ISO 26000 Social Responsibility Guidance May Offer Supply Chain Opportunities to Small-Mid Sized Manufacturing

ISO 26000 Social Responsibility Guidance May Offer Supply Chain Opportunities to Small-Mid Sized Manufacturing

ISO 26000, the global Guidance on Social Responsibility was recently launched. Large to small organizations can strive to be ISO 26000-compliant, stay ahead of the curve and grab the “leader” advantage. Or conversely, companies can risk being a “laggard” and lose vital business opportunities.

Why Create a CSR Report? Because of a Real Return on Investment

Why Create a CSR Report? Because of a Real Return on Investment

Companies should create a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) report because of the a real ROI they stand to gain, either through reduced costs or increased revenue, or both. The key drivers include investors, market expectations, competitors, regulators, employees, and communities. Each of these drivers has at its core either increasing revenues, or reducing costs.

Corporate Social Responsibility’s Seven Best Practices: Avoid Greenwashing Through Stakeholder Engagement

Corporate Social Responsibility’s Seven Best Practices: Avoid Greenwashing Through Stakeholder Engagement

A look at the seven best practices in corporate social responsibility (CSR). They include: setting measurable goals, stakeholder engagement,sustainability issues mapping, sustainability management systems (SMS), lifecycle assessment,sustainability/CSR reporting, and sustainability branding.

How Sustainability Reporting Can Help To Improve Your Bottomline

How Sustainability Reporting Can Help To Improve Your Bottomline

Increasingly more companies are starting to publish sustainability reports. Sustainability reporting as a management tool for businesses can have significant benefits.

45 Carbon Management Best Practices Needed To Be Competitive in The Green Economy

45 Carbon Management Best Practices Needed To Be Competitive in The Green Economy

A list of best practices in carbon management, based on lessons learned by carbon leaders.

Transforming Your Company Through Sustainability

Transforming Your Company Through Sustainability

Sustainable Brands Boot Camp’s eighth webinar session served as an introduction to sustainability transformation in businesses. By providing concrete examples from a case study, Bob Domenz described the practical steps and strategies needed to build a culture of sustainability in an organization, and to effectively engage employees and customers in the process.

The Largest Companies are Falling Short in Managing and Disclosing Water Scarcity Risks

The Largest Companies are Falling Short in Managing and Disclosing Water Scarcity Risks

Ceres has released the first comprehensive assessment and ranking of water disclosure practices of 100 publicly-traded companies in eight key sectors exposed to water-related risks: beverage, chemicals, electric power, food, homebuilding, mining, oil and gas, and semiconductors. The report highlights best practices, key gaps and trends in water reporting and lays out a set of recommendations for companies and investors.

Call for Presentations: 2010 Lean and Green Summit

Call for Presentations: 2010 Lean and Green Summit

Presentation proposals are now being accepted for the 2010 Lean and Green Summit that will be held July 12 – 13, 2010 in Savannah, GA. Proposals are invited in the areas of Governance and Management, Operations and Facilities, Design and Process Innovation, Human Resources and Corporate Culture, Marketing and Communications, and Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement. The Summit aims to bring together the passions and knowledge of advocates of operational excellence who see the implications lean principles have in sustainability, as well as environmental advocates who wish to move industry toward sustainability and want to learn how lean operations can contribute to that goal. Senior level executives in diverse industries who have first-hand experience with instituting lean and green processes should consider presenting at this Summit. They will make 30 minute presentations about real life case studies of implementing lean and green principles in one of the six areas listed above. Each presentation will be followed by interactive discussion and Q&A session in order to expand the information flow and idea generation in the group.

How to Get Your Sustainability Message Noticed in Cyberspace

Corporate sustainability communicators are beginning to exploit social media to tell their stories and get quick feedback. Which new media offer you the greatest potential- what is their digital bottomline?