Join us for our next webinar: “Understanding Water Use: Risks and Opportunities”

Join us for our next webinar in a series, “Understanding Water Use: Risks and Opportunities,” in partnership with the United States Business Council for Sustainable Development (US BCSD).  This free webinar, held on May 22 at 1pm EST, will discuss the impacts of water consumption and conservation in various locations, and the associated risks and opportunities.

Featured Panelists:
Karl Fennessey
Director of Sustainable Development
ConocoPhillips

Mary Parke
Manager, Integrated Water Services
Layne Christensen

Jon Radtke
Water Resource Sustainability Manager
Coca-Cola North America

Our expert panelists will discuss their own company experiences with issues related to water, including specific programs and tools used to monitor and manage water impacts.

Continuing our commitment to share knowledge and best practices around sustainability, this webinar will build on previous webinars on sustainability as a strategic initiative, and will include information relevant to all companies wishing to address sustainability challenges. We hope that you can join us. To register please click here.

Winning Partnerships

When an advocacy group works together with a corporation to come up with commendable policy, great things can happen—socially, environmentally and economically—for both organizations. 

Although corporations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) often seem ethically opposed, now more than ever, successful businesses are realizing that social, environmental and economic responsibility can help their bottom line by boosting brand reputation, lowering waste & energy costs, and tapping the socially responsible investing market, among other things.  Businesses can gain quite a lot from employing the expertise of NGOs to become more socially and environmentally responsible.

Alternatively, NGOs have come to the understanding that it is easier to create change in alignment with their mission if they work with corporations instead of fighting against them.  In addition, by helping business, NGOs can sustain themselves economically with the money they receive for their services… which also helps them to continue their mission.

Here are some examples of Win-Win partnerships between advocacy groups and corporations: