Category Archives: Green Business

The Path to Effective Employee Engagement Programs

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Laura B.

Read the full post at GreenBiz. Creating an effective employee engagement programs is challenging on its own, but it gets particularly tricky when it involves hundreds of offices scattered across the globe.

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The Fundamentals of a Corporate Sustainability Program

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Laura B.

Read the full post at GreenBiz. Recently Xerox, Waste Management (WM), and Arizona State University hosted the Executive Sustainability Summit, a conference for managers in the private and public sectors working on environmental and social issues. I was asked by … Continue reading →

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Storytelling and the Power of ‘One Great Idea’

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Laura B.

Read the full post at GreenBiz. A couple years ago, at a meeting of the GreenBiz Executive Network — our membership-based learning forum for chief sustainability executives — we began the meeting by asking each attendee to present “one great … Continue reading →

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The Senior Executive’s Sustainability Agenda

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Laura B.

Read the full story at GreenBiz. Over the past couple of months, a number of high profile surveys and reports have been released that provide useful context for senior executives committed to making sustainability a vital part of their company’s … Continue reading →

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What Are the Hallmarks of a Good Sustainability Rating System?

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Laura B.

Read the full story at GreenBiz. The world is awash in CSR ratings and rankings, with dozens of different groups using their own unique methods to assess corporate sustainability performance and rankings. But as with any green label, it’s hard … Continue reading →

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GreenBiz Webinar Series: Benign by Design: Reducing the Toxicity of Products

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Laura B.

How do you make a better, greener product? It’s a question that businesses of all types are posing in light of growing calls by customers and stakeholder for greater environmental responsibility. This is leading some companies to examine their entire … Continue reading →

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Ranking offers reminder: Responsibility isn’t just about environment

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Laura B.

Read the full story at SmartPlanet. A new ranking of corporate responsibility activities among pretty darn big public companies is a great reminder that overall sustainability is about much more than just environmental sensitivity or just about your company’s position … Continue reading →

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Big Money In Reuse Business; Profits Double in Two Years

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Laura B.

Read the full story at Triple Pundit. Reuse comes before recycle when dealing with the Rs, and for good reason according to the skyrocketing profit and earnings statements from Winmark Corporation. Winmark owns four specialty reuse stores: Play It Again … Continue reading →

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Wal-Mart bypasses federal regulators to ban controversial flame retardant

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Washington Post. Wal-Mart is banning a controversial flame retardant found in hundreds of consumer goods, from couches to cameras to child car seats, telling its suppliers to come up with safer alternatives. In perhaps … Continue reading →

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Greenwash Watch: A Second Skin for Bananas

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Laura B.

Read  the full post at Treehugger. Here is a tough call: is this in the Wretched Excess Dept. or the Greenwash watch? Bananas come in the perfect package already, a disposable, compostable skin that doubles as a handy banana holder … Continue reading →

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