world in a sustainable way. [read more]

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