Earlier this month in Washington DC, utility executives shared the pains and triumphs in the turmoil that is today’s energy market. With a patchwork of regulatory frameworks across North America coupled with discouraging economics of many smart grid investments, utilities seem more disparate in projects and management than ever before.
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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,
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
On Friday, environmental negotiation between 193 heads of state concluded in Copenhagen. Some argue that little was
Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet an innovator and entrepreneur in the banking industry – Henry McKoy. His green vision is to establish proven lending practices that consider not only a commercial applicant’s credit worthiness, but their quantifiable impact on the environment and community. What are the potential benefits
This Tuesday, I had the opportunity to participate in a half-day seminar on “What Sustainability Means to a Company’s Bottom Line.” The event was hosted by SAS in our green LEED-certified Canadian Headquarters in Toronto. As I was preparing for the seminar, I reflected on the topic at hand. I
The top administrator for the US EPA recently released findings that will pave the way for legislation that limits greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. With this report, the US takes a big step closer to European Union nations, which have agreed to Kyoto greenhouse gas limits and are
This week I had the rare opportunity to hear directly from CEOs and Senior Vice Presidents from diverse industries about the importance of corporate citizenship to their employees, customers, and bottom line. Marie Lowman, left, Director of International Development at SAS, participated on a panel with The Gap Foundation and
The discussion at “The Cost of Doing Business in a Cap and Trade World" was my first open forum that provided a glimpse into the financial and legal havoc that a carbon market could impose on many organizations. Here’s a quick carbon market primer: proposed regulations cap the amount of