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May 21

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Dull? Maybe. But Building a Better GRI is Vital to More & Better Corporate Sustainability

Blogging from GRI Global Conference on Sustainability and Reporting in Amsterdam

The word ‘audit’ is derived from the Latin word “audire” which means “to hear” — an apt etymology in the movement for more and better corporate sustainability, where stakeholder interests are so closely and vitally linked to good sustainability reporting.

We, the stakeholders, increasingly want to hear what companies are doing, or not doing, on sustainability issues and, of course, we want to understand, not only what companies are reporting on but critically how they report.

Just as the audited financial statement rose Read more

Dec 9

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The Story behind the Suitability Strategy (and Brand) Sustainability Certifications.

I love them and I hate them.

I love them for all the great good they have done and do pioneering and commercializing corporate sustainability.

I hate them, because too many companies use them as if a sustainability strategy they make.

Ok, maybe hate is too harsh a word. But if you look at them, in reality all they are is list of things to do and/or measure. Lists and measures are important, but without strategy they remain Read more

Aug 16

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Boiling Billions of Frogs

Very seldom do I get very scared. But I am now.

A new report by the Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School found “oil supply capacity is growing worldwide at such an unprecedented level that it might outpace consumption. This could lead to a glut of overproduction and a steep dip in oil prices.” http://bit.ly/Q825E1 More importantly, it could devastate high oil price driven investments and innovations in cleaner energy.

Worse yet, the report predicts petroleum prices will decline, even collapse sometime after 2015. If the petroleum industry was reticent to invest significantly in alternative energy when oil was seen as increasingly scarce, what’s the incentive for change now?

Not much: are you scared now? Read more

Aug 9

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Unemployment and Social Investments in America: Short Term Jam, Long Term Stew

Preface
The goal of sustainability is both by definition and practicality an evolutionary and long- term goal, albeit one with an increasingly urgent time horizon. Understanding the economic context in which sustainability goals are set is always appropriate.  In this blog, I took some time to review troubles brewing in the world’s largest economy, the United States of America, as preface to examining CSR/sustainability investments/strategies during economic slowdowns in subsequent blog articles.

What the Americans do – or not do – to stimulate their economy over the next several months will have great impact on sustainability initiatives in the long-term and, in the short-term,  particularly with a world economy quite intent Read more

Jun 1

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Reflexiones sobre CSR Américas – Tres Articulos en Español

CSR Americas – 21 de Mayo de 2012

Apoyar a mi staff a organizar el stand para su montaje en la conferencia de CSR Américas 2012, la más grande convención de RSE en América Latina, siempre es una experiencia excepcional. La convención crea un marco ideal para percibir la pasión de diversos ejecutivos que buscan soluciones a sus problemas de RSE, el interés de funcionarios de gobierno en aprovechar el poder del sector empresarial para el bienestar de los ciudadanos, el ánimo de los estudiantes para explorar como pueden contribuir a una vida y un mundo sustentable, o Read more

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