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

By Cecilia Lu on July 6, 2010 4 Comments brand, Cecilia Lu, Clorox Green Work, community involvement, Cone, consumers, corporate social responsibility, corporate social responsibillity, corporate strategy, cradle to cradle, CSR, CSR policy, CSR reporting, CSR strategy, environmental transparency, environmentally responsible, green, Green Business, Green Marketing, green strategy, greenwashing, Kiwano Marketing, life cycle assessment, Lifecycle Assessment, McDonald, Method, Perry Goldschein, product design, SDialogue, Seventh Generation, Sierra Club, SMS, social responsibility, socially responsible, sofia ribeiro, stakeholder engagement, stakeholders, sustainability branding, sustainability communications, sustainability issues mapping, Sustainability Management Systems, sustainability reporting, Sustainable Brands 2010, sustainable transparency, transparency, trust

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.

Sustainable Sourcing with a “Green” Supply Chain Brings Competitive Advantages

By Dave Meyer on June 22, 2010 5 Comments Capgemini Consulting, cost avoidance, Dave Meyer, delivery, Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, distribution, end-of-life recycling, environmental footprint, Global Alliance, green supply chain, Greenbridge International, lean, manufacturing, material sourcing, Northwest Operations, packaging, product design, raw material selection, San Diego, SEEDS, Supply Chain Management, supply chain managers, supply chain Sustainability, Sustainable Economic and Environmental Development Solutions, transportation efficiency, value-creation model

Sustainable Sourcing with a “Green” Supply Chain Brings Competitive Advantages

There is an increasing emphasis of supply chain management in creating the proper ingredients of a successful business strategy. The concept of a Green Supply Chain is gaining interest among operations practitioners as a sustainable and profitable undertaking. A Green Supply Chain can be thought of as a supply chain that has integrated environmental thinking into core operations from material sourcing through product design, manufacturing, distribution, delivery, and end-of-life recycling.