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7 Ways To Get Employees To Change For The Greener

By Jennifer Woofter on June 14, 2011 6 Comments An Inconvenient Truth, business sustainability, change management, Chip Heath, Climate Change, corporate communication, corporate sustainability, Dan Heath, energy efficiency, focus group, green economy, Jennifer Woofter, Made to Stick, Microsoft, NIKE, recycling, sustainability, sustainability consultant

In this post Jennifer uses excerpts from an article on change management and applies the seven strategies outlined in the article to the specific challenge of getting employees to change their habitual behaviors in ways that help the organization achieve its sustainability goals. Actually getting people to adopt change in their lives is a lot more involved than a glossy vision statement that outlines lofty and worthy goals; unless the message connects with the people it needs to reach it will soon be forgotten.

Sustainability as a Profession?

By Jesse Stallone on March 23, 2011 1 Comment accounting methodologies, accounting techniques, business development, business ecology, change management, Civil Engineering, dashboards, ecological economics, Electronic Recyclers International, environmental engineering, environmental policies, environmental regulations, environmental rules, green chemistry, GRI, industrial ecology, Jesse Stallone, RCRA, reporting methodologies, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, scorecards, stakeholders, sustainability, sustainability career, triple bottom line, venn diagram, Wall Street Analysts

What kind of jobs are available in sustainability, what kind of education and experience are required, will sustainability persist or will it fade away? Such questions lead one to ask what is sustainability? Multiple people have multiple definitions depending on their unique take on it. The triple bottom line is emerging as a defining conceptual explanation for what sustainability means, but widespread understanding of what this means remains somewhat shallow. This post suggests some of the expertise aspiring sustainability professionals should have.

What Skills are Needed to Succeed as a Sustainability Professional?

By Tracey de Morsella on March 15, 2010 1 Comment auditing, change management, Climate Change, competencie, energy, environmental compliance, GHG, International Society of Sustainability Professionals, ISSP, risk assessment, ROI, Skills, Social responsibility performances tended to be less important than environmental concerns, sustainability, sustainability certificate, sustainability professional, sustainability professionals, The Sustainability Professional: 2010 Competency Survey Report

The Sustainability Professional: 2010 Competency Survey Report provides insights into what sustainability professionals see as important skills needed and what are their most critical challenges.