Sustainability

07
May

Sitting here in (strategic) limbo…

Many of us are sitting here in limbo (with all due respect to the reggae management guru Jimmy Cliff).  Senior[…]
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26
Mar

Life cycle thoughtfulness

For years we’ve made progress in “life-cycle thinking”, increasing our understanding of the life cycles of products, services and facilities. […]
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10
Feb

Communicating sustainability: the new PAR for the course

Last week I saw two very different groups wrestle with communicating sustainability.  One, made up of industry leaders and academics[…]
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13
Jan

The Year of the Peer

This post is a “New Year’s Recognition,” not a New Year’s resolution. It recognizes the reality we face rather than[…]
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07
Oct

Rehabbing the crippled triple bottom line

Remember “economics”? The “triple bottom line” has been around for decades. It served its purpose.  It opened up our thinking.[…]
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19
Jun

The We-Me Conundrum

“I really care about society and the environment, and all the things we should do.  I really do.  But still,[…]
3 min read
27
Feb

Sustainable confusion

“Language gets in the way,” lamented a participant at a meeting of corporate EHS and sustainability officers. We had eagerly[…]
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05
Feb

“It’s the revenue…”

Back in the 1992 US Presidential election, James Carville reportedly posted a sign on the wall at the Bill Clinton[…]
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