Ellen Weinreb

Ellen Weinreb is the CEO of Weinreb Group, an executive search and consulting firm with a specialty in supply chain, sustainability and external affairs. Follow her on Twitter @sustainablejobs.

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What Oat Hulls Can Teach Us About Tapping Employees' Innovation
By Ellen Weinreb, February 22, 2012
John Hellweg, recently retired from General Mills, shares the effort it took to complete a nearly 25-year-long process to turn a waste stream into a fuel source.
How Do Two Sustainability Departments Become One?
By Ellen Weinreb, February 08, 2012
When Molson Coors and SABMiller created the MillerCoors joint venture, one unexpected challenges was how to coordinate two busy sustainability programs, and at the same time bring them to the next......
The Activist Employee: Why Business Must Learn to Listen
By Ellen Weinreb, January 25, 2012
Did the many thousands of Occupy protesters who took to the streets last year to protest corporate malfeasance think to turn the finger to their own employers first? What happens if and when they......
The Pros & Cons of Linking Sustainability Successes with Bonuses
By Ellen Weinreb, January 11, 2012
Let's face it: Nothing works better than money when it comes to incentivizing employees on anything, especially sustainability. But it's important to think through how to implement it if...
How Sustainability is Becoming the One True Corporate Religion
By Ellen Weinreb, December 20, 2011
As the holiday season picks up steam (or not, depending on your beliefs), it's worth a look at how employees from immeasurably diverse cultures -- corporate and personal -- can all come together......
How to Score Epic Green Wins in the Workplace with Gamification
By Ellen Weinreb, December 12, 2011
Deloitte and SAP are among the companies that are harnessing the power of gaming to engage employees on sustainability....
The 7 Attributes of Sustainability Pioneers
By Ellen Weinreb, November 23, 2011
Like any other pioneer, life as a chief sustainability officer requires constantly charting new territories, and all the hard work and courage that goes along with it. Here are some of the skills......
A CSR Checklist that Works for Every HR Department
By Ellen Weinreb, November 09, 2011
As more and more companies embed their CSR practices in day-to-day operations, it becomes an opportunity for HR managers to become sustainability leaders. This checklist spells out what HR......
What 'Making Sustainability Everyone's Job' Really Means
By Ellen Weinreb, October 26, 2011
Canadian insurance provider The Co-operators, has figured out a unique, and uniquely effective, systems-based approach to embedding sustainability into everyone's job. Their vice president of......
10 Communication Strategies to Engage Employees in Sustainability
By Ellen Weinreb, October 12, 2011
Even the best of sustainability intentions will struggle to take off without getting your employees on board. Susan McPherson at Fenton offers a 10-point checklist for successful communications.......