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Executives at many companies have found that no matter how invested the c-suite is in sustainability initiatives, a business must engage and inspire its employees from the ground up in order to succeed in improving its environmental impact. The Human Resources section explores ways that companies are bringing employees on board to make sustainability work for the long term.
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At Social Media Week in New York City, two recently sprouted startups joined two innovative established companies to talk about how to harness the power of gaming for the greater good.
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From moving beyond compliance to engaging employees at every level, there are standard obstacles that companies face in getting up to speed on sustainability efforts.
At Social Media Week in New York City, two recently sprouted startups joined two innovative established companies to talk about how to harness the power of gaming for the greater good.
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.
The gaming giant's latest look at its sustainability work highlights its energy-efficiency projects, emissions reductions targets and how it has recovered for reuse more than 100,000 pounds of...
Juliet Schor, the author of a new book on overwork, talks about how we can work fewer hours, buy fewer things, enjoy life more, help save the earth and even drive down today's stubbornly high...
I’m taking a detour from my typical commentary on green buildings and building energy efficiency to weigh in on the controversy concerning labor conditions at Chinese factories contracted to......
Caesars Entertainment, the world's most diversified gaming company, doesn't play games when it comes to its commitment to environmental stewardship....
Michael Beer, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School, talks about the leadership examples set by 36 CEOs he interviewed for his new book about companies that create economic and social...
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......
No matter what field your company works in, or how broad or deep its commitment to sustainability, the consistently biggest challenge faced by social intrapreneurs is the persistence, patience and......
The major problems uncovered in Apple's -- and the IT industry's -- Chinese supply chain in a series of recent exposes go far beyond Apple to the heart of how companies measure their......
EDF today announced the first 20 companies slated to take part in the fifth annual energy-efficiency partnership program, which pairs MBA students with companies looking to take a bite out of...
Tapping in to the massive -- and often wasted -- resource of employee ideas can provide a win-win-win -- increasing employees' job satisfaction, saving money and reducing your environmental......
John Donahoe, the CEO of the online retail platform, talks about how the company backed into sustainability as part of its business model, how it gathers green ideas from employees, and why '...
As part of our ongoing look at how to make change from within the enterprise, there are three social network tools that may make it easier to do the hard work of mobilizing allies to sow the seeds......
Although many of the world's greatest companies have announced their intention to make sustainability part of business as usual, they are all too often struggling with where to begin.
One of the biggest challenges facing people who want to do good from within the enterprise is simply in finding the right people to talk to and work with to get things done. This week's...
A newly relaunched green hub on the retail website might be ho-hum news -- except for what it says about green teams' abilities to push sustainability both internally and externally.
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......
As part of our ongoing look at 2012 sustainability trends, we examine the trend of gamification for good. Will it work to move the sustainability needle forward, or will we be saying "Game...
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