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Suzanne Pinckney

How to make sustainability ideas stick | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

  • Make the project part of core business strategy, involve all levels of your business and include a "cool" factor to make it memorable.
  • For instance, do you remember these phrases: "biodegradable plant acute hazardous waste absorption bins" or "cactus sinks?"
Suzanne Pinckney

Don't Spin a Better Story. Be a Better Company - Harvard Business Review - 0 views

  • We started by encouraging the organization to get out of its defensive crouch and listen to its critics. It wasn’t easy to open up to the outside, but the learning opportunity was clear. Ten NGO leaders around the table bring you 100 years of experience.
  • Implementing recently announced energy initiatives will eventually save $1 billion a year.
  • Walmart gets its story out better these days. But the reason the story resonates is that it’s a story of real change.
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  • So here’s my advice: If a drumbeat of criticism starts up against your company, don’t rush to raise your voice above it. Stop to listen. And commit to getting better.
Suzanne Pinckney

It's time to start taking responsible investing seriously | Guardian Sustainable Busine... - 0 views

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    "On its newest assembly lines BMW produces less than 50g of waste per vehicle. Less than the weight of keys and still the company has plans to reduce it further. "
Cortney McDermott

Story of Stuff | Lets Grow Solutions - 0 views

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    Another great one...released today. We should have all the story of stuff videos as pre-assigned homework for sAs school.
Suzanne Pinckney

How to read a sustainability report | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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    "Pay attention to what's in the report -- and what's left out."
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

The sustainability movement faces extinction - what could save it? | Guardian Sustainab... - 0 views

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    "Is sustanability boring?"
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
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