Chief Sustainability Officer Articles
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Corporate Sustainability Officers’ “Back Story” Revealed
With “sustainability” no longer just the domain of economic viability for business, a new order has emerged. With the advent of more rigorous voluntary reporting of a company’s sustainability efforts, companies have realized that gathering, collating, and assimilating the necessary information requires the assistance of a number of different business enterprises within the ...
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Identity Crisis - Just what does an `environmental organization` do for a corporation?
As the saying goes, "If you are not at the table, you may be on the menu." EHS departments are on the menu in today's cost-cutting environment. Long-established roles are those that can most easily be outsourced or shifted to others, such as frontline employees. Indeed, in a number of corporations, the traditional environmental leader now works for the company's new "chief sustainability officer" ...
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Why Your Organization Needs A Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO)
Organization charts normally have boxes for lots of chiefs – whether it’s chief executive officer (CEO), chief financial officer (CFO), chief operating officer (COO), or even chief technology officer (CTO) – to indicate positions of senior responsibility for large areas the organizations’ day-to-day and strategic operations. There are a growing number of chief ...
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Future of Mining EMEA arrives in London with the focus on technology, development and sustainability
Future of Mining EMEA arrives in London with the focus on technology, development and sustainability The Future of Mining EMEA conference takes place at 8 Northumberland Avenue in London from 4-5 September 2019 with a strategic focused commercial and operational agenda connecting the industry across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Speakers delivering on these topic areas include Daria ...
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How much will Sustainability Cost my Company?
The decision to consider how sustainability can positively impact your business can be prompted by many factors. You may be personally committed to running a business that is more eco-friendly, your competition may be taking steps to becoming a more sustainable business, your suppliers may demand compliance with international sustainability frameworks (UNGC, GRI), or your customers may be ...
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Rethinking the role of business in solving environmental threats
In 2012, when the Obama Administration sought to raise average fuel economy standards, something unexpected happened. The "Big Three" automakers -- General Motors, Chrysler and Ford - backed the effort. For decades, every attempt to raise fuel economy standards had been met with stiff opposition from automakers who argued it was too costly, too difficult, and would result in cars Americans ...
By Ceres
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The New Professionals of The Industry 5.0
Industry 5.0 is already a reality, and the recycling sector is fully immersed in the transformation that this entails. While Industry 4.0 focused on the digitalization of industrial processes and the use of new technologies to increase business productivity and efficiency, with Industry 5.0 a new opportunity opens up. According to the definition developed by the European Commission itself in its ...
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Four Reasons We Can`t Wait for the NAEM EHS & Sustainability Management Forum 2016
For 24 years, the National Association of Environmental Management’s (NAEM) annual EHS & Sustainability Management Forum has brought environment, health and safety (EHS) and sustainability decision-makers together for a few days of inspiring speakers, learning sessions and networking. This year’s event is set for Oct. 26-28, 2016 in beautiful Denver, Colorado, and it’s ...
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Manifesto for a resource-efficient Europe
In a world with growing pressures on resources and the environment, the EU has no choice but to go for the transition to a resource-efficient and ultimately regenerative circular economy. Our future jobs and competitiveness, as a major importer of resources, are dependent on our ability to get more added value, and achieve overall decoupling, through a systemic change in the use and recovery of ...
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Greater Expectations: 3 Actions for Companies to Take on Climate Policy
A region that collectively represents the fifth-largest economy in the world recently launched a new effort to address climate change—with the backing of business. The premier of British Columbia and governors from California, Oregon, and Washington state announced a collaborative policy effort to: account for the costs of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; push for an international climate ...
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How climate adaptation experts help companies prepare for disaster
As the planet warms, new careers are starting to emerge In 2008, floods in Thailand forced the temporary closure of four Nike factories, costing the company millions of dollars. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy demolished Verizon’s copper-wire infrastructure on the U.S. eastern seaboard, costing thousands of Verizon customers service and the company $1 billion in repair costs. Extreme weather ...
By Ensia
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Sustainable development through public sector participation in developing countries: a case for South African parastatal CEOs
CEOs' of public enterprises have the task of turning around the organisations they lead to make a meaningful contribution towards sustainable development. A personal vision, the philosophy that goes beyond the written mission and vision of the organisation is what makes a difference. This study examines the visions of South African CEOs of parastatals to see how they can influence changes in the ...
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