… a significant boost. While the proposed wind farm was located in an area with abundant wind resources, absent a creditworthy off-taker the project would not have been able to line up … that took them too far from the company’s central activity of retailing. The company’s investment group analyzed sustainability projects on the same basis as any other project, …
… and reducing the company’s overall cost of operations. Under the strategy, AXA made significant acquisitions and deals in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The company became the … Inside AXA in 1990, the company created AXA Atout Coeur ("Hearts in Action") to encourage and support community engagement by employees, and in 2001 it established the Group’s … a framework for individual units to formulate their own CR goals. The CR team’s work also helped AXA become more visible within the larger CR community and led to the company’s …
… focus of GreenBiz would be on compliance and disclosures. Navigating such changing discourse and regulations underscored the dynamic nature of the sustainability field. We spoke … their roles with limited environmental management experience, which demonstrates a significant opportunity for internal education and upskilling from a human capital perspective,” … of stakeholder engagement and the urgency of addressing Scope 3 emissions collaboratively. Our collective experience at GreenBiz 2024 was not just about absorbing knowledge but also …
… like this, it makes perfect sense to hire world-class scholars to teach cutting-edge courses, invite leading practitioners to headline conferences, and build state-of-the-art … move, and have our being. While using the frameworks of business and the environment to help guide conversations, the group’s discussion topics varied significantly, all of which aimed to address future challenges, not just react to current ones. …
… REI, Metabolic, and BP. Emerging Leaders Cohort (Tais Idi-Infante (MEM’24), back row, fourth from left) Seattle, Washington, was the perfect location for Circularity ‘23. The city … With the rise and fall (read: thunderous crash) of various cryptocurrencies and the FTX scandal, you might think blockchain is a thing of the past. And yet, there was a packed … an uptick in reuse. Reuse Seattle is an initiative by the City of Seattle that offers resources and rebate incentives for businesses to transition from single-use to reusable …
… of Startup Yale, the Sustainable Venture Prize was held on Friday, March 31st, 2023 and four teams pitched their businesses that advance sustainability. The 2023 Sustainable Venture … sugar instead of oil. Their goal is to supplant petrochemistry and demonstrate that biology can be scaled as a technology - in other words, to catalyze the shift from industrial … of Startup Yale, the Sustainable Venture Prize was held on Friday, March 31st, 2023 and four teams pitched their businesses that advance sustainability. The 2023 Sustainable Venture …
… Are you a rising professional looking to accelerate your career? Maybe you’re already leading your initiative, team, start-up or organization and … world. Available on Coursera , enrollment in this class is free and open to anyone . You can take it at your own pace in your own time, though Peter advises to take the course ‘with … best leadership tools possible, to all the incredible leaders that may not have the time or resources to study here. I am excited to work for a world where everyone can see their …
… across a range of companies to campus to discuss their work and professional journeys. The conference reinforced many of the themes that have arisen in that series, while … us to new concepts and ways of thinking. Here are three key lessons that we learned: The private sector is both supporting and leading global environmental action. Many sessions at … targets for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, under an initiative led by World Resources Institute and other civil society groups. These targets are tied to specific …
… unthinkable that non-profit organizations would develop collaborative partnerships with the private sector. Such partnerships may have been interpreted as discordant with the … industry, a sector in which WWF has no previous experience. As part of WWF’s ongoing Water Stewardship Initiative, I was helping to understand the state of affairs in this … an interesting platform: the case of Coles and Tassal moving to sustainable seafood sourcing and production. This story clearly represented how corporate efforts to adopt more …
… had, I was excited to contribute to a company’s bottom line by discovering additional resource efficiency opportunities. Preparing for graduation next month, I am just as excited … either emerge internally through strategy and R&D departments or brought to market through private equity or venture capital investments. In these companies, corporate sustainability is evolving into a model in which …