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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SAP has just released its 2009 sustainability report, and it’s a game changer.  This is more than a report.  It’s an interactive,  experiential site with great visual appeal, and a number of innovative ways of expressing sustainability information.  The “materiality matrix” shows sustainability issues analyzed by the impact on SAP’s business and by the importance to stakeholders.  Community feedback [...]

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Many corporate purchases of cleantech products are made based on anticipated savings of some sort. But measuring the actual savings can be a challenge. So, I get excited when a cleantech product comes along that includes built-in results measurement. Ridespring is a great example. Ridespring is a service that automates and promotes corporate commute trip [...]

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