Apr 29 2010
In the U.S., corporate reporting on environmental sustainability is not yet mandatory. Despite this, a lot of successful companies make a significant effort to inform stakeholders about their environmental efforts. Some respond to questionnaires from the Carbon Disclosure Project and other socially responsible investing organizations. Others use the Global Reporting Initiative framework for reporting. Still [...]
Apr 28 2010
EcoStrategy Group announces the availability of its report, “Trends in Sustainability Reporting: A Close-Up Look at Bay Area Companies.” The report, available free-of-charge upon request, rates the environmental sustainability communications of the largest 200 companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. It includes an analysis of what constitutes good reporting as well as a summary [...]
Apr 15 2010
Here’s a great little animation defining sustainability. From RealEyes Sustainability Ltd. in Dublin, Ireland.
Apr 13 2010
I finished reading Adam Werbach’s “Strategy for Sustainability” a couple of months ago. As with many other books about developing sustainability strategies (e.g. “Green to Gold” by Andrew Winston and Daniel Esty or “The Next Sustainability Wave” by Bob Willard), this one introduces Werbach’s framework for crafting a corporate sustainability strategy. It includes his concept [...]