On the 23rd April, Bob Doppelt will be launching his new book, From Me to We: The Five Transformative Commitments Required To Rescue The Planet, Your Organization, And Your Life. The launch and book signing will be held in the Cullen Room at Busboys and Poets in Washington DC and co-sponsored by NWF. There has [...]
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The Launch of “From Me to We”
Posted in Uncategorized on April 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A Mindful Growth Ideology
Posted in Uncategorized on March 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Our world hinges on the economic value of GDP. The combined value of paid work and what we produce, complemented by growth, is the measure ingrained into our heads from the beginning of our journey in modern life. I encounter this as a business consultant when a CEO says, “This year we had a turnover [...]
Employee engagement in CSR – it’s gone viral!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 13, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Wherever you look these days and whatever you read, getting employees on board with sustainability efforts is one of the key areas that everyone seems to be (yawn! at long last) acknowledging is the key to making it all come right. No list of top sustainability trends for 2012 was complete without employee engagement taking [...]
Congratulations to Jem Bendell!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Lifeworth Founder, Professor Jem Bendell, has been announced as one of the 2012 Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum. Professor Bendell is a strategist and educator on social and organisational change, specialising in helping business, UN and NGOs collaborate for sustainable development. Famous for its Davos Summit of world leaders, the World Economic [...]
En route to the Taj
Posted in Uncategorized on February 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
In honour of my forthcoming trip to Mumbai in India this week for the World HRD Congress, where I will be presenting on CSR for HR, and attending the World CSR Day ceremonies as a panellist on the subject of CSR – The Way Forward, chaired by Dr Baskhar Chatterjee, the Director General and CEO [...]
It’s Sustainable Development, Stupid
Posted in Uncategorized on February 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Twenty years have passed since the first sustainability summit in Rio de Janeiro and, in this time, the world has changed considerably. Globalisation is on the rise. Throughout the world, priority is given to the “free market” and a substantial expansion of international trade, which is characterised by its large scale and reduced state impacts. [...]
FT Professor of the Week: Judi Marshall, Lancaster University School of Management
Posted in Uncategorized on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Every Thursday a business school professor defines five key terms on FT Lexicon, the FT’s online economics, business and finance glossary. Judi Marshall is professor of leadership and learning at Lancaster University Management School. Her research interests include leadership for sustainability, systemic thinking, women in management, action research and gender in organisations. She is especially [...]
Sustainability in Austerity: How Local Government can Deliver During Times of Crisis
Posted in Uncategorized on November 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Gordon Boyce – School of Accounting, La Trobe Univeristy, Melbourne – reviews Sustainability in Austerity for the Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal Vol 2 No 1 2011. This book is designed to guide and inspire local government bodies in taking action on a range of sustainability and related environmental and social issues. It is [...]
Corporate Governance at the Crossroads
Posted in Cities, Corporate Responsibility, CSR, Responsible Business, Sustainability, Uncategorized on November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Why the rise of China’s and India’s mid-sized cities is a conundrum for the green economy movement When archaeologists recently announced they had just discovered the ape-like remains of our primitive ancestors in South Africa it was hailed as homo sapiens’ “missing link” – the genetic bridge between modern humans and our older less evolved [...]
For a Market Culture Beyond Greed and Fear
Posted in Corporate Responsibility, Ethics, Marketing, Responsible Business, Uncategorized on October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Occupy Wall Street protests across the world have revived interest in sifting “good capitalism” from “bad capitalism”. Ever since the financial meltdown of 2008, proponents of market capitalism have been trying to find ways to re-legitimise their creed. Now they fear that a wave of global discontent might overwhelm the only economic system that really [...]
