The Seven Obsessions Behind Method
Method emerged as a strong competitor to established CPG giants in 10 years. From scrappy startup to a $100 million brand, Method grown due to seven obsessions.
Non-profit Centers Find Sustainable Success Through Collaboration
Call it serendipity. But when the Tides NonProfit Centers Network set out in 2004 to provide education and resources for the creation and operation of quality nonprofit workspaces across North America, they did not realize the kinds of synergistic benefits that would accrue from the co-location of nonprofit organizations. We’ll take a look at a [...]
“Equity” is part of Sustainable Development: Analysis of PolicyLink & “Community Mapping”
The following case study is part of a project by MPA students at the Presidio Graduate School on information management technology and policy. You can read the rest of the series here. By Andrea Stover The term “sustainability” has become a catch phrase for business, government, and non-profits to improve brand image, acquire funding, and [...]
Using Social Media to Organize Social Movements: A Look at Citizen Engagement Laboratory
This case study explores the fashions through which Berkeley based NGO Citizen Engagement Laboratory works with digital media to amplify its message, organize community support, and achieve its goals, specifically focusing on its recent campaign to get advertisers to drop Glenn Beck from commercial campaigns.
Portion Control: A Case Study in Reducing Food Waste Through Information Technology
The following case study is part of a project by MPA students at the Presidio Graduate School on information management technology and policy. You can read the rest of the series here. By Amy Hammes, Waste Warrior Food grown in the United States is abundant, cheap and has allowed for unprecedented prosperity. These factors have [...]
Portland’s CivicApps Initiative: Crowd Sourcing for Crisis Management
The following case study is part of a project by MPA students at the Presidio Graduate School on information management technology and policy. You can read the rest of the series here. By Jeremy G. Waen Introduction In light of the Japan’s Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Meltdown that happened in March 2011, governments are under [...]
Using Social Media to Promote Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Programs in the City of Berkeley
The following case study is part of a project by MPA students at the Presidio Graduate School on information management technology and policy. You can read the rest of the series here. The City of Berkeley is widely known as a leader in environmentalism, social justice and progressive politics. In 2006, Berkeley passed Measure G, [...]
DC Homeland Security Agency Should Use Twitter More Effectively
The following case study is part of a project by MPA students at the Presidio Graduate School on information management technology and policy. You can read the rest of the series here. By Porsha Jones Twitter could be a valuable tool to keep the public engaged and alert during critical incidents. The DC Homeland Security [...]
Live Social Media in a Gov 2.0 World
The following case study is part of a project by MPA students at the Presidio Graduate School on information management technology and policy. You can read the rest of the series here. By: Kari Kiser “Government 2.0” is not a new idea anymore. It has moved on from being an experimental idea to one that [...]
San Diego Regional Food Hub Cultivates Local Markets
This post is part of a blogging series by economics students at the Presidio Graduate School’s MBA program. You can follow along here. By: Chad Reese San Diego County has a temperate climate, a population of over three million people and, according to the last US Census, is home to 6,687 farms. The county leads [...]
Exclusive Interview with Blissmo CEO on Groupon for the Green Set
What is Blissmo? And why should you care? Blissmo is a price discounted daily-special service offering organic and eco-friendly products. Beyond its own website the company provides a back-office service enabling green daily specials for sites like Care2. I interviewed Blissmo’s founder Sundeep Ahuja to explore how this type of marketing outreach can contribute to [...]
Interview: Staples’ EcoEasy Best Practices
Can you name the number two online retailer, second only to Amazon.com? How about a company that has been working on incorporating sustainability into their products for over eight years? I was more than a little surprised to learn that the office supply company Staples is the answer to those questions. Staples invited me to [...]
Interview: Jeff Rice On Walmart’s Green Supply Chain Best Practices
This post has been edited since it was first published. Jeff Rice, Director of Sustainability for Walmart, has a vision for his job and its role within Walmart’s business strategy. His goal is to improve the sustainability of products that our customers love to buy It has been five years since Walmart made an enterprise-scale [...]
Shop for Japan on Saturday March 26th, 2011: A Global Community Event To Benefit Japan
By Edward West A couple of days ago, I was approached by my friend Brooks Hassig. He asked whether I’d like to be involved in the “Shop For Japan” event that he and his friend Kathryn Storm had imagined. The idea he proposed was simple: find a business that would like to help raise money [...]
Case Study: Corporate Social Responsibility in the US
Ed note: this content is provided by the Ethical Corporation and is an example of the material that will be presented at the NYC Responsible Business Summit in June. Click here for more information. US companies are not as heavily regulated as those in other developed nations, and corporate responsibility is not addressed as a [...]
Global Service Jam: 205 Socially Responsible Services in 22 hours
Last weekend, over 1500 service designers and ingenues came together in 59 cities around the world to develop new public service models in 22 hours (30 if they stayed up all night). The Global Service Jam 2011 was the first of its kind, the biggest chapter in London. The participants were guided by mentors, old [...]
The Future of Pedal Power in Remote Places
Dr. Nathan Phillips, an associate professor of geography and environment at Boston University, first worked with a bicycle-powered electricity generator while conducting research in the depths of an Ecuadorian tropical rainforest. Researchers require electricity for charging batteries and other electronic devices such as GPS systems, digital cameras, and computers. The simple invention of a compact [...]
Video Interview: Applying Sustainability in the Workplace
What does sustainability mean in the business context and how do you apply it in the workplace? Marsha Willard, the CEO of AXIS, and the co-author of The Business Guide to Sustainability and The Step by Step Guide to Sustainability Planning, shares her experience in working with small to medium sized companies to make sense [...]
Interview: “Chief Mom” At Plum Organics
According to the EPA’s Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment children receive 50% of their lifetime cancer risks in the first two years of life. In past testing conducted by the Food and Drug Administration eight industry-leading baby foods were found to have measurable amounts of 16 pesticides, including three of which were consider to be [...]
Interview: John Williams on Frog’s Leap Sustainable Business Strategy
Are you looking for a business strategy to spark your revenue growth? Or maybe you are looking for a job within a growth industry that would also enable you to contribute toward making the world a little better place to live in? One market segment to consider is organic foods. The organic food industry has [...]
Interview: Nancy Bailey On Quivira Winery Biodynamic Farming
According to the USDA , the US has increased its use of nitrogen fertilizer by 450% to 13 million tons annually over the last 50 years. Phosphate and potash fertilizer use during this same time period has doubled, now totaling almost 9 million tons annually. The environmental impacts of this much chemical fertilizer use include: [...]
Plain Talk from Former 7th Gen CEO Jeffrey Hollender on the Green Economy
I recently had the opportunity to interview Jeffrey Hollender, co-founder and former CEO of Seventh Generation for our ongoing small business sustainability strategy series on GreenBusinessOwner.com. Mr. Hollender’s trademark transparency and candid style offer a viewpoint on social entrepreneurship, the trials and tribulations of founding a mission-driven company (including ceding control to a Board of [...]
Video Interview: Numi Tea CEO Ahmed Rahim
In talking with businesses and entrepreneurs I am almost always asked these two questions: Is there a green industry or market segment experiencing attractive levels of revenue growth? If I were looking to be a green entrepreneur what are key paths for success? The food industry is one that has embarked upon revolutionary changes in [...]
Video Interview: Clif Bar Marketing to the Wellness Customer
TrendWatching.com identifies the rise of the “wellthy” as a major 2011 Consumer Trend. These consumers hold being in good health to be as important to their status as owning the newest or shiniest branded luxury item. The Hartman Group August 2010 Wellness Trend survey found that 73% of US consumers consider being physically fit an [...]
B2B CSR Lacking in Senseless Heathrow Snow Disaster
For years the infrastructure to support Heathrow airport has been vastly under-invested. What does BAA do? They build more shops and ask for another runway instead of looking at the infrastructure they have and using their money to make it run more efficiently. There is no way that London has the capacity to give Heathrow another runway.
How Managing Change Leads to Stability in Middle East and North Africa
This post is part of a year-end series by MBA students at California College of the Arts’ Design MBA Program. Read more about our annual partnership here. By Ali Musleh According to the World Bank, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are to face an unprecedented challenge in the next two decades. More than [...]
2Degrees: The Social Network for Business that Changes Everything
In business, surely the name of the game is to compete: produce the highest quality good for the lowest cost, protect your trade secrets from competitors and screw them over where possible. But what if it isn’t? Not any more, anyway? That’s what 2degreesnetwork.com suggests to its members: the chance to cooperate to solve problems [...]
Greening the Blue Helmets: the UN Goes Green
The United Nations might be the body long responsible for hosting the forum for international agreement on climate change, so it’s about time it gets its own climate house in order. Imogen Martineau of Martineau & Co. is responsible for this task and she’s using web 2.0 tools to do it. Though when I asked [...]
Developing An Award Winning Sustainability Program: Part 1
By Matt Courtland On September 14, I was presented with the 2010 Lean and Green Large Process Award. The honor was given by Business NH Magazine for the sustainability programs I lead at a software firm in New Hampshire. I founded the company’s Green Committee (GC) in 2007 and have since worked with a wonderful team [...]
Green Beds Inspired by Nature: Oscar Valdemoros of Spaldin Sleep Systems
By Jonathan L. Gelbard, Ph.D. 3p recently spoke to Oscar Valdemoros, Managing Director of the Spanish company, Industrias Tobia, and the CEO of its North American subsidiary, Spaldin Sleep Systems about what makes these products sustainable. The slogan of Spaldin’s new line of mattresses, now available in Sleepy’s stores and at Sleepy’s.com is European Designed Luxury, Inspired by [...]
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Webinar: Feb 17Greening Stonyfield Farm: As a consultant with Stonyfield Farm for the past 12 years, Switzer Fellow Tim Greiner will discuss efforts to broaden and deepen sustainability within the company. He will discuss the company's efforts to track its environmental impacts, barriers the company had to overcome.
Webinar: Feb 29Product Scorecards for Sustainability: Product scorecards that detail and evaluate environmental and sustainability aspects of products are increasingly adopted by leading companies. This webinar covers the best practices in this area and a case study by Seventh Generation.
NY: Mar 19-20Wall Street Green: The longest running and most comprehensive environmental market event in the industry. The Wall Street Green Summit covers cutting edge content, industry developments and features the practitioners and the leaders of tomorrow.
Bay Area: Mar 22-23GRI Certified Training: Demand for sustainability experts is growing rapidly as companies look for proven professionals. For companies, GRI trained employees mean faster implementations and better use of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework. Join our partner ISOS group for this two day session. Early bird discounts apply!
SF: Mar 26-28Cleantech Forum San Francisco: The 2012 Cleantech Forum San Francisco will mark the 10th anniversary of Cleantech Forums, the annual gathering of the global clean technology innovation community. Our theme this year is “The Power of Global Partnerships,” an exploration of how strategic relationships are playing an ever more important role in the future of clean technology. For a $300 Discount use code "VIPofTriplePundit " More Info.
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Webinar: Feb 17Greening Stonyfield Farm: As a consultant with Stonyfield Farm for the past 12 years, Switzer Fellow Tim Greiner will discuss efforts to broaden and deepen sustainability within the company. He will discuss the company's efforts to track its environmental impacts, barriers the company had to overcome.Webinar: Feb 29Product Scorecards for Sustainability: Product scorecards that detail and evaluate environmental and sustainability aspects of products are increasingly adopted by leading companies. This webinar covers the best practices in this area and a case study by Seventh Generation.NY: Mar 19-20Wall Street Green: The longest running and most comprehensive environmental market event in the industry. The Wall Street Green Summit covers cutting edge content, industry developments and features the practitioners and the leaders of tomorrow.Bay Area: Mar 22-23GRI Certified Training: Demand for sustainability experts is growing rapidly as companies look for proven professionals. For companies, GRI trained employees mean faster implementations and better use of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework. Join our partner ISOS group for this two day session. Early bird discounts apply!SF: Mar 26-28Cleantech Forum San Francisco: The 2012 Cleantech Forum San Francisco will mark the 10th anniversary of Cleantech Forums, the annual gathering of the global clean technology innovation community. Our theme this year is “The Power of Global Partnerships,” an exploration of how strategic relationships are playing an ever more important role in the future of clean technology. For a $300 Discount use code "VIPofTriplePundit " More Info.SF: April 10-12 Navigating the American Carbon World: The must-attend event for professionals in the carbon landscape. Over the past decade, NACW has consistently provided informative content, thoughtful discussions and outstanding opportunities for collaboration.Have your event listed here.
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