April 2012
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Find of the Week: Good and Bad Trends
A week of trends, good and bad, for sustainability in business. Three landmark reports were released this past week that provide directional indicators of sustainability adoption by business and consumers.
First, the good trend: new models for supplier engagement. Apparel company Levis Strauss and Ceres, a coalition of investors and environmental groups leading the charge on sustainable...
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Business + Sustainability 101: State of Green...
I think of Dana Carvey impersonating George Bush Sr. when I say: the state of green business looks good. It’s probably more accurate to say that the State of Green Business is maturing.
This fifth and semi-final in the mini-series Business + Sustainability 101 focuses on the emerging standards and improved tools. The first two posts, Green Leaders and Industry Titans, highlighted early...
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Business + Sustainability 101: The Economic...
Sustainability is a field of costs and benefits, of winners and losers. After a hiatus of several weeks, the Business + Sustainability six part series resumes with a focus on the cost of ignoring ecological disruption and a few economic benefits of moving toward sustainability.
In the first two parts of the series, I described the Green Leaders and Industry Titans who blazed trails for...
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