Stakeholder Engagement – No Longer an Option
There are many ideas about what stakeholder engagement is, how it works and whether it even makes any difference at all. The problem is, stakeholder engagement has become as much a buzz word as...
View ArticleSilos Are Good for Grain, Bad for Information
In a recent article in the Harvard Business Review, Michael Porter and Mark Kramer point to a new vision for a corporation. They write: “The purpose of the corporation must be redefined as creating...
View ArticleTo whom do we report our CSR and sustainability progress?
The last NAEM Board of Regents meeting featured a thought-provoking and entertaining session on communicating corporate environmental performance that reinforced the importance of understanding one’s...
View ArticleWho really cares about sustainability data?
Like so many environment health and safety (EHS), and sustainability professionals, you are probably working hard to make sure sustainability is a core part of your organization’s overall business...
View ArticleWhat Tom Coughlin Can Teach Us about EHS Management
Like millions of other football fans, I watched the Super Bowl earlier this month. Much was made of the story of Giants coach Tom Coughlin. Coughlin had been in the hot seat all season and it was...
View ArticleSetting the Next Generation of Sustainability Targets
As a graduate student at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies my days are filled with classes, reading assignments and group projects. With all the school work, it’s not always easy...
View Article“Carbon Footprinting is Over.” Wait. Really?
I recently attended a sustainability-focused event, and while in line for my cup of Fair Trade coffee, I overheard a gentleman say, “This whole carbon footprint thing is really over.” My first...
View ArticleAligning Sustainability Goals, Vocabulary
When it comes to sustainability, defining it depends on who you talk to. That was eminently clear recently when the Electric Utility Industry Sustainable Supply Chain Alliance (“Alliance”) held a...
View ArticleHow Biogen Idec Inc. Uses Materiality Assessments Identify Risks, Priorities
Next week, corporate EHS and sustainability leaders will meet in Denver for NAEM’s Metrics and Materiality Conference. Among the key the key topics on the agenda will be materiality, or the concept of...
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