Taking Care of Business
By Joel Makower, Chairman & Executive Editor
I'm just back from our VERGE London event, another terrific and diverse assemblage of professionals and thought leaders. Oft-chilly London has warmed quickly to VERGE's theme of technology convergence and the benefits it brings to business, society, and the planet. Grateful thanks to our U.K. VERGE partners, SustainAbility, the pioneering London-based think tank. Its co-founder, John Elkington, was our closing keynote, a conversation that centered on technology's two-edged sword.
In the next few days, we'll begin posting videos from the London event, which registered users of VERGE Virtual will be able to watch for free. For now, you can read stories written from the event, several of which can be found below.
How to Design a Data-Driven Sustainability Program: That's the title of this week's webcast, Tuesday at 11 am ET / 8 am PT. I'm looking forward to a fascinating conversation among Columbia Sportswear's Kristen Sagan, Jones Lang LaSalle's Michael Jordan, and CA Technologies' Lara Greden. We'll be looking at how companies are building a business case for automating sustainability management, and how these tools can improve company performance. The webcast is free, but registration is required.
Also This Week: Dave Kepler, Dow's chief sustainability officer, describes the key "building blocks" of green chemistry ... Jennifer Inez Ward reports on the Global Reporting Initiative's new media industry sustainability guidelines ... Marc Gunther has some bones to pick with farmed fish ... and Jennifer Kho offers up an insightful Q&A with SAP's sustainability chief, Peter Graf.
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UL Environment: Your Partner in Sustainability
UL Environment helps the world make, market, find, and trust healthier, more sustainable, environmentally-preferable products and services. We help companies achieve their sustainability goals-and help purchasers, specifiers, retailers, governments, and consumers find greener products they can trust. Visit www.ul.com/environment for details.
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Free GreenBiz.com Webcast: How to Design a
Data-Driven Sustainability Program
Improving sustainability performance against critical business requirements can be tricky. How do you build a business case for automating sustainability management? How should your company decide strategic focus areas that matter most to your stakeholders? What are the best ways to calculate results and report? Hear how Columbia Sportswear and JLL approach this challenge in a lively webcast moderated by Joel Makower. You'll learn how to: communicate the value of program investments; prioritize sustainability goals and initiatives; gain transparency in energy and sustainability performance
gain "in the trenches" experience on facilitating stakeholder engagement. Click here to register.
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