For-profit-non-profit partnerships are in their initial stages of development as no particular industry specific trends have emerged. Similarly to corporate philanthropy, a partnership needs to be integrated with corporate strategy and be strategic with specific objectives and measurable results to become a trend that many corporations would like to follow. Corporate-NGO Collaborations – A leadership… [Read more…]
Sustainability Software Leader Enablon Fuels Rapid Growth With $15M Investment From the Environmental Technologies Fund | SAP Developer’s Journal. Enablon is another sustainability software leader. Is it related to SAP’s EHS’s software?
If it is affordable to install and use solar panels, why would the markets wait? There may be good reasons. Affordable does not mean cheaper than the alternatives. The markets may also be waiting for competition to drive the price of solar panels down. Eight19 to pioneer pay-as-you-go solar for emerging markets – 27 Sep 2011… [Read more…]
It Is Time to Fix Our Boardrooms – Lucy P. Marcus – Harvard Business Review. As board members we are living in interesting times. For years, we have conducted our business in a black box well away from public scrutiny. Now a hot light is shining upon us and it makes for deeply uncomfortable viewing… [Read more…]
GMI Partners with Trucost – MarketWatch. NEW YORK, Sep 08, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — –Agreement bolsters ESG metrics for investment community and corporate stakeholders GMI and Trucost announced today a strategic partnership to incorporate Trucost environmental performance data into the GMI Analyst research platform. The agreement strengthens GMI’s existing governance analysis and will enable GMI… [Read more…]
The Microsoft Integrated Solution Microsoft Dynamics NAV enwis (ENterprise Waste Information Software) is the business software system officially certified by Microsoft for the Recycling & Waste management business sectors. enwis) is a completely integrated full Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software system covering every department functionality needed of a Waste & Recycling organization, completely embedded into a… [Read more…]
GRI Portal – Get involved. The first Public Comment Period for G4 is now open. Public comment helps ensure that GRI’s Guidelines are consensus-based and reflect the broadest possible stakeholder input. The first G4 Public Comment Period is an online survey. It runs for 90 days and closes on 24 November 2011. The… [Read more…]
GRI launches Construction & Real Estate Sector Supplement on 22 September Carbon emissions, water use and sub-contracted labor issues connected to buildings can now be reported by construction and real estate companies, thanks to new guidance due to be published on 22 September 2011 by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
The 2011 proxy season was noteworthy for a big leap in proposals on corporate political spending—which edged out labor and human rights to become the second-most popular non-governance issue, behind the environment. Continuing previous trends, even more investors told companies they want corporate policies that protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights, and more… [Read more…]
Tallest building in New York Now LEED certified | The Castlegar Source.
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