Corporate Sustainability in Context: A Pocket Guide to (Nearly) Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Corporate Sustainability provides a very thorough overview about corporate sustainability.  This 55-page booklet, published by Context, a corporate sustainability consultant organization, has been updated to include recent developments in this rapidly evolving area.

Topics covered include the following:

  • The birth of corporate sustainability and its evolution.
  • A look a corporate sustainability in maturity.
  • Two stand out issues in corporate sustainability:  climate change and supply chain standards
  • A look at how industry sector imapacts on which iisues become priorities
  • sustainability reporting
  • The importance of engagement and stakeholder dialogue
  • The changes that need to take place in corporate sustainability
  • Seven corporate sustainability leadership guidelines
  • The guide also contains a corporate sustainability glossary

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Excellence in  Corporate Sustainability – Context also has a has a free report on Excellence in  Corporate Sustainability.  The report uncovers many valuable examples of innovation in corporate sustainability from companies less frequently in the spotlight as well as recognized leaders – in reporting, climate strategy, stakeholder engagement, sustainability marketing and communications.    It answers some of the  most common questions from companies starting into the sustainability arena including:  “Who has the best corporate sustainability strategy?”; “Which company has the best climate change strategy?”; “Who uses the web best?” and “Who writes the best blog?”  The report is based on discussions with companies, commentators and practitioners worldwide.  Download Excellence in  Corporate Sustainability

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Author: Tracey de Morsella (323 Articles)

Tracey de Morsella started her career working as an editor for US Technology Magazine. She used that experience to launch Delaware Valley Network, a publication for professionals in the Greater Philadelphia area. Years later, she used the contacts and resources she acquired to work in executive search specializing in technical and diversity recruitment. She has conducted recruitment training seminars for Wachovia Bank, the Department of Interior and the US Postal Service. During this time, she also created a diversity portal called The Multicultural Advantage and published the Diversity Recruitment Advertising Toolkit, a directory of recruiting resources for human resources professionals. Her career and recruitment articles have appeared in numerous publications and web portals including Woman Engineer Magazine, Monster.com, About.com Job Search Channel, Workplace Diversity Magazine, Society for Human Resource Management web site, NSBE Engineering Magazine, HR.com, and Human Resource Consultants Association Newsletter. Her work with technology professionals drew her to pursuing training and work in web development, which led to a stint at Merrill Lynch as an Intranet Manager. In March, she decided to combine her technical and career management expertise with her passion for the environment, and with her husband, launched The Green Economy Post, a blog providing green career information and covering the impact of the environment, sustainable building, cleantech and renewable energy on the US economy. Her sustainability articles have appeared on Industrial Maintenance & Plant Operation, Chem.Info,FastCompany and CleanTechies.