• What does a sustainable organisation look like?

  

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  16 April — written by Sarah Daly, mygreeneye

  What does a strategic sustainability consultant really do? Sarah Daly explains. The most frequent introductory question I am asked as a strategic sustainability consultant …

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• Five questions to ask a sustainability consultant before you hire them

  

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  15 May — written by Jennifer Woofter, Strategic Sustainability Consulting

  Thinking of hiring a sustainability consultant? Then read these tips. Eight years of sustainability consulting experience have taught us a bunch of things. For example, …

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• US spends more money on extreme weather clean ups than schools or roads

  

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  16 May — written by Lucinda Broad, 2degrees

  US taxpayers paid nearly $100bn responding to damages caused by last year’s extreme weather events associated with climate change – almost $1,100 per taxpayer – according to …

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• What's it like to be a sustainability coordinator in the 'Energy Capital' of the USA?

  

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  17 May — written by Lucinda Broad, 2degrees

  Gillette is a city of around 30,000 people located in Wyoming, USA, in an area heavily involved with the development of American coal, oil and coal bed methane gas. We spoke …

• It’s easy to be cynical about supermarkets. But Asda-Walmart is truly breaking ground

  

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  17 May — written by Tom Idle, 2degrees

  With it's online exchange to help find efficiencies along the supply chain, Asda-Walmart is breaking ground. Tom Idle speaks to the company's UK head of corporate …

• What are the strategic implications of Disney's withdrawal from Bangladesh?

  

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  16 May — written by Jennifer Elks, Sustainable Brands

  Dr Aarti Sharma explains why she hopes Disney reconsiders its decision to move out of Bangladesh. I do not speak Bangla. But I do know that if I walk up to an eight-year-old …

• Master the materiality matrix: Making CSR look easy

  

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  15 May — written by Dwayne Baraka, BITC

  Dwayne Baraka shares some tips on producing a CSR materiality matrix. Let’s be honest, a CSR materiality matrix isn’t an especially sexy thing. But if you do it well, then …

• The sun: One year in one image

  

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  14 May — written by Lucinda Broad, 2degrees

  In the three years since it first provided images of the sun in the spring of 2010, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has had virtually unbroken coverage of the sun's rise …

• How to create synergies between teams?

  

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  3 May — started by Lucinda Broad, 2degrees

  A 2degrees member says: In my company, we have a “continuous improvement / lean / six sigma” team and we also have a “CSR / environmental” team. How can we create synergies …

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• Which non-financial performance metrics should companies report on?

  

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  14 May — written by Marissa Beechuk, BrownFlynn

  “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves not …

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