Category Archives: sustainability
Which Looks More Sustainable?
On a recent GreenBiz webinar, Jeff Rice, director of sustainability at Walmart, gave a compelling presentation of is company’s approach to sustainability. This slide caught my eye. It illustrates what Walmart calls its “productivity loop”: Walmart has been a real sustainability leader … Continue reading
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In Medical Equipment Industry, Waste Management is Focus of Sustainability Goals and New Revenue Opportunities
Waste Goals Outnumber Greenhouse Gas Goals; Supply Chain Gets Little Attention New York City (April 4, 2012) – Green Research, a New York-based corporate sustainability research and advisory firm, today released its latest benchmark of corporate environmental sustainability goals, this … Continue reading
Filed under press release, sustainability, waste management
Are Sustainability Consultants Underemployed?
The study of the sustainability consulting business we recently released has been very popular. Some key findings are that consultants are upbeat about their business prospects , and that the field has grown with an influx of lots of new … Continue reading
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How Can We Make Money Encouraging People to Consume Less?
This was the question someone posted on Quora. In case you are unfamiliar with Quora, it’s a site where people post and answer questions. Sounds simple, but the standards of quality are high and the experience is often very good. … Continue reading
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Sustainability and the Hospitality Sector: The Case for Pillows
By Jennifer Moon As hotels continue to expand their sustainability practices, numerous sustainability products have entered the market. Many have been embraced by the hospitality industry over the years, such as ozone laundry machines, eco-key cards for guestrooms and bath/tissue … Continue reading
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Green Research Launches First-Ever Global Study of Sustainability Consulting
Promotion Support from Partners Worldwide New York City (February 15, 2012) – Green Research, the New York-based corporate sustainability research and advisory firm, today launched the world’s first global study to profile consultants working in sustainability and corporate social responsibility. … Continue reading
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Hospitality Industry Needs to Expand Sustainability Program Participation
By Jennifer Moon The largest hotel companies have all launched sustainability or corporate responsibility programs. The programs feature significant similarities and differences. This post provides an overview of how the programs of the top firms compare. The top five hotel … Continue reading
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Seven Highlights from 2011 and the Outlook for 2012
With the end of 2011 in sight and a new year on the horizon, it’s a good time to reflect and to plan. Let’s reflect on the key events in supply chain sustainability from 2011. Highlights from 2011 So many … Continue reading
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Wielding Influence as a Sustainability Leader
With small budgets but big responsibilities, wielding influence is a critical skill for sustainability leaders. Influence, and how to get it, are among the topics explored in the latest Green Research corporate sustainability study. A handful of top sustainability executives believe … Continue reading
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Book Review: Greener Products
Greener Products: The Making and Marketing of Sustainable Brands by Al Iannuzzi CRC Press; November 8, 2011 Creating a sustainable society will depend in large part on reducing the environmental impacts of making, distributing and using products and of disposing … Continue reading
Filed under Life Cycle Assessment, marketing, sustainability, waste management, water
Traditional Marketing Discovers Sustainability
By Bonnie J. Wallace Philip Kotler, influential marketing guru, has published an article announcing that marketers must begin to account for environmental constraints in their marketing strategies. Kotler declares the new norm in the July 2011 issue of the Journal … Continue reading
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Corporate Sustainability Leaders to Focus on Employee Engagement and Supply Chain in 2012
Study Identifies the Only Two Sustainability Ranking Schemes Relevant to a Majority of Companies New York City (November 30, 2011) – Green Research, a New York-based corporate sustainability research and advisory firm, today released a new report based on its … Continue reading
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I Laughed, I Cried, I Responded
Critics are raving about the Green Research sustainability executive survey: “When it was all over, I felt exhausted, but also possessed of a strange need to scream, or laugh, or run all the way home, or pick up parked cars … Continue reading
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The Strategy Behind Sustainability 3.0
I am not a fan of these 2.0/3.0/4.0 monikers. (Anyone remember Web 2.0?) But the new article by Yvon Chouinard, Jib Ellison, and Rick Ridgeway in the October 2011 issue of the Harvard Business Review uses the term Sustainability 3.0 … Continue reading
Filed under ecosystem services, Life Cycle Assessment, sustainability
What We Talk About When We Talk About Engagement
The National Environmental Education Foundation and GreenBiz today released a new study of sustainability and employee engagement. There’s very useful material in this report. But does it look at the topic backwards? The study, “Toward Engagement 2.0: Creating a More … Continue reading
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