Monday, March 16th, 2009
Ben and Jerry's recently held a conference in Paris to promote their line of fair-trade ice cream. Ben Cohen, the Ben behind Ben and Jerry's, discussed the economic downturn, saying that fear and greed have proven to be poor and unsustainable business practices and that we must build a ...
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Monday, March 2nd, 2009
The ten-part series The Sustainable Office is now available for download so that everyone can benefit from the cost-saving, impact-reducing tips. Improving the performance of your office in each of the 10 areas is guaranteed to make your workspace a bit greener while making your employees happier and more productive. ...
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Here we are. The final installation in the 10-part series on sustainability in your office has arrived. Just to recap briefly, here is a list of the previous nine topics covered in The Sustainable Office.
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1. Computers
2. Lighting
3. Paper and Ink
4. Commuting
5. Packaging
6. Water
7. Air
8. Furniture
9. Food
And the final, most ...
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
Choosing a sustainable diet is not only one of the best ways to reduce your impact on the environment, but it can also substantially improve your health and quality of life. Encouraging your employees to eat green will reduce your organization's impact on the environment, and just may give ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Remember when you were a kid, and you had that one friend who had all the cool, crazy furniture all over his house like car seats for chairs and couches, road signs for coffee tables, and tobacco spittoons for water pitchers? Well that furniture is still cool because not ...
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
We speak to many small & medium business owners who come and ask us: why should my company execute a sustainability strategy? Isn't sustainability a waste of time & money in these difficult economic times?
Our answer is usually the following: SMEs who are not committed to expanding sustainably will die. ...
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
To many, sustainable business is synonymous with green business. In fact, the environment is only one aspect of sustainability. It takes much more than environmentally-friendly practices for a business to be truly sustainable.
In order to figure out what makes a business sustainable, perhaps we should first define "sustainable." Webster's ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Ante scriptum for those companies without a VP of Sustainability yet (those who already do may pass this paragraph): If you don't have an in-house VP of Sustainability or Corporate Social Responsibility Manager yet, then start thinking about it. True, the most socially responsible corporations are probably those in which ...
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Music may not save the world, but the latest news coming straight from Rotterdam can change your vision on sustainability. Planet, People, Profits, the tagline of sustainable development practices worldwide, is now being transformed into Planet, People and … Party!
An ingenious form of architecture designed to engage the wider public ...
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