“Nature makes human development possible but our relentless demand for the Earth’s resources is accelerating extinction rates and devastating the world’s ecosystems.” — Joyce Msuya, Acting Head of UN Environment. Our environmental, economic and social health is essential to our wellbeing. What does this have to do with business? Well, everything. If we [...]
The Consumer packaged good sector is as embattled as ever as tastes change and markets move more and more rapidly. When Paul Polman became CEO of Unilever in 2009, he set off on an ambitious sustainability journey, setting the impossible goal of doubling revenues by 2020 and increasing business share [...]
The water we drink, the air we breathe, the soil we use to grow our food are seldom top of mind in our daily lives unless there is some catastrophic event that disrupts the supply of water, air and food. Businesses could now be accountable for the effects that they [...]
Your Sustainability Program could boost recruiting, employee retention and productivity, especially with Millennials. Your company’s sustainability profile/program/position is one of your best recruiting and employee retention magnets. Why? Millennials care about sustainability, 40% of them and would even work for less pay to the tune of $5000 to $10,000 less [...]
Ethiopia may not be on everyone's radar as a major manufacturing center and SoleRebels may not be every Fashionista's shoe brand, but these sustainable shoes are now available in Silicon Valley, Barcelona, Singapore, Hamburg and all over Taiwan. How did this happen? And who knew that Ethiopia is a [...]
https://youtu.be/AY9YVwJZDvw The role of soil regeneration to address climate change and feed the hungry is becoming better understood. In 2015, along with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, public and private sector work began on demonstrating agricultural soils role. While reduction of the greenhouse gases is essential to curb [...]
“The majority of companies today are seeking to reduce their environmental impacts, increase resource efficiency and mitigate risks from climate change. However, decisions to take action are being made without any real knowledge of what is actually sustainable in a finite global system.” Mark Elroy and others have been advocating [...]
There was a time in 20th century America and elsewhere that the sight of the milkman and milk truck was quite common. Uniformed deliverymen carrying glass bottles clinked up and down sidewalks as they replaced empty bottles with full ones. Yes, there was the inconvenience of having to rinse [...]
Like everything, time moves on and so has our understanding of sustainability. Please be assured that there are very good business reasons to embark on the journey if you haven’t yet begun. There are even better incentives to evolve your efforts to receive the business benefits that the sustainability path [...]
"Successful business leaders can motivate entire sectors." Expectations of leaders are changing especially for business and sustainability. A discussion of a new book, "The Future of New Business Leadership" by Chris Coulter, Mark Lee and David Grayson reveals the five critical attributes for business and sustainability derived from 20 [...]