Closed Loop Partners CEO Ron Gonen offers a glimpse into his new book, The Waste-Free World, in the following written interview with CEF Deputy Director Michael Rama. ________________ Michael Rama: What led you to write The Waste-Free World? Ron Gonen: I’ve written a ...
Reprinted with permission. Originally featured here. By Kristina Kloberdanz I’m a marathon runner, not a sprinter, and there are a few principles I’ve embraced over the years. To run a marathon, you have to be willing to bet big and commit. You ...
Reprinted with permission. Originally featured here on The Instigator. By Mark Tercek and Peter Ebsen Background: We recently put forth this submission to the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). We admire the SBTi, and we share their goal of “driving ambitious corporate climate action.” ...
By Emilio Tenuta, SVP Corporate Sustainability, Ecolab How organizations can take action to avoid water-related risks and advance sustainability goals One of the many things we’ve learned in the past year is to expect the unexpected, starting with the disruptions from the ...
By Andrew J. Hoffman Ask any business student (or anyone for that matter) what the purpose of the corporation is, and they will likely parrot back that it is to “make money for its shareholders.” The prevalence of this belief ...
By Kirsten Salyer Opinion Editor, World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum's January meetings are at their heart working meetings focused on action. They bring together leaders from governments, businesses, and civil society to collaborate on solutions to the most pressing issues ...
This blog post was originally featured here. By Margaret O’Gorman If 2020 taught us anything, it was that plans can be derailed in an instant, priorities change overnight and what we consider to be pressing challenges one day can become low priority ...
By Joel Makower, Chairman & Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group There never has been a moment as opportune as this one to be talking about the intersection of business and sustainability. Our world has been rocked on several fronts, most notably by ...
By Judy Samuelson Tell me which of the pressing issues of our time keep you awake at night, and I will tell you how the old rules of profit maximization and short-term thinking contribute to those problems. Globe-hopping brands with big footprints ...
By Dan Esty and Tyler Yeargain More and more investors want better alignment between their values and their portfolios – thus driving expanded interest in corporate sustainability performance as gauged by Environmental/Social/Governance (ESG) metrics. But the existing ESG data frameworks – ...
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