Green Business 101: This one-hour class covered the business case for sustainability, the range of approaches that companies can take to green their operations and image and a few case studies of industry leaders.
This slide deck explains the Business Certification for enterprises pursuing sustainable business practices (ie, creating a positive impact for employees, the community and the environment.)
Sustainability has been proven to be a smart business strategy. This presentation reviews the current research on how sustainable business practices improve competitiveness.
Green Business 101: This one-hour class covered the business case for sustainability, the range of approaches that companies can take to green their operations and image and a few case studies of industry leaders.
This slide deck explains the Business Certification for enterprises pursuing sustainable business practices (ie, creating a positive impact for employees, the community and the environment.)
Sustainability has been proven to be a smart business strategy. This presentation reviews the current research on how sustainable business practices improve competitiveness.
A requirement to provide sustainability and ethical trading information becomes an integral part of tendering process in public and private sector.
What information to select, how to present it, where to find helpful background info about buyer's needs and objectives plus our top tips on how to write a winning sustainability policy - all included in our Sustainability in Tendering, Maximise the opportunity presentation.
Handprinting: The Art and Science of Quantifying Positive ImpactsSustainable Brands
SB'14 San Diego
Greg Norris, Co-Director, SHINE, Harvard School of Public Health
Gale Tedhams, Director, Sustainability, Owens Corning
Laura Draucker, Senior Associate, World Resources Institute (WRI)
Handprinting refers to quantifying the positive consequence of a company or organization, its products or services and how it relates with all its stakeholders. The goal for an organization that engages in measuring its handprint isn't simply to minimize its negative impact, but to maximize its positive influence while enhancing operational efficiency and profitability, and to pursue net-positive sustainability in which its handprint exceeds its footprint. Join this session for a crash course on reimagining how a brand measures the success of its sustainability initiatives.
This deck describes sustainability in residential and commercial settings. Topics include operations, structures, behaviors, products & services and community outreach related to being sustainable. Being green has never been easier to understand.
Our green expertise can be brought to your group or organization in a speaker presentation or seminar designed for your audience. Offering inspiring and practical advice on how to reduce your environmental impact and budget through incorporating sustainability into your operations. We have presented nationwide. Our presentations are not only informative but also fun and interesting. We specialize in offering no cost and low cost green strategies that can benefit your bottom line. Going green can help your business not only make a profit but also Make a Difference.
Greennonprofits.org Practical Steps to Going GreenTed Hart
Dedicated to helping all charities go green. The GreenNonprofits.org charitable organization provides this slide deck as a way to help all charities succeed with practical advice on going green.
2011 Ecobuild - Designing for behaviour changeswsmith
Presentation at Ecobuild for BioRegional on designing for pro-environmental behaviour change. Looking at what shapes people's behaviour, some case studies and the approach taken at BioRegional when designing for behaviour change.
Ecobuild 2011 - Designing for behaviour changeBioRegional
Ecobuild workshop on designing for pro-environmental behaviour change.
Explaining some theory, some case studies and how a rough guide to how we apply it to our work at BioRegional.
This presentation works best with a presenter or use of the notes, and is not designed to be just viewed on SlideShare!
In August 2014, SSC completed a peer benchmarking analysis of the athletic wear industry that examined the sustainability performance of five prominent brands: Adidas, Lululemon, Nike, Puma, and Under Armour. During this process, we focused on six different dimensions of sustainability with four categories as a part of each dimension:
-Governance - Materiality, Ethics, Risk, Communications
-Environment - Energy & Climate, Waste & Recycling, Water, Land Use & Biodiversity
-Workplace - Diversity, Health & Safety, Training & Education, Working Conditions
-Community - Philanthropy, Volunteering, Community Investment, Engagement
-Product - Life Cycle Management, Product Quality, Product Safety, Packaging
-Supply Chain - Materials Stewardship, Green Purchasing, Social Standards, Engagement
Not only did we assign four categories to each dimension, but for thoroughness we applied a three prong analysis to each dimension reviewing policies, programs, and performance to each category.
It is also important to note that SSC relies only on publically available data when conducting a peer benchmarking assessment.
Blueprint for green business final 042210guest6d71a4d
RMT, Inc. and Vollrath Associates discuss how your company can become sustainable and how to market and communicate those green initiatives.
Blueprint for Green Business - Earth Day - April 22, 2010
Thriving in the Circular Economy: Product Design and Business Practices for “...Antea Group
With current and upcoming resource constraints, plus society's growing disapproval of "disposable" products, it's time to design and offer products to leverage existing resources and keep them in the economy after use. This webinar will walk participants along the path from the make-and-waste Linear Economy to the use-and-reuse Circular Economy.
The Circular Economy sounds good financially and environmentally, but how does one actually transform an industry from the Linear to the Circular Economy? This presentation (given by Pamela Gordon as part of the NAEM 2017 webinar series) will provide specific ways of implementing Circular Economy design and business practices at manufacturing companies, with examples from the tech industry that will inspire all industries.
This slideshow was presented to Tennessee Titans executives, Metro Nashville Government officials, Lipscomb Professors, and local sustainability professionals
A requirement to provide sustainability and ethical trading information becomes an integral part of tendering process in public and private sector.
What information to select, how to present it, where to find helpful background info about buyer's needs and objectives plus our top tips on how to write a winning sustainability policy - all included in our Sustainability in Tendering, Maximise the opportunity presentation.
Handprinting: The Art and Science of Quantifying Positive ImpactsSustainable Brands
SB'14 San Diego
Greg Norris, Co-Director, SHINE, Harvard School of Public Health
Gale Tedhams, Director, Sustainability, Owens Corning
Laura Draucker, Senior Associate, World Resources Institute (WRI)
Handprinting refers to quantifying the positive consequence of a company or organization, its products or services and how it relates with all its stakeholders. The goal for an organization that engages in measuring its handprint isn't simply to minimize its negative impact, but to maximize its positive influence while enhancing operational efficiency and profitability, and to pursue net-positive sustainability in which its handprint exceeds its footprint. Join this session for a crash course on reimagining how a brand measures the success of its sustainability initiatives.
This deck describes sustainability in residential and commercial settings. Topics include operations, structures, behaviors, products & services and community outreach related to being sustainable. Being green has never been easier to understand.
Our green expertise can be brought to your group or organization in a speaker presentation or seminar designed for your audience. Offering inspiring and practical advice on how to reduce your environmental impact and budget through incorporating sustainability into your operations. We have presented nationwide. Our presentations are not only informative but also fun and interesting. We specialize in offering no cost and low cost green strategies that can benefit your bottom line. Going green can help your business not only make a profit but also Make a Difference.
Greennonprofits.org Practical Steps to Going GreenTed Hart
Dedicated to helping all charities go green. The GreenNonprofits.org charitable organization provides this slide deck as a way to help all charities succeed with practical advice on going green.
2011 Ecobuild - Designing for behaviour changeswsmith
Presentation at Ecobuild for BioRegional on designing for pro-environmental behaviour change. Looking at what shapes people's behaviour, some case studies and the approach taken at BioRegional when designing for behaviour change.
Ecobuild 2011 - Designing for behaviour changeBioRegional
Ecobuild workshop on designing for pro-environmental behaviour change.
Explaining some theory, some case studies and how a rough guide to how we apply it to our work at BioRegional.
This presentation works best with a presenter or use of the notes, and is not designed to be just viewed on SlideShare!
In August 2014, SSC completed a peer benchmarking analysis of the athletic wear industry that examined the sustainability performance of five prominent brands: Adidas, Lululemon, Nike, Puma, and Under Armour. During this process, we focused on six different dimensions of sustainability with four categories as a part of each dimension:
-Governance - Materiality, Ethics, Risk, Communications
-Environment - Energy & Climate, Waste & Recycling, Water, Land Use & Biodiversity
-Workplace - Diversity, Health & Safety, Training & Education, Working Conditions
-Community - Philanthropy, Volunteering, Community Investment, Engagement
-Product - Life Cycle Management, Product Quality, Product Safety, Packaging
-Supply Chain - Materials Stewardship, Green Purchasing, Social Standards, Engagement
Not only did we assign four categories to each dimension, but for thoroughness we applied a three prong analysis to each dimension reviewing policies, programs, and performance to each category.
It is also important to note that SSC relies only on publically available data when conducting a peer benchmarking assessment.
Blueprint for green business final 042210guest6d71a4d
RMT, Inc. and Vollrath Associates discuss how your company can become sustainable and how to market and communicate those green initiatives.
Blueprint for Green Business - Earth Day - April 22, 2010
Thriving in the Circular Economy: Product Design and Business Practices for “...Antea Group
With current and upcoming resource constraints, plus society's growing disapproval of "disposable" products, it's time to design and offer products to leverage existing resources and keep them in the economy after use. This webinar will walk participants along the path from the make-and-waste Linear Economy to the use-and-reuse Circular Economy.
The Circular Economy sounds good financially and environmentally, but how does one actually transform an industry from the Linear to the Circular Economy? This presentation (given by Pamela Gordon as part of the NAEM 2017 webinar series) will provide specific ways of implementing Circular Economy design and business practices at manufacturing companies, with examples from the tech industry that will inspire all industries.
This slideshow was presented to Tennessee Titans executives, Metro Nashville Government officials, Lipscomb Professors, and local sustainability professionals
In this presentation, given to 30 Next Gen members of AFBN, I spoke about the need (and opportunity) for Next Generation leaders to retool themselves and their family businesses.
How to use “Green” Business methods to create (More) Profits (for All)Douglas Lezameta Risco
What’s a “Green” or Sustainable Business?
The “Doux Commerce” Principle: no transparency, no business deal - it’s in your best self-interest to act in a transparent way.
Adam Smith explaining the Dutch superior trading skills.
Smith postulated that Reputation is extremely important in Business.
Jane Jacobs, a top American anthropologist (1992) stated on Humans: either we steal, or we trade to make a living (51-53).
Green launching: 7 principles to Connect Growth & Sustainability Standard Deviation
This Earth day, we wanted to inspire more businesses to 'Green Launch’ and are releasing a toolkit to help entrepreneurs think of sustainability as a driver for growth rather than a complex nice-to-have.
Click here to download toolkit and workshop templates: https://standard-deviation.co/#green-launching
Join the conversation on Instagram @wedeviate
Green launching: 7 principles to Connect Growth & Sustainability Standard Deviation
This Earth day, we wanted to inspire more businesses to 'Green Launch’ and are releasing a toolkit to help entrepreneurs think of sustainability as a driver for growth rather than a complex nice-to-have.
Click here to download toolkit and workshop templates: https://standard-deviation.co/#green-launching
Join the conversation on Instagram @wedeviate
Eco-Engineering The Grass IsAlways GreenerYes, the .docxjack60216
Eco-Engineering: The Grass Is
Always Greener
Yes, the title of this chapter has a dual meaning. Among senior execu-tives at global corporations, eco-engineering is already seen as astrategic imperative—even though the practice of eco-engineering is
not yet clearly understood by engineers. At the same time, many companies
feel constant pressure to prove that their “green” initiatives are greener than
their competitors’, leading to an upward spiral in greenwashing.
The net result is confusion. It can be difficult for engineers, executives, and
consumers to distinguish between an environmentally responsible project and
a plain old-fashioned PR grab. If you’re an engineer who’s really interested
in making a positive environmental impact, what should you focus on? Here
are a few suggestions, based on lessons learned from the real world of eco-
engineering.
Carbon Neutrality: Good Start but Not Enough
Corporate sustainability leaders tend to be a collaborative group. They are
open to sharing ideas, swapping stories, and growing their networks of col-
leagues in other companies. And that’s a great thing, because those of us who
deal with corporate sustainability on a daily basis know we’re in uncharted
territory and that we’re all learning as we go. We understand it’s in every-
one’s best interest if the overall economy becomes more sustainable. After all,
when it comes to climate changes there aren’t winners and losers—ultimately
we’ll either all win or all lose.
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For example, let’s say your company magically reduces the environmental
impact of its operations to nothing so that you’re able to deliver your products
and services with no impact of any kind. But in the excitement your company
decides that you have created such a big advantage through your eco-effective-
ness that you better keep it a secret and not share your magic with anyone else.
In this case, how much better off is the world? Does erasing the impact of one
company make a big difference? Unfortunately, no.
Which brings us to the subject of carbon neutrality, the term often used to
describe the goal of corporate efforts to lessen companies’ impact on the
environment. No company can reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to
zero, so the idea is that Organization A pays Organization B to plant trees,
increase energy efficiency, create green energy, or do something else with a
positive impact on GHG emissions, thus offsetting Organization A’s own car-
bon emissions.
Many companies have centered their environmental strategy on a goal of
achieving carbon neutrality. They are generally doing some efficiency proj-
ects, purchasing some green energy, and offsetting the rest. But we’ve been
looking at product and service lifecycles, and we know the part that’s within
your four walls may be only a small part of your overall impact. What about
your supply chain? What about your products in use at your customers’ facil-
ities? What about your products at the end of their usef ...
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41. Where we can improve… Stage lighting - the average usage for one production is 47,250 kwh*- 4 times an average family’s annual usage.** LED fixtures would decrease the load significantly, but cost $1,200 - $5,000 each. There are actually significant grant opportunities for this - But can you get the match? Afford to have staff focus on this? *16 hours of rehearsal & 12 hours of performance ** US Energy Information Administration, http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/ask/electricity_faqs.asp