Sabre Holdings recently commissioned a report (published in July 2010), on employee “green teams” in an attempt to understand what makes these teams effective.  A lot has been written about best practices in this area but this report (“Generating Sustainable Value:  Moving Beyond Green Teams to Transformation Collaboratives“) provides an excellent summary of the four [...]

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This morning, P&G announced its broad-sweeping long-term vision for sustainability.  It’s refreshing to see a large, public company follow the lead of industry pioneers like privately held Interface and attempt to take a very long-term view.  CEO, Bob McDonald, outlined the company’s vision to ultimately get to 100% renewable energy, zero waste, 100% recycled materials [...]

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There’s been quite a brouhaha about Halliburton’s inclusion in the DJSI, including RP Siegel’s story in Triple Pundit. This is a great example of why companies and their stakeholders should understand what these ratings systems really mean before taking them at face value. Sustainability doesn’t mean the same thing to everyone. SAM rates companies for [...]

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