43 Posts found for Source: GreenBiz.com

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a first-of-its-kind report detailing current environmental performance in 12 major business sectors. The agency hopes the report will create a baseline by which to assess progress in the years to come. How does your industry stack up? Find out by downloading the report today.

Content: Online Resource | Sources: GreenBiz.com, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

“What gets measured, gets managed,” as the saying goes. That’s true of the sustainability journey too. The worldwide interest in sustainability has brought with it a growing and welcome interest in sustainability indicators — but what to measure is far from obvious, as the dizzying array of publications, conferences, reports, tools and systems will attest. How do you find the KEY performance indicators (KPIs) that … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Gil Friend | Source: GreenBiz.com | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

A collection of in-depth corporate and governmental case studies on emissions reduction. On the business side, the report features climate-management efforts at Lafarge, Swiss Re, Dupont, and BP.

Content: Case Study | Sources: GreenBiz.com, The Climate Group | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

Here’s a look at some high profile cases of business/NGO partnerships and the strategic benefits and challenges for both sides.

Content: Article | Author: Roger Cowe | Sources: Ethical Corporation, GreenBiz.com | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

Electronics waste — and the regulation of it — is growing globally. Here’s a look at some efforts designed to curb our expanding waste.

Content: Article | Author: Michele Raymond | Source: GreenBiz.com | Subjects: Legal, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Bainbridge Graduate Institute recently granted MBAs in Sustainable Business to its first-ever graduating class.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: GreenBiz.com | Subject: Business School News

The largest market in the world does not show up on most corporations’ radar screen. Odds are, it doesn’t make an appearance on yours either.

With 6.3 billion people in the world, less than 40% are tapped as markets for the vast bulk of goods and services offered by today’s corporations. These unseen four billion consumers represent the base of the global economic pyramid.

Content: Article | Author: Medard Gabel | Source: GreenBiz.com | Subjects: Social Responsibility (ESG), Strategy

Last November, green-business insiders converged on Los Angeles for Business for Social Responsibility’s 2003 conference, titled “Building and Sustaining Solutions.” The following is an excerpt from the keynote address by Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, which offered up an inspiring view of the Big Picture without losing sight of the real triumphs and challenges down on the production floor.

Content: Article | Author: Carly Fiorina | Source: GreenBiz.com | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

With the Kyoto Protocol faltering, global trade may hold the key to a comprehensive climate change agreement.

Content: Article | Author: Kumar Venkat | Source: GreenBiz.com | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

The Business Roundtable has announced the creation of a first-of-its-kind business ethics center designed to renew and enhance the link between ethical behavior and business practices.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: GreenBiz.com | Subjects: Business School News, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

Could Wall Street become the vanguard of environmental activism?

Content: Article | Author: William Greider | Source: GreenBiz.com | Subjects: Finance, Social Responsibility (ESG) | Industry: Investment Banking

At an October 2002 forum, 37 senior environmental executives from 20 companies representing a diverse group of industries — including broadcasting, electric utilities, chemicals, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications — discussed their own definitions of environmental excellence. Here’s what they had to say.

Content: Article | Author: Steve Rice | Sources: Environmental Quality Management, GreenBiz.com | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

A 2002 analysis of nearly 1,000 environmental, health, and safety initiatives spanning more than 40 countries indicates that industry should prepare for more stringent requirements for managing chemicals, addressing global warming, and preventing workplace accidents.

After screening more than 2,000 regulatory initiatives, the researchers identified 865 EH&S initiatives. A detailed analysis of these 865 initiatives against the existing regulatory framework and current industry practices revealed … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: GreenBiz.com | Subjects: Legal, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Why your company should tally up those emissions and tell the world.

See also: What Every Business Should Know About Climate Change
Content: Article | Author: Joshua Skov | Source: GreenBiz.com | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

“Efficiency” is one of those terms everyone believes they understand but find surprisingly difficult to define…Economic efficiency is the point at which the value of the marginal product equals its price or, more generally, where the benefits from using an additional unit of resource equals the cost needed to acquire it…What of the efficiency of the two other legs of the triple bottom line, environmental … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Brad Allenby | Source: GreenBiz.com | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

Most efforts to conflate environmental management with strategy confuse “important” with “strategic.” Environmental management is important, but it is not, in most cases, strategic.

Content: Article | Author: Brad Allenby | Source: GreenBiz.com | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

A new campaign seeks to establish extended producer responsibility, life-cycle accountability, and clean production within the high-tech industry in the U.S.

Content: Article | Author: Ted Smith | Sources: GreenBiz.com, idsa-sf.org | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG) | Industry: Consumer Electronics

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How social and sustainability reporting can make a real difference in changing business performance, impacts, and outcomes.

Content: Article | Author: Simon Zadeck | Source: GreenBiz.com | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Know the five strategies that facilitate the innovative culture needed to shift products and processes toward sustainability.

Content: Article | Author: Jacquelyn Ottman | Source: GreenBiz.com | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)