Sustainability News provided by 3BL

"I'm okay with giving money to a nonprofit that I care about, but do I have to ask friends and colleagues for money if I serve on a nonprofit board?" That's another question that many business executives ask me when I interview them in preparation for conducting board trainings.This post, with FAQs 6 - 12, follows Part I where you can find the first 5 FAQs and my responses.6. …

"How much will be expected of me financially?" asked Greg. I was interviewing him in preparation for a national board training session for business executives who would be joining nonprofit boards.Here's my response to Greg in addition to 4 more FAQs that business people ask me related to contributions and fundraising. Look for Part II next week for the remaining FAQs on this …

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Madison, WI - July 6, 2010 - Leonardo Academy announced today that it will present a free webinar training course on maintaining high performance in LEED-NC certified buildings on July 15, 2010, titled: 1-2-3 LEED-NC Certification: How to Be a Hero & Deliver Great Post-Occupancy Performance.  This course provides step-by-step guidance on how the LEED-EB rating …

The first of a series of blogs on the MDGs and how they inform CSR, community development, and leadership and learning.With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals [MDGs], UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to attend a summit in New York on 20 – 22 September 2010 to accelerate progress towards the MDGs’ …

Emerging and ongoing areas of business improvement have long been driven by a wide variety of business sustainability goals and objectives.  While sometimes falling under project headings of continuous improvement, business optimization or business synergies, companies across all industries have been searching for sustainable value.  Today this search has a new name and an expanded …

At Be Green Packaging, we believe the planet is full of eco-conscious individuals. These people likely drive their cars to work, produce garbage, and consume electricity and water. They may feel guilty each time they are at the pump or when they forget to turn the lights off, but it is unlikely that the average consumer will make disciplined lifestyle changes.Colin Beaven, on the other hand, …

85% of LBG CANADA COMPANIES STATED THAT THEIR BUDGETS INCREASED OR STAYED THE SAME IN 2010 Despite the economic turmoil experienced in 2009, only 10% of LBG Canada companies will experience a budget decrease in 2010. Fifty percent (50%) of companies stated that their community investment (CI) budgets will remain unchanged, while 35% stated that their investments would increase. …

If your business has been sitting on the fence about climate change, the value of business sustainability, or mistakenly thinking that somehow your business will escape current and future environmental legislation, you may want to reconsider.   Why? Growing evidence suggests that if you don't make a choice, others may make it for you.Sitting on the Fence about Climate Change podcast …

A common misconception by many organizations is that a company has to offer a green product or service to reap the benefits from a business sustainability mindset or culture. Not true!  In fact, many of the great sustainability-focused companies in the world do not necessarily offer any “green” products or services; yet they still see tremendous value in applied sustainability …

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) July 5, 2010 - In 1985, British Scientists found a growing hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica.  The conclusion was that the reduction of CFCs in refrigerants and halons in fire fighting chemicals was the best solution.  We went to work and found better ways to do the job, and now we are hearing that the ozone layer has healed and is doing much …