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Tips to Increase Your Business Sustainability Capital

Monday, May 6, 2013 by
  In a recent Innovation Excellence post, Building Up Innovation Capital, our sustainability consulting is presented with a new concept for discussion.  The author describes a newly recognized and valued process of capturing knowledge as a form...

New Concepts in How Social Media Makes Employees More Productive

Friday, May 3, 2013 by
  Does Social Media Make Workers More Productive?   According to a recent study from McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), there is a great deal of potential value in using social media “to enhance communications, knowledge sharing, and collaboration...

What a Sustainable Innovation Culture Looks Like

Friday, May 3, 2013 by
  Over the past few years, our sustainability consulting has written and spoken a great deal about how successful business sustainability cultures focus on communication and learning.  We believe that by allowing for flexibility and promoting...

How to Set Up Pinterest for Green Brands in 5 Easy Steps

Thursday, May 2, 2013 by
  Unless you are new to social media marketing, then you know that the new hottest social media platform is Pinterest.  With more than 20 million monthly active users spending on average over 90 minutes on the site each month, it is arguably...

Tips for Business Sustainability Team Building

Thursday, May 2, 2013 by
  Our sustainability consulting practice has a keen interest in stakeholder engagement, particularly in the leverage of knowledge and eco awareness of individuals already in place within a business, a community, or even a much smaller social circle. ...

Discover the Ease of Consumer Stakeholder Engagement Today

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by
    Within our business sustainability programs, we encourage our clients to recognize that most business stakeholders have a vested interest  in the success of the company.  This aligned interest, if properly managed, creates an openness to new...

How Social Media Engagement With Stakeholders Can Guide Business Innovation

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 by
  The ability to capitalize on opportunity or mitigate business risk often depends on the availability and access to quality information.  Being able to sift through what is important and what is not can be a determining factor in transforming a good...

Applications of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Performance

Monday, April 29, 2013 by
  “Trust reached an all-time low of 24 percent in 2011, down from 69 percent in 2008…To rebuild trust, investors and the public need comparable data on how financial institutions are managing environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance.”...

Achieving Ideal Balance between Sustainability and Disruptive Change

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 by
  One of the challenges with business sustainability has been changing traditional organizational mindsets and existing business process.  The reality is that corporate leaders most often try to sell change to the organization as a way to attain...

How Sticky are Your Sustainability Communications?

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 by
  The post, The Stickiness Factor states: The New York based firm, Media Dynamics, estimates that the average American is now exposed to at least 254 different commercial messages in a single day. There are billions of websites vying for your...

Revisiting Business Sustainability Governance Frameworks

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 by
  “Governance, and how to improve it, is a vital issue…As corporate sustainability has transitioned from a focus on compliance, risk management and cost reduction to a strategy aimed at growth and brand differentiation through product and...

The Use of Language in a Culture of Sustainability

Monday, April 22, 2013 by
  A challenge with corporate sustainability has been about changing mindsets and systems.  Businesses often try to sell change to the organization as a way to attain agreement and accelerate sustainable business implementation. Selling change...

Making Sustainability More than Just a Business Tool

Friday, April 19, 2013 by
    “A tool can be easily bought and implemented, but just as easily put down, placed in the back of a drawer and easily forgotten about. A culture permeates everyone and everything that works for a business, an ideal which everyone can aspire to...

Building a Sustainable Collaborative Culture with Strong Leadership

Thursday, April 18, 2013 by
  “In an era of compressed time to market, leaner organization structures, and globalized workforces, R&D leaders need the ability to drive cross-functional collaboration and to accelerate innovation in the team.” –CEB Views Following this logic,...

Earth Day Inspiration - 25 Green and Sustainability Pinterest Boards to Follow

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 by
  In a perfect world, our world's energy is powered by renewable sources, business sustainability is the norm, and sustainable lifestyles abound.  While we're not quite there yet, as a sustainability consultant, I ask, "What will get us there?"...

How Can Business Metrics Guide Your Sustainability Communications?

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 by
  Does business sustainability create value?  According to the post, Companies that Invest in Sustainability Do Better Financially, yes, CSR does add value.   Resource efficient companies — those that use less energy and water and create less waste...

15 Small Business Tips For Businesses Going Green this Earth Day

Monday, April 15, 2013 by
  Why would a small business owner consider going green?  In a nutshell, integrating sustainability concepts, or "going green" into core business functions makes companies more nimble in a fast-changing world.  It also makes a business’s brands...

Proof Is In the Pudding: CSR Drives Public Confidence

Thursday, April 11, 2013 by
  Although business sustainability is not new, grasping sustainability concepts and its practical applications to a specific business is new to some business leaders.  It is not uncommon within our business sustainability consulting practice to be...

Five Additional Tips for Your Employee Engagement Strategy

Thursday, April 11, 2013 by
  Who is ultimately responsible for stakeholder engagement?  Where do employees rank among business sustainability stakeholders?  And how do they directly contribute to your business' success?  These are the questions many business sustainability and...

Sustainable Innovation Is All About Engagement

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 by
  A commonly held belief which is gaining much more attention these days is that employees with a vested interest in the success of the company become much more aligned with the goals of the organization. Thus, the key is to link business...
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