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Suzanne Pinckney

Infoactive - 2 views

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    This is an invaluable tool for communicating data effectively. Putting in the back pocket for now . . .
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    Totally agree and am looking forward to using this with clients.
Suzanne Pinckney

What Is Sustainability? $2,900,000,000,000 In Annual Business Savings - 0 views

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    i really gotta make that new version of our Make The Case ongoing chart. this is rockin material!
Suzanne Pinckney

Driving sustainable transformation via the power of design | Guardian Sustainable Busin... - 0 views

  • Shaw Industries, an early adopter of cradle-to-cradle principles, is committed to making only C2C certified products by 2030. Currently more than 60% of its $4bn in total annual sales comes from certified carpet and hardwood flooring.
  • Numerous benefits accrue from values-first leadership. It clarifies and broadens, in the best way, how a company views itself. It changes how others view it. The products the company sells, its way of doing things and, indeed, its very existence, can be a living testimony to its support for a world of prosperity, social equity and environmental health.
  • most successful companies embrace good design by loudly and clearly stating their positive intentions.
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  • When a CEO declares that his or her company will improve the water quality of an entire community or build a workplace that will generate more renewable energy than it requires, this statement alone can unleash enthusiasm, creativity and innovation
  • . It stresses the good, such as 'we will use and generate only renewable energy,' rather than the more common
Suzanne Pinckney

Grow Profits Using GM's Waste Management Best Practices - 0 views

  • The reason for this focus by Walmart’s CFO, is that Walmart earns $230 million annually through their waste management efforts.
  • GM is generating $1 billion annually through recycling and repurposing their waste stream. They are literally turning trash into cash! This is not an isolated example. Sustainable waste management is now a competitive advantage for businesses ranging from Walmart to Dupont to small businesses like JJH Auto Body and Paint in Salt Lake City.
Suzanne Pinckney

UN Global Sustainability Report - SMEs Still Behind but Making Progress | Sustainabilit... - 0 views

  • It finds that the major barriers for SMEs are lack of financial resources, lack of knowledge, supply chain barriers, and difficulty in implementing sustainability initiatives across functions.
  • sustainability represents a massive opportunity for American SMEs and the entire U.S. economy
Suzanne Pinckney

CEO survey is gloomy reading for the corporate sustainability movement | Guardian Susta... - 0 views

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    Really interesting article on CEO survey with insight as to why sustainability is a challenge still. Good fodder for our messaging
Suzanne Pinckney

How to get investors to care about sustainability? Show them the money | Guardian Susta... - 1 views

  • It begins with an effort to communicate the business value of sustainability in terms investors already understand: the potential to drive revenue growth from sustainability-advantaged products, improve productivity (and margins) from sustainability initiatives and measurably reduce key sustainability-related risks to revenue and reputation.
  • Understanding how effectively a business is exploiting the new global force in business in simple terms may be a key indicator that every analyst needs to know.
  • n 2012, DuPont generated more than $10bn from environmentally advantaged products
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  • Pirelli reports 45% (or €2.84bn) of their €6.3bn 2012 total revenue comesfrom their "green performance" products, up from 36% in 2010.
  • GM earns $1bn a year turning waste into revenue
  • Praxair saves more than $100m per year in sustainability-driven productivity savings through aggregating benefits from thousands of closely managed projects, yielding more than 4% improvement in their annual operating income.
  • Philips earned 45% of its more than $24bn 2012 revenue from sustainability-advantaged products
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    reinforces our first article on speaking investors speak
Suzanne Pinckney

Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog : Landmark 2013 IPCC Report: 95% Chance Most of Global War... - 0 views

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    summary of 2013 IPCC report
Suzanne Pinckney

IPCC Report: Rising Temps, Oceans Increase Firms' Risks · Environmental Manag... - 0 views

  • VF Corporation — one of the world’s largest single purchasers of cotton, whose brands include Lee, Wrangler and The North Face — says much of the world’s cotton comes from areas that are expected to be impacted most by water scarcity and extreme weather  such as the Western US, China, Pakistan and India. The IPCC report makes firms’ risks associated with climate change even more clear, says Letitia Webster, VF’s director of global corporate sustainability.
  • “Whether in mountains or the ocean, our brands and our consumers are feeling the impacts of climate change,” which means less ski-related business for The North Face.  The company today signed Ceres’ Climate Declaration, calling on US policymakers to enact climate and clean energy policies that will benefit the economy.
Suzanne Pinckney

Number of 'climate leaders' doubles in new CDP report | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

  • The Home Depot reported to CDP that it has sold $6 billion worth of energy-efficient products, and estimates that a 5 percent shift in customer buying habits could account for some $300 million in energy efficiency-related sales.
  • "Since economic growth resumed, the old notion of emissions reductions and increasing GDP being mutually exclusive has appeared less valid," the report says.
Suzanne Pinckney

Study: Telecommuting can save American households $1.7 billion per year | SmartPlanet - 0 views

  • n real world terms: currently 40 percent of IBM’s employees telecommute, saving the company nearly $2.9 billion in reduced office space needs since 1995 (this doesn’t even include the energy cost savings).
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