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Making Sense of Business Sustainability- Podcast

Blog from Taiga Company

Misconceptions of business sustainability as a passing trend are quickly falling by the wayside.  Larger organizations, traditionally mistaken as burdened with a primary responsibility as change agents in the water, carbon, environment and climate change solutions are now shifting the burden to include suppliers.  Still, the unanswered question to many is, "What exactly IS business …

Is It Just Me, or Is Glenn Beck's New Political Correctness Pernicious?

Blog from Elegant Roots

Social Justice has become a controversial notion. Glenn Beck instructs his viewers to run from churches that call for social justice. He also warns of other telltale phrases: "shred community", and "collective responsibility" -- all totalitarian tells, accroding to Mr. Beck.And that's the subject of today's Is It Just Me . . .?Is it just me, or is Mr. Beck pushing a …

The Sustainable Product Revolution - presented by Kevin Brady of Five Winds International

Press Release from Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series

This Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series presentation will feature Kevin Brady, Founding partner and a director of Five Winds International Kevin Brady will draw from his twenty years of experience as he speaks to the characteristics of the sustainable product revolution. He will illustrate how the use of life cycle assessment, design for environment, product scorecards and declarations are …

CA World Preview: Tesco Session on Driving Down IT Energy Costs and Reducing Carbon Footprints

Blog from CA Technologies

At CA World 2010, many of CA’s customers will take the stage to share their insights, implementation stories and best practices.  In the Energy & Sustainability track, we’re fortunate to have James NcNulty of Tesco joining us for a special session with Terrence Clark, who heads up CA ecoSoftware.  Visit the online agenda builder to add the session “Tesco: …

CA World Preview: Carbon Management: The Next Frontier Of Collaboration Between Corporate IT And Corporate Real Estate

Blog from CA Technologies

The Energy & Sustainability team is very excited to have Michael Jordan of Jones Lang LaSalle on tap at CA World to lead a session on “Carbon Management: The next frontier of collaboration between corporate IT and corporate real estate." Michael Jordan leads JLL’s corporate energy & sustainability services in the Americas and is the firm’s SVP of sustainability …

Is 'Greenwashing' Really Affecting Consumer Behavior

Blog from Taiga Company

As consumers increasingly scrutinize business actions, they want to see transparent, more credible information on what companies are doing to meet ‘green’ claims. Product and service buyers now expect more information on what companies are actually doing to be environmentally and socially responsible.  This has many out there discussing the growing problem of …

Sustainable Brands '10 To Showcase Innovation From Global Brands, Start-ups, and Pre-start-up Teams with New Ideas Looking For Support

Press Release from Sustainable Life Media

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed)  BURLINGAME, CA - May 18, 2010 - In just 20 days, Sustainable Brands ’10 delivers once again on its promise to inspire and support innovation for sustainability by linking people with ideas and solutions that are creating positive change in the global business marketplace. The conference schedule features a range of innovators who are creating new products, …

Breaking News: Gulf Air Becoming Unsafe

Blog from Greenopolis

Rikki Ott, marine toxicologist and Exxon Valdez survivor, talks to GreenopolisTV about the effects of air pollution due to oil spills. Rikki says based on air monitoring conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a Louisiana coastal community, findings show that airborne levels of toxic chemicals like hydrogen sulfide, and volatile organic compounds, now far exceed safety standards …

Blog from Oviya: Welcome to 'Empowering Sustainability'

Blog from Oviya Systems, LLC

This blog post is dedicated to sharing thoughts, ideas and best practices on Sustainability. Here, we will discuss and offer solutions on: How to empower organizations with the necessary tools, technologies and best practices. How to effectively manage and monitor compliance programs that will enable organizations to realize their goals through …

2 LBG Canada Webinars scheduled for May

Blog from SiMPACT Strategy Group

 In the month of May we are offering two introductory webinars - Introducing SROI and Getting Started with LBG Canada.*Introducing SROI – Wednesday, May 26thThis webinar will introduce SROI (social return on investment) as a tool for both investors and community partners. First developed in the early 1990s by Jed Emerson of the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund www.redf.org in …

Splish Splash: 20 Ways to Green your Bathroom

Blog from Taiga Company

The concept of living a sustainable lifestyle is easy to get but translating the ideas of going green to practical life can sometimes get lost.  Part of our eco friendly consulting is aimed at identifying daily habits that can be altered to meet current needs but also reduce the impact on the environment.  Bathing is a daily activity that offers tangible eco actions that make it easy to …
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