The document discusses 7 best practices for sustainability that have helped organizations stay at the leading edge. These practices include: 1) setting sustainability goals and measuring success, 2) stakeholder engagement, 3) sustainability issues mapping, 4) sustainability management systems, 5) product life cycle assessment and design, 6) sustainability reporting, and 7) integrating sustainability into brands. It argues that while sustainability can generate revenue and reduce costs, most organizations are not taking full advantage of these tools and should prioritize implementing as many of these practices as possible to improve.
Every company, of every size, in every corner of the globe collaborates on one level or another. At one end of the spectrum lies tactical communication and coordination between people, teams, partners and customers. However, the other end of the spectrum is reserved for those who have established the tools, process and culture, and optimized their environment for Collaboration - those who are Collaborating with a "big C". White paper by Bill Haskins, Senior Analyst at Wainhouse Research.
Everywhere is marketing in the world.
“Meeting Needs Profitability”
Marketing is an organizational function
and set of processes for
creating, communicating & delivering value to customers and
for managing customer relationships in ways that
benefit the organization & its stakeholders
Production Concept
Service Concept
Selling Concept
Product Concept
Marketing Concept
Holistic Concept
Internal Marketing
Integrated Marketing
Relationship Marketing
Performance Marketing
Every company, of every size, in every corner of the globe collaborates on one level or another. At one end of the spectrum lies tactical communication and coordination between people, teams, partners and customers. However, the other end of the spectrum is reserved for those who have established the tools, process and culture, and optimized their environment for Collaboration - those who are Collaborating with a "big C". White paper by Bill Haskins, Senior Analyst at Wainhouse Research.
Everywhere is marketing in the world.
“Meeting Needs Profitability”
Marketing is an organizational function
and set of processes for
creating, communicating & delivering value to customers and
for managing customer relationships in ways that
benefit the organization & its stakeholders
Production Concept
Service Concept
Selling Concept
Product Concept
Marketing Concept
Holistic Concept
Internal Marketing
Integrated Marketing
Relationship Marketing
Performance Marketing
Why are alliance sales so misunderstood? After all they represent a dramatically lower cost of sale than other alternatives? Is it because they involve joint value creation? make up your own mind by reading this simple presentation.
Long-term trends, driven by public policy and exponential rates of change in digital infrastructure, are fundamentally altering the global business environment. In this disruptive environment, family businesses need to challenge themselves – and this is an important responsibility for the next generation of family business leaders.
Brighter Planet Employee Engagement and Sustainability Survey 2009Elizabeth Lupfer
An Analysis of the Extent and Nature of Employee Sustainability Programs . This report sheds light on the interactions between employers and their employees around sustainable actions in the
workplace. Includes useful social media data as a communications channel.
Source: Brighter Planet, http://brighterplanet.com/research
Due to the current instability in the business world, organizations should be able to anticipate changes and have coherent responses at hand to effective manage risks, create value, build good relations, increase profit and improve competitive positioning.
A report titled Exploring Strategic Risk issued in 2013 for Forbes Insights by Deloitte, contains some very important conclusions for the business community. 300 executives from around the world were interviewed for the study, in an attempt to find out their vision of the risk strategy and current changes and analysing how organizations should face these new challenges.
Sometimes it is difficult to link risks to a specific financial impact and not all data are pertinent to the evaluation of emerging risks. That's why companies have to be aware of internal risks and manage them well in order to be able to manage external risks and invest into strategic assets such as human capital, clients and innovation.
This insight explains the case of the financial services as the sector that less trust generates due to its short-sightedness, lack of values and lack of professional education that resulted in corruption and bad practices, which compromised the financial sector.
The report A Crisis of Culture: Valuing Ethics and Knowledge in Financial Services examines the role of integrity and knowledge in restoring culture in the financial services industry. The conclusions appear in the full version of this document.
The financial industry is just one example in the wider panorama. Lack of values is widespread and creates significant risks. Bad practices trigger problems such as loss of profit, loss of reputation and even loss of shareholders, clients and employees.
The crisis, as well as the arrival of new technologies, urges companies to maintain their good practices and emphasize aspects as ethics, leadership, commitment, performance, transparency and sustainability.
The digital revolution and social networks encourage companies to be more transparent: companies meet their promises and obligations, deliver a coherent dialogue and improve the relationship with their stakeholders.
Application of values raises the possibility of good results and profits for companies through improvement of their reputation and business as well as optimization of resources. This certainly creates competitive advantages, establishes a strong cultural connection and improves employees’ motivation.
Before taking any decision, an institution should keep in mind the fact that it needs implicit and explicit public approval. Good business management implies risk management, creating a climate of trust, good will, credibility, social commitment and empathy between stakeholders and the company.
Some Mistakes Regarding the Management of the SDGs | Albert Vilariño Alonso ...Albert Vilariño
Post published on Medium on 10/08/18.
https://medium.com/@albert.vilarino/some-mistakes-regarding-the-management-of-the-sdgs-and-sustainability-4b1da1e166b6
Why are alliance sales so misunderstood? After all they represent a dramatically lower cost of sale than other alternatives? Is it because they involve joint value creation? make up your own mind by reading this simple presentation.
Long-term trends, driven by public policy and exponential rates of change in digital infrastructure, are fundamentally altering the global business environment. In this disruptive environment, family businesses need to challenge themselves – and this is an important responsibility for the next generation of family business leaders.
Brighter Planet Employee Engagement and Sustainability Survey 2009Elizabeth Lupfer
An Analysis of the Extent and Nature of Employee Sustainability Programs . This report sheds light on the interactions between employers and their employees around sustainable actions in the
workplace. Includes useful social media data as a communications channel.
Source: Brighter Planet, http://brighterplanet.com/research
Due to the current instability in the business world, organizations should be able to anticipate changes and have coherent responses at hand to effective manage risks, create value, build good relations, increase profit and improve competitive positioning.
A report titled Exploring Strategic Risk issued in 2013 for Forbes Insights by Deloitte, contains some very important conclusions for the business community. 300 executives from around the world were interviewed for the study, in an attempt to find out their vision of the risk strategy and current changes and analysing how organizations should face these new challenges.
Sometimes it is difficult to link risks to a specific financial impact and not all data are pertinent to the evaluation of emerging risks. That's why companies have to be aware of internal risks and manage them well in order to be able to manage external risks and invest into strategic assets such as human capital, clients and innovation.
This insight explains the case of the financial services as the sector that less trust generates due to its short-sightedness, lack of values and lack of professional education that resulted in corruption and bad practices, which compromised the financial sector.
The report A Crisis of Culture: Valuing Ethics and Knowledge in Financial Services examines the role of integrity and knowledge in restoring culture in the financial services industry. The conclusions appear in the full version of this document.
The financial industry is just one example in the wider panorama. Lack of values is widespread and creates significant risks. Bad practices trigger problems such as loss of profit, loss of reputation and even loss of shareholders, clients and employees.
The crisis, as well as the arrival of new technologies, urges companies to maintain their good practices and emphasize aspects as ethics, leadership, commitment, performance, transparency and sustainability.
The digital revolution and social networks encourage companies to be more transparent: companies meet their promises and obligations, deliver a coherent dialogue and improve the relationship with their stakeholders.
Application of values raises the possibility of good results and profits for companies through improvement of their reputation and business as well as optimization of resources. This certainly creates competitive advantages, establishes a strong cultural connection and improves employees’ motivation.
Before taking any decision, an institution should keep in mind the fact that it needs implicit and explicit public approval. Good business management implies risk management, creating a climate of trust, good will, credibility, social commitment and empathy between stakeholders and the company.
Some Mistakes Regarding the Management of the SDGs | Albert Vilariño Alonso ...Albert Vilariño
Post published on Medium on 10/08/18.
https://medium.com/@albert.vilarino/some-mistakes-regarding-the-management-of-the-sdgs-and-sustainability-4b1da1e166b6
Ke ipsos spec_poll_narrative_report_17_april_2015Ipsos
Ipsos conducted its first quarterly SPEC survey during the period of 28th March to 7th April 2015. The topics covered in this Media Release are: (1) corruption, (2) the al-Shabaab threat, and (3) the digital migration. The questionnaire was finalized immediately after the President’s ‘State of the Nation’ address to parliament. Because the Garissa attack occurred after fieldwork had begun, no questions about this tragic event could be included. However, since about two-thirds of all field interviews had been completed by 2nd April, and the final one-quarter were conducted between 3rd and 7th April, it has been possible to compare responses on certain relevant questions by these two sections of the respondents.
Obwohl die D-Mark hierzulande als offizielles Zahlungsmittel schon lange ausgedient hat, ist sie auch weiterhin quicklebendig: Viele Deutsche vergleichen nach wie vor den Euro mit der D-Mark, bevor sie Geld ausgeben – über die Hälfte aller Bundesbürger tut dies beispielsweise genau jetzt in der Ferienzeit.
LyteSpark is a videoconferencing solutions business. All its services are hosted in the cloud. Two solutions exist – a packaged solution or a component solution.
Following requirements had to be undertaken:
• Assessment the current customer profile and determine whether it should be accepted or developed more fully to include ‘new’ customer segments.
• Test findings from the above by qualifying customer interest.
• Clear definition of the target customer(s) and explanation how these customer groups can located and identified.
• Evaluation of how awareness could be raised with these target customers and link this to ‘first conversion’ in an effort to link marketing to sales based measures.
Primary outcome: a definable customer group(s) and a plan of how to convert them to LyteSpark customers
In this white paper published by Sustainable Brands and co-authored by Mark Stapylton of BrandPanorama with Nancy Elder, JetBlue’s VP of Communications, we discuss the importance of sustainability branding in creating shared value, competitive advantage, and long-term profitability. Without measurement to quantify the return on investment in sustainability relevance and integration are inherently limited, but there are key ROI metrics every company or organization can adopt that will prove the value of sustainability to their brand and accelerate their progress.
Making the Business Case for Sustainability Guide for PractitionersJeanne von Zastrow
A new, free guide for sustainability practitioners to use in helping to develop a plan to present and make the business case for sustainability initiatives, with many examples from the food industry.
Purpose Up - Doubling down in tough times by Barkley + JefferiesBarkley
Now is not the time to shrink back on sustainability and ESG criteria, it is time to double down with focus and clarity. These are the findings from our third annual report Purpose Up | Doubling Down in Tough Times, a joint research study with Jefferies.
Business must be the major driver of innovation and sustainability in our society if we are to avoid a “perfect storm” of resource scarcity, climate change, and pollution. The “triple bottom line” concept is a response to this need, but its use is limited because it does not address the competitive strategy of the firm. A strategy-based balanced scorecard system aligned with principles of the Triple Bottom Line offers a way to accomplish social and environmental goals while integrating them fully with financial performance and competitive advantage.
Tools, techniques and strategies for understanding, measuring and communicating impact. 19th-20th June 2018, London. This two-day conference will highlight the latest methods being applied by business to measure the impact of their sustainability programs. We’ll discuss and debate the pros and cons of the different tools and techniques available, whilst assessing what has really worked for companies in practice.
[Salterbaxter Directions] Moving The Goal PostsMSL
Is your business goal-ready to move beyond 2020? Explore a new generation of emerging sustainability goals that are unlocking business returns and driving transformational change.
Aligning ESG with Corporate Strategy to Gain a Competitive Advantage - SG Ana...SG Analytics
From the sudden surge in the popularity of green finance to the pervasive impact of ESG factors on consumers and their purchasing decisions
Visit: https://us.sganalytics.com/blog/aligning-esg-with-corporate-strategy-to-gain-a-competitive-advantage/
CSIC research fellow Tracey Wright interviews 12 DC-area small businesses to explore how they use social media to communicate their socially responsible business practices to their stakeholders.
Frank Mantero, director of corporate citizenship at General Electric, discussed corporate social responsibility (CSR) and it's role in PR and driving business growth.
2. Top Seven Sustainability Practices: the Sum > the Parts
A Special Report - January 2010
I. Overview
There has been a growing, mainstream acceptance the last few years that
sustainability1
can generate additional revenues by inspiring innovation,
opening new markets, acquiring and retaining customers, and enhancing
brand reputation. It can also reduce costs by improving employee
recruitment and retention, reducing commercial risks, and cutting energy use
and waste.
Moreover, as companies face markets that are being reshaped by intense,
global competitiveness, changing customer demands, increased regulation,
and increased transparency, operating without sustainability initiatives will
leave many organizations at a disadvantage.
Yet, most organizations are not using the tools readily available to them to
engage in and maximize their sustainability efforts. Many have never
engaged with all of their stakeholders in a systemic way, set up a
sustainability management system, or compiled a sustainability report. A
recent IBM paper cites that “many are still missing – by a wide margin – the
information they need to operate as a sustainable enterprise.”2
This paper summarizes the top seven best practices that have helped keep
some organizations at the leading edge of today’s sustainability efforts:
1. Setting Sustainability Goals & Measuring Success
2. Stakeholder Engagement
3. Sustainability Issues Mapping
4. Sustainability Management Systems
5. Product Life Cycle Assessment & Product Design
6. Sustainability / CSR Reporting
7. Integrating Sustainability into Your Brand
After reading this paper, you should have a better understanding of each
process, how they work together, and how they can help your organization
improve.3
1
For simplicity, we use the UN Brundtland Commission’s definition of sustainability:
“development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.” This accommodates economic, environmental, and
social needs. Alternative terms have included “corporate social responsibility,” “green” and
“LOHAS” (lifestyles of health and sustainability), among others.
2
Leading a Sustainable Enterprise, Leverging insight and information to act, Eric
Riddleburger and Jeffrey Hittner, IBM (2009).
3
The paper is not meant to oversimplify a complex field that requires extensive resources
and expertise, but to highlight and integrate the best practices in a valuable way.
“We need to
educate people
about systems
thinking and help
them understand
how all of these
activities are
interdependent
and affect each
other.” – Jeffrey
Hollender, Co-
Founder, Seventh
Generation*
* FromThe Business of
Sustainability, MIT Sloan
Mgmt. Rev. Special Rep.,
2009, in which a similar list of
activities to ours is presented
in an executive survey and
report.