Managing Sustainability

Cast your votes and pick your 2degrees Sustainability Champions now
- Blog post
18 March — written by Tom Idle, 2degrees

Time to get voting, folks. Yes, that’s right the 2013 2degrees Sustainability Champions Awards are live and all of our 106 entrants need your votes to support their bid to be …
How adaptable is your business to change?
- Feature
14 March — written by Michael Townsend, Earthshine Solutions Ltd

Mike Townsend examines the business-operating formats and ownership models that will enable sustainable success PART 3: BETTER BY RE-DESIGN - HOW WILL OUR ORGANIZATIONS NEED …
Co-op Group promises boards will be 40% female within five years
- News
20 March — written by Tom Idle, 2degrees

The Co-operative Group has pledged to ensure that at least 40% of its main boards are made up of women by 2018 The promise, part of the company’s Ethical Plan, will see it …
How can utilities companies and SMEs work together?
- Discussion
21 March — started by Douglas Lezameta, RENACER

What is the best way to get utilities and small business owners in the energy efficiency and sustainable business field to work together? What business models or real life …
A pattern is emerging: Sustainability targets are being met early. Why?
- Idle Thoughts
18 March — written by Tom Idle, 2degrees

Walmart has just met one of its key emissions targets a whole 12 months early. It wanted to cut the greenhouse gas emissions coming from all of its facilities built before …
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WWF One Planet Leaders series: Breakthrough Capitalism [slides]
- Document
20 March — added by Vanessa Delgado, 2degrees

Key parts of western-style capitalism appear to be in breakdown mode, yet change-as-usual strategies are also failing to address the nature and scale of the challenges. It’s …
How to get more young people into green jobs (Or what I’d have told Ed Davey if I wasn’t so polite)
- Blog post
21 March — written by Philippa Ward, Global Action Plan

What can government do to get more young people into green jobs? Philippa Ward muses on what words she would share with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, …
International Day of Happiness: An opportunity missed?
- Blog post
20 March — written by Robert Fenn, The British Assessment Bureau

International Happiness Day has caused some buzz on social media platforms, but does this exercise have any impact in the real world? The 20th of March marked the UN’s first …
The challenge in making ethical investments
- Blog post
22 March — written by Charlotte Webster, CCgroup

Charlotte Webster won £500 to invest ethically from Trillion Fund as part of Extra Ethical’s Christmas competition in December 2012. How can someone best spend their money …
Children’s rights ‘not yet on the agenda’ for UK business
- News
20 March — written by Vanessa Delgado, 2degrees

The majority of UK companies do not include children’s rights as part of their core corporate responsibility strategy, according to new research. A study by UNICEF and Ipsos …