corporate sustainability management Articles
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NAEM 2016 Corporate Sustainability Management Conference
The average American uses 2,000 gallons of water DAILY. So, as part of our participation in the upcoming NAEM 2016 Corporate Sustainability Management Conference, instead of the usual conference swag, Antea Group will be helping make participants water neutral for the day by purchasing two BEF Water Restoration Certificates on their behalf. These 2 WRCs are equivalent to 2,000 gallons of water, ...
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Relationship between organisational value addition and environmental sustainability performance in an Indian pulp and paper manufacturing unit and its supply chain: a longitudinal case study
Organisations that improve 'value addition' by implementing several initiatives do not verify impact of these initiatives have on environment. The modern sustainability era, demands elimination of environmental impacts, i.e., a positive correlation is expected between value addition and environmental performance on long term basis. Many studies on Corporate Sustainability Management, based on the ...
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Corporate sustainability management: a methodology and a case study in the mining and minerals sector
This paper proposes an integrated approach to managing corporate sustainability along whole supply chains. The application of the approach is illustrated by a real case study of a company in the mining and minerals sector. The case study describes the main steps of the approach, including identification of sustainability issues, measurement and evaluation of sustainability performance, and ...
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'Going green'! Exploring customer preference in the hotel industry
Green management has become a new mandate for firms in all industries to use in their operational strategies. The hotel industry has long utilised environmentally friendly practises yet it has incorporated more actions in recent years due to consumer demand. This work offers an exploratory qualitative study of consumer perceptions about the importance of green management practises in purchase ...
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Case study - Metso
METSO – Efficient group-wide sustainability management in a global corporation Metso Corporation is a global supplier of technology and services for process industries. In Metso, group-wide management of sustainability performance is considered an integral part of good business management. Metso has been using Tofuture’s Corporate Sustainability Management (CSM) system for all ...
By Tofuture Oy
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Vapo - comparable and reliable data for sustainability reporting and authorities’ registers - case study
Vapo is the leading supplier of local and renewable fuels, bioelectricity and bioheat, and environmental business solutions in the Baltic Sea region. Vapo’s focus on sustainability agenda is on environmental management, particularly on the climate change. Vapo implemented Tofuture´s leading Corporate Sustainability Management (CSM) system for management and reporting of its ...
By Tofuture Oy
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Kesko - Industry leader in sustainability reporting - case study
Kesko is a highly valued listed trading sector company. It has about 2,000 stores engaged in chain operations in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Belarus. Kesko implemented Tofuture’s Corporate Sustainability Management (CSM) system to improve the efficiency and consistency of sustainability data collection and reporting. The CSM system gave Kesko a ...
By Tofuture Oy
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Huhtamäki - improving business performance through non-financial key performance indicators - case study
Huhtamäki Oyj is a global consumer and specialty packaging company aiming to realize business benefits from sustainability performance. In Huhtamäki, internal performance benchmarking and bringing non-financial indicators as an integrated part of everyday management is a continuous development process. Also, the ever increasing need for more transparent and faster reporting to investors ...
By Tofuture Oy
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Outokumpu - leadership in sustainability is based on reliable data - case study
Outokumpu decided to replace its existing data solution for environmental data collection in desire for integrated, efficient, accurate and transparent corporate-wide environmental performance management. In addition to reporting, system was designed to follow groups KPI’s such as carbon footprint, energy and material efficiency. Tofuture´s Corporate Sustainability Management (CSM) ...
By Tofuture Oy
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Defining sustainable leadership
The concepts of sustainable leadership remain complex and confusing for employees, leaders and organisations to grasp. It is a challenge for today's organisations to define these concepts and to be able to measure them. This study analysed the interpretations of sustainability, subsequently developing a sustainable leadership definition acceptable to all demographics within an organisation. This ...
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Case Study - Outokumpu
OUTOKUMPU – leadership in sustainability is based on reliable data Outokumpu decided to replace its existing data solution for environmental data collection in desire for integrated, efficient, accurate and transparent corporate-wide environmental performance management. In addition to reporting, system was designed to follow groups KPI’s such as carbon footprint, energy and material ...
By Tofuture Oy
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Case Study - Kesko
KESKO – Industry Leader in Sustainability Reporting Kesko is the most versatile provider of trading sector services in the Baltic Sea area and has operations on in the Nordic countries, the Baltic countries and Russia. Kesko implemented Tofuture’s Corporate Sustainability Management (CSM) system to improve the efficiency and consistency of sustainability data collection and reporting. ...
By Tofuture Oy
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Linking stakeholders and corporate reputation towards corporate sustainability
The purpose of this paper is to understand the interdependence of corporate reputation within the sphere of stakeholder management with the goal of achieving corporate sustainability. The paper investigates literatures in corporate sustainability, stakeholder management, social marketing, corporate communication, and reputation management in order to build a new framework. This study suggests ...
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Corporate instruments for sustainable management: characteristics and thematic priorities
Recently the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the initiative 'Corporate Instruments for Sustainable Management' (Ina) encouraged a total of 17 joint projects to develop new sustainable management instruments and to implement these instruments in the participating enterprises. Universities, research institutes and corporations were engaged in the projects. The key thematic ...
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Environmental policy and corporate environmental behaviour in India: social, economic and legal aspects
Countries all over the world find sustainability to be a major concern, and India is no exception. The Indian environmental management system today clearly reflects this global concern. Global economic forces have impacted environmental management in India on many fronts, such as pollution control, preservation and promotion of ecology, environmental legislation, multilateral environmental ...
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Case Study - Huhtamäki
Huhtamäki - improving business performance through non-financial key performance indicators Huhtamäki Oyj is a global consumer and specialty packaging company aiming to realize business benefits from sustainability performance. In Huhtamäki, internal performance benchmarking and bringing non-financial indicators as an integrated part of everyday management is a continuous ...
By Tofuture Oy
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Conflict Minerals Reporting Yields As Many Questions As Answers
While it’s too soon to know exactly how companies will respond to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new conflict minerals reporting requirement, experts say this first year was an eye-opening lesson in just how challenging it is to track down quality data across a global supply chain. “When you look at it from a process standpoint, it’s not a very complicated ...
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8 Features of a Future Green City: A Step Towards Sustainability
All of us have read about sustainability and its thriving benefits in theory. However, if those sustainability factors come into practice, we can live in a world where cities are green and smog-free. Sounds amazing, doesn’t it? While this vision seems a bit utopian, many cities are actively working on such projects to make themselves idyllic with green ecosystems. Looking at the ...
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Examining, discussing and suggesting the possible contribution and role of Buddhist economics for corporate social responsibility
Key principles of Buddhist economics are discussed in relation to the private sector's role in contributing to sustainable development. It is suggested that many aspects of a Buddhist approach are consistent with recent developments in the field of corporate social responsibility. But a more radical approach to that concept is required if we are to attain anything close to sustainable ...
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Why sustainability practitioners need to embrace big data (rather than be scared of it)
The outcome of the 2012 presidential election in the US, which saw President Barack Obama fight to win a second term against the Republican Mitt Romney, was uncertain. Obama’s record-breaking fundraising was no guarantee of success in the face of challenging domestic issues such as how the US would respond to the economic downturn or the future of the Affordable Care Act. But one man did ...
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