The preservation of our environment and the prosperity and health of our society are both global and local concerns. But are they concerns of the 21st Century Business? Increasingly, the answer is emphatically yes. In this blog post, we will consider the driving forces behind organizational investments in sustainable practices,
Tag: sustainability
Bernd Jan Sikken leads multi-stakeholder initiatives at The World Economic Forum (WEF) that aim to find solutions for fundamental issues such as demographic shifts and environmental sustainability. As an Associate Director, Sikken plays a role in the independent organization that is committed to improving the state of the world by
As BP finishes cementing the damaged Gulf of Mexico oil well this week, I thought it topical to take a look at what others are doing to preserve our environment and how they are using Business Analytics to refine and improve. The Hague, home to the UN’s judicial capital has
Wubbo Ockels was the first Dutch astronaut in 1984. His flight aboard space shuttle Challenger motivated him in propagating a sustainable futuristic view. He spreads this idea as professor at the Aerospace Engineering faculty of the Technical University (TU) Delft and via innovative transport and energy concepts. Well-known examples are
Ingrid Zeegers is responsible at Philips’ development and design of sustainable business. Zeegers is one of the exponents of the principles of cradle-to-cradle in The Netherlands, and under her supervision the Electronics division now has a different view on the use of materials, energy efficiency and product propositions. A view
Dennis Pamlin is a senior associate at the Chinese Academy for Social Sciences. As a strategic economic, technology and innovation advisor, Dennis works with companies and government on sustainability initiatives such as IKEA goes renewable. He also initiated World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Trade and Investment Program work in the BRIC
A few years ago, Alison ran a series of 5-question interviews here with SAS employees. We recently published a corporate responsibility e-book that includes a similar series of interviews with experts and practitioners in the corporate sustainability movement. I'll be republishing those interviews here over the next month or so,
Three key Senators – John Kerry (D), Lindsey Graham (R), and Joe Lieberman (I) – were planning to introduce climate legislation this week, but that has been derailed by Graham’s split from the group, as well as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s suggestion that the Senate will take up the
I had the benefit of spending a day with sustainability experts Dennis Quaintance, Alex Susskind and Alyssa Farrell on Friday, March 12th. This was a tremendous learning experience for me. Of all the topics we are covering in this webcast series for the hospitality industry, sustainability is the one I
On Friday, environmental negotiation between 193 heads of state concluded in Copenhagen. Some argue that little was