Green Workplace
Green workplace includes efforts by many companies to encourage their workers to conserve energy, recycle and reduce waste. Articles in this section look at how environmental best practices are being utilized at the office and on the factory floor.
Sustainability as Economic Game Changer, Part II
For CEOs, the passport of sustainability delivers clear environmental, social and economic governance. As such, the sustainability passport assists in the protection ...
A Three-Part Approach to Corporate Sustainability
Sustainable development is a vast and all-encompassing idea, and corporate sustainability is nearly so. No corporate sustainability leader can hope to make their ...
Leveraging Internal Energy to Achieve Sustainability Success
As organizations are implementing environmental management or sustainability programs, results are mixed. Programs that are viewed as successes may be leaving quite ...
How to Engage in Sustainability with Higher Purpose
Most of us who lead companies want to establish organizations and businesses that are sustainable for the long-run. We understand that ...
Downtime Means Time for Sustainability
This year I couldn't help but notice a trend. It's been happening the past few years and I believe its meaning is ...
Nissan Employee Sustainability Event
The Nissan Americas team recently took steps to share best practices in energy management and sustainability during the first-ever Nissan Americas ...
Employee Engagement: Why Do It If You Can’t Do it Right?
All of us who own, manage or lead companies long for employees who are productive and engaged with their work. In ...
How Environmental Awareness Builds Business
Customers respond to sustainability practices, and businesses have reacted to that with enthusiasm over the years, if not always with sincerity. There was ...
Novo Nordisk Retrofits US Headquarters for Sustainability
Novo Nordisk in the US faced a rare challenge: how to grow but keep the environmental footprint lean?
At Novo Nordisk, sustainability is ...
Does the Public Trust You?
Does the public trust your company? Chances are most of us would answer that question with a resounding "yes" and many ...
The Lost Art of Authenticating Real
Maybe it's the impending election, maybe it's the omnipresence of digital lives, but everyone is talking about authenticity. Oddly, mostly, it’s ...
Get the Message with Big Green Statements
No matter how many educational sessions you hold about recycling and conservation, and how many fact sheets you give out about sustainability, ...
Acting Locally: Effective Steps for Developing a Local Green Business Council
As sustainability leaders, we receive numerous requests to join or support environmental organizations. From green building committees to wildlife groups, many sustainability-focused ...
Bank of America Tower’s LEED Platinum Certification
As the second tallest building in Manhattan, One Bryant Park, home to the Bank of America Tower in New York City, ...
Why Personal Space Heaters Aren’t Useful in the Workplace
Electric heat is the most efficient heat available. However, typical personal space heaters use a fan to push cooler air across an electrically heated ...
How to Engage and Convince the C-Suite about Corporate Sustainability
Corporate sustainability makes a lot of sense. Reduce your costs and risk, increase profit, strengthen reputation, protect and conserve natural resources and social ...
Why Sustainable Companies Have More Engaged Employees
Labor Day has come and gone. Many of us will reluctantly turn our attention away from summer diversions and will approach ...
P.J. Simmons Discusses Corporate Sustainability Practices
P.J. Simmons is co-founder and Chairman of the Corporate Eco Forum, a network of senior Global 500 executives focused on spreading ...
Inova Health System Discusses Sustainability Program
In part 1 of a two-part video, Seema Wadhwa, Sustainability Engineer for Inova Health System, talks about how INOVA started their ...
Managing Environmental Impact with a Global Framework and Local Execution
Environmental management poses both challenges and opportunities for companies with operations around the world.
The challenges can seem onerous when you consider variations in local environmental issues, regulations, infrastructure capabilities, culture and other factors. The opportunities, ...
Tesco Tackles Food Waste with Ethylene-Absorbing Strips
