Your Marketing Career: Making It Socially Responsible
A career panel at the 2011 Net Impact Conference featured experts from the marketing and branding industries. The panelists spoke about their career paths and provided tips to MBA candidates and young professionals about how to search out socially responsible marketing jobs.
How a Custom-Fit Workplace Can Save Money and Reduce Emissions
If your daily roundtrip commute to work is around 40 miles then you are spending approximately $2,000 per year on fuel. AAA estimates that the hidden costs of car insurance, oil changes, annual depreciation on your car purchase, etc. add a whooping $3,000 more to your annual costs. In addition, you are pumping approximately 20 pounds [...]
Get Paid More… Without Costing Your Company a Cent
GET PAID MORE without costing your company a cent
Negotiation tips to make work more enjoyable while reducing expenses
In a climate of high unemployment and decreased revenues, companies are trimming salaries and cutting bonuses. This opens the door for employees to negotiate a comprehensive compensation package that maximizes social value rather than simply economic benefits.
Aspen Institute Releases List of Top Green MBA Degrees
The Aspen Institute recently released their annual list of top business schools that offer sustainable MBAs. According to Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a biennial survey: ”The number of business schools teaching MBA students to examine the social, environmental and ethical impacts of business decisions continues to grow, spurred by the global economic downturn, rising student demand and [...]
Five Bold Ideas on Employment to Supplement the American Jobs Act
By Richard J. Crespin Last week, President Obama laid out a modest plan to nudge job growth. I don’t fault his modesty. Given the government’s finances, he can’t do much. Real, lasting growth has to come from the private sector. “What makes the current situation so hard is that we’re trying to solve a long-term [...]
FoodCorps Sprouts to Tackle Childhood Obesity
An exciting new national service program called FoodCorps launched this month with the goal of addressing healthy food access for children in low-income communities by recruiting young inspired leaders to commit to a year of public service. These service members have been given marching orders to create and maintain school gardens, provide hands-on nutrition education and offer [...]
Green Mountain College: A Little More to the Story
In May, my TriplePundit colleague Tina Casey wrote a good piece on Green Mountain College’s success in achieving carbon neutrality. I enjoyed Tina’s work a great deal, but wanted to expand a bit on the story. Forgive a soon-to-be alum for bragging and please allow me to indulge in the celebration of my alma mater’s [...]
How to Prepare Yourself to Make a Difference in the World with a Green MBA
Are you wondering how you can make a difference in the world? The green MBA, also known as a Sustainable MBA, is worthy of your consideration. Green MBA programs combine leadership with principles of environmental sustainability. With a growing population, rapid climate change, and limited resources, the world needs innovative, caring leaders who manage companies [...]
Dispatch From Milwaukee: Successful Launch of “Green Builds Business” Entrepreneur Bootcamp
The American dream is being realized in Milwaukee. Local Hispanic business owners are designing and implementing green projects that will accelerate the restoration of local jobs, their economy and our environment over the next 120 days. Milwaukee was the launch city the week of June 6, 2011 for the Green Builds Business program created by the [...]
McDonald’s Pledges Sustainable Fish in Europe by October
Cross the pond to Europe this fall, and you can nod your cap to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) for partnering with McDonald’s.
Creating a Sustainability Army
A new book, Army of Entrepreneurs (AOE), by Jennifer Prosek, shares a system that makes entrepreneurial behavior as a core part of a business. While the book focuses on business in general, insights and lessons learned can be applied successfully to the business of sustainability. All too often, as companies begin to expand and grow, [...]
The Real Payback on Green Job Training Programs
Analysts with no field experience can paint a very bleak picture of the green job market and related training programs. In reality, hard numbers on employment post training are hard to come by. A handful of eager media representatives characterized green training programs as ineffective, drains on the economy, and in the worst reports as [...]
Are you a Green Designer?
The following post is part of the course work for “Live Exchange” the foundational course on communication for The MBA Design Strategy Program at California College of the Arts. The rest of the posts are presented here. By Arash Shirinbab Eight years ago I had my first opportunity to engage as a product designer when [...]
Company Bonuses Determined By Green Actions
As companies race to catch-up to greenhouse gas emissions reporting and reductions, technologies to ease the process are flourishing. CloudApps has developed a desktop engagement tool that connects corporate goals and policies with everyday employee actions. Sustainable Momentum or SuMo, is a sustainability dashboard the measures employee sustainability actions, and compares that information by department, [...]
Answering the President’s Call on Both Sides of the Energy Equation
By: Dylan Hedrick, Ignite Solar, 2010 EDF Climate Corps fellow at ServiceMaster, Rice University MBA This article is part of a four part series about EDF Climate Corps alumni and the various green career paths they embark on after business school. The law of supply and demand is simple: If demand for a good rises [...]
Taking the Entrepreneurial Plunge: Stories from the Social Venture Field
By Sara Herald One of the sessions at the Social Enterprise Symposium held at the University of Maryland last Thursday featured tales and advice from four social entrepreneurs: Janessa Goldbeck from STANDnow, Steve Ma from Live Green Inc., Josh Nesbit from Medic Mobile, and Robyn Nietert from the Women’s Microfinance Initiative. What do these individuals [...]
Energy Efficiency at Genzyme
By Eva Zlotnicka, 2010 Climate Corps fellow at Genzyme, Joint degree MBA/MESc candidate at Yale School of Management and Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, Member of Net Impact This blog is part of a four part series about EDF Climate Corps alumni and the various green career paths they embark on [...]
Toxins Impact on Fertility Rise on Agendas
The American Fertility Association (AFA) joins the ranks of numerous organizations that are attributing infertility to environmental toxins in some cases. The AFA publicly announced its commitment to creating a greener world for conception with the release of their Dirty Dozen Factsheet and Infertility Prevention Handbook, both of which feature environmental toxins’ impact on fertility. [...]
Top 10 Climate Change Strategy Consultancies
Boyd Cohen, Ph.D. CO2 IMPACT Despite the weak regulatory environment at the federal level in both the U.S. and Canada, there is growing demand for helping executives understand how to mitigate climate change at a profit. This demand comes from local regulation, such as California’s cap and trade program and Ontario’s regulation phasing out coal-fired [...]
Top 5 Executive Education Programs in Climate Change
Triple Pundit kindly offered me this digital real estate to discuss a range of topics related to intersecting commerce and climate change. I like to call this “climate capitalism.” The past month or so I have done a deep dive on universities around the world who are starting to show an interest in promoting climate [...]
Big Money In Reuse Business; Profits Double in Two Years
Reuse comes before recycle when dealing with the Rs, and for good reason according to the skyrocketing profit and earnings statements from Winmark Corporation. Winmark owns four specialty reuse stores: Play It Again Sports, Plato’s Closet, Once Upon a Child, and Music Go Round. The company has reported nearly double in earnings this year, and [...]
Job Hunters Beware: Check Your References
By Will McBride I am a smart, competent, hard-working engineer, and I’ve been out of work for just over two years. Writing this review is in part a confession, and in part an opportunity for me to take my paranoia and fear about the employment process by the neck and hold them up in the [...]
Sex with Trees: Do’s & Don’ts of Using Sex to Sell Sustainability
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. Tall, lean, leaves blowing in the wind and all natural – trees are pretty sexy . . .right? What about global warming, conservation or recycling? For many, not [...]
Sustainability from a Personal Perspective #3pVOTE
This post is part of our year-end “year in review” sustainable business writing contest. We’ve asked 3p readers to submit their own thoughts about the state of sustainable business in 2010. More information about the contest is available here. All submitted articles will be available on this page. Voting will happen in January! By Fred [...]
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 [...]
Green For All Launches the Green Jobs Bus in Advance of Prop 23 Initiative
Green For All, a national organization based in California, devoted to the development and expansion of the green economy, has launched a late October campaign to raise awareness of green jobs. The timing is critical because of the potential impact on the green economy if Proposition 23 should pass.
Business as UNusual: The MBA as Part of Your Sustainable Career Path
By Samantha Johnston As many upcoming college graduates and professionals are looking at graduate school applications for next fall, some are considering the MBA as part of their career path. Net Impact is shedding light on this topic in a few ways, most notably the 2010 Business as UNusual guide to graduate programs. For more [...]
Sustainability Means Employees Work Harder for Their Money (and like it)
There is no doubt that the culture of the working environment in America has changed considerably over the last few decades and especially in the last few years. Today, with a lingering recession, it is not unusual to find organizations where morale is low and job security is fleeting. A disengaged workforce creates serious problems [...]
Five Tips for Green Job Seekers
This series on Green Jobs has highlighted many of the issues and opportunities in the green jobs sector. I run Green Jobs Network (GJN), a social enterprise dedicated to connecting people seeking jobs that focus on environmental or social responsibility with jobs and career resources. GJN arose from my personal experience as a job seeker, where I discovered that there was a need for more resources and support for people interested in finding jobs consistent with their values.
Green Jobs Are Plentiful Right Now…In China
A recent report by Clean Edge: The Clean Tech Market Authority, entitled Clean Tech Job Trends 2010, evaluates the current green job market, focusing particular attention on the hottest sectors, cities and employers. The report also looks at compensation, manufacturing, and trends to watch. With 3 million green jobs already in place, this segment of [...]
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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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