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By all indications, 2020 will be remembered as a momentous conjuncture that exposed the true character of corporations. The confluence of the COVID-19 pandemic
July 7, 2020 by Allen White
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It would be naïve to think that what’s going on in the outside world wouldn’t have an impact inside a workplace. The heightened tensions from a global pandemic
June 22, 2020 by Karen Jaw-Madson
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The omnipresence of corporations — as resource extractors and processors, employers and developers, lobbyists and campaign donors — has spawned countless
January 7, 2020 by Allen White
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"Why don’t companies talk more about the good things they do for society?"This was the first question I received last week from a Harvard sustainability
November 19, 2019 by Bob Langert
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My Ted Talk just got published. I am so thrilled. Its theme is how critics can be your friends; how adversaries can be your allies.One story I tell is about
November 5, 2019 by Bob Langert
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The United Nations General Assembly in New York this September was the most important milestone since the 2030 Agenda was adopted in 2015. Four years in, heads
October 7, 2019 by Lise Kingo
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This article is adapted from GreenBiz's Energy Weekly newsletter, running Thursdays. Subscribe here. On the eve of New York’s Climate Week, workers at major
September 19, 2019 by Sarah Golden
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In the past year alone, individuals wrote a whopping total of 669 articles about building purpose-driven organizations.I like that number — it shows how much
March 19, 2019 by Leigh Morgan
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) doesn’t cut it any more. In fact, leader companies are putting distance between themselves and this approach. They don’t
March 11, 2019 by Coro Strandberg
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Last year, Larry Fink’s annual letter to CEOs forged its way into public and corporate consciousness. In it, Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc.,
January 31, 2019 by Alison Taylor
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Nonprofit organizations, or NGOs, have great opportunity to accelerate corporate sustainability efforts. Yet I see many mistakes. In my former career at
January 21, 2019 by Bob Langert
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This month, I dusted off my researcher’s hat to issue a long overdue CSO Update: the list of chief sustainability officers working at companies publicly traded
December 20, 2018 by Ellen Weinreb
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This column is about the "how" of sustainable business. At the practical level, how do leaders make change happen? Chris Coulter is CEO of GlobeScan, and over
November 5, 2018 by Bob Langert
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L. Hunter Lovins, president and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions, believes that citizens, communities and companies, working together within the market
November 2, 2018 by Eban Goodstein
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In the wake of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius, the impetus for
October 30, 2018 by Jennifer Gerholdt
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I have been thinking, rethinking. Hard. Long. As deep as I can go.Indeed, a close colleague even suggested last year that I consult a psychiatrist, urgently.
October 15, 2018 by John Elkington
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Danone North America — maker of Dannon, Silk, So Delicious, Horizon Organic and Vega, among others — recently became the largest certified B Corp in the world
October 5, 2018 by Sarah Hutcherson
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It’s that time of year again: The launch of the GreenBiz State of the Profession report, which looks at the evolving role of sustainability leaders and
September 26, 2018 by Ellen Weinreb
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Adapted from A Finer Future: Creating an Economy in Service to Life (New Society Publishers, 2018) by L. Hunter Lovins. All rights reserved. The book releases
September 1, 2018 by Hunter Lovins
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For the corporate sustainability leader, stakeholders can be a goldmine of valuable information, resources and support. They can help you manage issues before
June 8, 2018 by Jessica McGlyn
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Lately, I have been reflecting on the summer of 2015, the season in which I embarked on a purposeful career in corporate sustainability, fresh after graduating
June 1, 2018 by Jarami Bond
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If I've taken one thing away from the Donald Trump presidency so far, it is that time spent trying to understand the rationale or motivation for the president'
June 1, 2018 by Helen Clarkson
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First in a two-part series on business risk and strategic duty.My sustainability work over the past several decades has focused on value — discovering,
May 22, 2018 by Gil Friend
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In the first of a four-part series, we explore some essential skills and mindsets you and your team can build trusted partnerships with your stakeholders.For
May 7, 2018 by Jessica McGlyn
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The following Q&A is an edited excerpt from the Bard MBA’s May 4th The Impact Report podcast. The Impact Report brings together students and faculty in
May 3, 2018 by Heather Bowden