Revisiting South Africa: The window and the mirror
I just came back from 2 weeks in South Africa, exactly three years after my first visit there. My sense[…]
Winners and Losers: Globalization and Technology
The biggest divide in the US may not be along party, race or gender – big as those divides are.[…]
Personal Strategies for the New Political Reality
Some of us are dismayed and even appalled by the incoming administration, its policies and its behavior. (If that doesn’t[…]
Corporate Sustainability: The stakes just got a whole lot higher
Corporate sustainability didn’t become passé with this election: it became essential. We now know that government isn’t going to ride[…]
The Easiest Environmental Decision You’ll Ever Make
Hillary Clinton says: “Climate change is an urgent threat and a defining challenge of our time.” Donald Trump says: “I[…]
Mylan, EpiPen and the Fog of CSR
Mylan has received plenty of attention lately for the decision to dramatically increase pricing for the life-saving EpiPen. The intense[…]
Redesigning EHS amid the chaos
It seems strange to talk about organization amid all the current national and global turmoil. But people still have to[…]
Mixed Greens: Green Giants, Green Shoots, Green Lions and Green Whisperers
Two different views of corporate sustainability collided in my inbox last week. One email said that Freya Williams will speak[…]
Sea Level Rise: We know now what we’ll wish we knew then
I’ve spent 40 years working on investment and disinvestment decisions, both in the public and private sectors. I’ve worked with[…]
The Uncertainty Epidemic
There’s an uncertainty epidemic going around corporate America. It is becoming a downward spiral of uncertainty, almost an emotional recession.[…]
