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Choose the Right Flavor: Ice-Cream, Sustainability & Business Innovation

By Dave Meyer on August 4, 2010 3 Comments 7-P, assurance systems, community based giving programs, continual improvement, EMS, end state, environment, environmental footprint, environmental management systems, green, ice cream, innovation, ISO 14001-based Environmental Management System, Japan, Joel Makower, Jonathan Scott, lean, locally sourced materials, Makower, organics, people, performance measurement system, process, product, Quality Management Systems, real-time measurement, resource consumption, Six Sigma, soft serve, stakeholder, sustainability, sustainability program development, system, The Sustainable Business, The Toyota Way, transparent public disclosure, triple bottom line

The keys to unlocking value through implementing sustainability initiatives require positioning through: identifying marketplace trends that reward innovation toward sustainability; optimizing the linkage between sustainability, environmental and business objectives; creating a systematic process and internal champions that can drive the system from the inside out; establishing a manageable performance measurement system that demonstrates ‘triple bottom line’ results; and building assurance systems for compliance and credible and transparent public disclosure.

Green Project Management: Supporting ISO 14000 Standards Through Project Management Processes

By Andrea Krasnoff on July 19, 2010 1 Comment A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Third Edition, Andrea Krasnoff, Capability Maturity Model Integrated, CMMI, Communications Management, Cost Management, Deming’s Plan-Do-Check-Act, EMS, environmental impact, environmental impacts, Environmental Management Policy, Environmental Management System, environmental policy, green project management, green project management methodology, greenpm, GreenPM methodology, greenthink, Human Resource Management, Integrated Change Control, Integration Management, International Organization for Standardization, ISO 14000, ISO 14001:2004, ISO14001, PDCA, PMBOK, PMI, Procurement Management, Project Charters, project management, Project Management Institute, project quality assurance, project quality control, quality audit, Quality Management, Quality Management Plan, quality management program, risk management, risk rating, risk response strategy, scope change, scope change process, Scope Management, Six Sigma, stakeholders, Time Management, Tom Mochal, WBS, work packages

An introduction to the International Organization for Standardization’s ISO 14000 family of standards that have been developed for organizations to operate in way that sustains the environment, that explores how “greenthink” can be applied to project management in support of aligning with these standards.

Sustainability Consulting: What is It, and Am I Qualified? Part II

By Christina_Gilyutin on October 9, 2009 Comments Off on Sustainability Consulting: What is It, and Am I Qualified? Part II Bright Green Talent, Certification, Christina Gilyutin, climate change consulting, engineering, financial modeling, operations analysis, Six Sigma, sustainability, sustainability consulting, Tempered Radicals: How Everyday Leaders Inspire Change at Work

This week I delve into a bit more detail about how you can launch a career in sustainability consulting (though much of this advice translates across other areas as well.) If you put a concerted effort into determining where it is that you and your skills best fit, you should be able to evaluate whether sustainability consulting is where you belong or perhaps whether there is a different space where you fit even better AND you can still have the impact you so desire.