Our next open enrollment GRI training course will be held June 1-2, 2011 at Trinity Commons in Cleveland, OH. This is our signature, 2-day, GRI-certified course, and our third of the year. If you would like more information, and to register, please visit www.brownflynnlearning.com. If you have any questions please contact Marissa Beechuk at marissab@brownflynn.com [...]
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Posted in Best Practices, Business, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Education & Training, Environmental Sustainability, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Regulatory Environment, Stakeholder Engagement, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Sustainability Reporting, tagged Cleveland, Global Reporting Initiative, GRI, GRI-certified, OH, Trinity Commons on May 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Beyond the Triple Bottom Line: Creating Shared Value
Posted in Best Practices, Business, Community Engagement, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environmental Sustainability, Government, Green Economy, Innovation, News, Partnerships, Regulatory Environment, Stakeholder Engagement, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Sustainability Reporting, tagged Competitive position, Creating Shared Value, CSR, CSV, Harvard Business Review, HBR, Mark Kramer, Michael Porter, Porter, Profitability, Reinventing Capitalism, Shared Value, strategy, Sustainability, The Big Idea, Value chains on March 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
“While society’s needs are large and growing, a new generation is asking business to step up.” Michael Porter, a distinct name in business and a thought leader in strategy and competitiveness, and Mark Kramer, managing director at FSG, offered the CSR world a different perspective on the value of the triple bottom line in their [...]
The Taylor Companies: old school values with new school thinking
Posted in Best Practices, Business, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environmental Sustainability, Green Economy, Innovation, News, Supply Chain, Sustainability, tagged Certified Green Plus, Green Plus, Institute for Sustainable Development, Sustainability Facts label, The Climate Registry, The Taylor Companies, Triple Pundit on January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday Triple Pundit featured our valued client, The Taylor Companies (Taylor), in an article that highlighted the introduction of their new Sustainability Facts label. Taylor is the oldest company of its kind not only in Ohio but in the United States. Established in 1816, Taylor combines traditional furniture-making processes with new technology and an emphasis on [...]
Water Leaks into CDP, DJSI, GRI and Others
Posted in Best Practices, Business, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environmental Sustainability, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Government, Green Economy, News, Regulatory Environment, Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), Supply Chain, Sustainability, Sustainability Reporting, tagged Beverage, Bosch, Carbon Disclosure Project, Carbon Disclosure Project Water Disclosure, Caterpillar, CDP, CDP Water, CDP Water Global Report, chemicals, China, Delta, Dial, DJSI, Dow, Dow Jones, EMS, energy, Florida, Food, G3, G3 Guidelines, Gap, GHG, GHG emissions, global crisis, Global Report, GRI, Levi, Levi's, Metals and Mining, Method, Moen, Molson Coors, Natural resource, P&G, Regulations, Risks, Technology, Tobacco, Unilever, Water, Water crisis, Water Global Report on November 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Imagine a world where there is a global war fought over a natural resource that makes up, in some cases, 70% of our human bodies. We have to melt snow for water supply, landscaping is illegal and our water consumption is controlled by the government. This may sound extreme, but the global water crisis is [...]
Responsible Packaging – The Great Debate
Posted in Best Practices, Business, Environmental Sustainability, Innovation, Supply Chain, Sustainability, tagged biodegradeable, Braksem, Coca-Cola, compostable, Cover Girl, Crate&Barrel, Dell, DuPont, environment, EnviroPak, Frito Lay, Geämi, GRI, International Paper, Macy's, Max Factor, P&G, Packaging, Pantene, PET, Plastic, recyclable, recycle, renewable, Snyder's, Sun Chips, Supply Chain, sustainable, sustainable packaging, Walmart, waste, Whole Foods on August 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Many companies use plastic in their products, packaging and packing of their packaged products – which amounts to a lot of responsibility for the customer and end consumer! 27% of PET containers were recycled in 2008, which pales in comparison to the 2,500,000 plastic bottles that Americans use every hour.[1],[2] Environmental groups say one of [...]
Stakeholder Engagement & Sustainability Survey
Posted in Business, Community Engagement, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), News, Partnerships, Stakeholder Engagement, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Sustainability Reporting, tagged Community Engagement, Global Reporting Initiative, Green Plus, GRI, Institute for Sustainable Development, Stakeholder Engagement, stakeholders, survey, Sustainability strategy on July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s all about your stakeholders. Do you know who they are? Do you know their value to your sustainability strategy? This summer BrownFlynn is partnering with the Institute for Sustainable Development to conduct a survey on the importance of stakeholder engagement in developing an organization’s sustainability strategy. The results of the survey will be compiled into a [...]
The GoodGuide Product Ratings
Posted in Business, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environmental Sustainability, Green Economy, Innovation, News, Stakeholder Engagement, Supply Chain, Sustainability, tagged Consumer Products, Environmental, Food, GoodGuide, Health, household products, Innovation, iPhone, Personal care, Product Ratings, Product Responsibility, Products, Social, Sustainability, Toys on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Imagine scanning the barcode of a product you were thinking about buying with your internet-enabled phone and immediately finding out how that product could impact your health and how socially and environmentally responsible its manufacturing company is. This technology already exists. Currently in its beta version, the GoodGuide is a customer-oriented, product-focused rating system (also [...]
The Carbon Disclosure Project
Posted in Best Practices, Business, Community Engagement, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environmental Sustainability, Government, Green Economy, Innovation, Partnerships, Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), Stakeholder Engagement, Supply Chain, Sustainability, tagged Bill Clinton, Carbon, Carbon Disclosure Project, CDP, CDP city, city carbon emissions, city GHG emissions, climate change, Disclosure, emissions, GHG, Low-Carbon Economy, reporting, Supply Chain, Water disclosure, water reporting on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bill Clinton stated once that, “The Carbon Disclosure Project is vital, and we’ve got to get everybody to participate in it.” The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an international nonprofit that holds the largest database of corporate climate change information in the world. 2,500 organizations from 60 countries measure and report their greenhouse gas emissions [...]
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Course
Posted in Best Practices, Business, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Education & Training, Environmental Sustainability, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Green Economy, News, Stakeholder Engagement, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Sustainability Reporting, tagged assessment, carbon disclosure, Course, Global Reporting Initiative, GRI, index, SEC, The GRI Process, Walmart sustainability on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On May 19th and 20th, BrownFlynn Learning will be offering a GRI-certified course on The GRI Process. Learn how to use the GRI framework to enhance your sustainability strategy and communicate your progress effectively. For more information and to register, visit BrownFlynn Learning’s website.
The GreenGov Challenge and Collaborative
Posted in Best Practices, Community Engagement, Environmental Sustainability, Government, Green Economy, Innovation, News, Regulatory Environment, Stakeholder Engagement, Supply Chain, Sustainability, tagged Collaboration, consumption, energy, environmentally-friendly products, environmentally-friendly technology, Executive Order on Federal Sustainability, GHG emissions, Government, grassroots, GreenGov, Military, Obama, petroleum, Stakeholder Engagement, Steering Committee on Federal Sustainability, Sustainability, The GreenGov Challenge, The GreenGov Collaborative, waste, Water, White House Council on Environmental Quality on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last October, President Obama signed an Executive Order on Federal Sustainability that requires Federal agencies to set a 2020 GHG emissions reduction target; increase energy efficiency; reduce fleet petroleum consumption; conserve water; reduce waste; support sustainable communities; and purchase environmentally-responsible products and technologies. In other words, it’s not at all ambitious. In order to accomplish [...]
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