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2010 Social Venture Network Innovation Awards Call for Submissions

By Michael D Tam on March 18, 2010 2 Comments Awards, corporate social responsibility, emerging enterprises, energy efficiency, green economy, innovation, recognition programs, renewable energy, Social Venture Network, social ventures, Socially Responsible Business, sustainability, SVN

The Social Venture Network is looking for the next generation of innovative, socially responsible business leaders and nonprofit entrepreneurs. And so, they’ve created the Innovation Awards program, dedicated to recognizing the leaders of emerging enterprises. Once these figures have been recognized, they will be immersed into the SVN community, providing them access to a network of 500 successful socially responsible business and nonprofit leaders, investors, and other resources and connections that can help them achieve success with their own enterprise.

A New Green Philosophy with the Glass Half Full: Interview with Yalmaz Siddiqui of Office Depot

By Olivia Khalili on September 23, 2009 Comments Off on A New Green Philosophy with the Glass Half Full: Interview with Yalmaz Siddiqui of Office Depot Be Green, Buy Green, carbon emissions, CO2, Copenhagen, cost-saving, dark green, director of environmental affairs, efficiency programs, energy, energy management systems, environmental community, environmental impact, environmental improvement, environmental performance improvement, environmental policy, environmental responsibility, environmental standards.supply chain, Environmental Strategy, fleet conversion, fleet transitions, fuel, green products, light green, lighting retrofits, Office Depot, recognition programs, Sell Green. waste, store retrofits, Yalmaz Siddiqui

Yalmaz Siddiqui, Office Depot’s Director of Environmental Strategy, shares his glass-half-full view of environmental policy, calls for a new definition of “green” and talks about the legacy he’d like to leave. Siddiqui joined Office Depot in 2006. He’s since developed programs that improve the environmental standards of Office Depot’s supply chain, its internal operations and the consumer market.