Filed Under Profit

Beyond the Bailout Why Sustainability is Even More Relevant in an Economic Crisis

Chas Martin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:05:56 -0400

Start: Oct 21 2008 - 12:30am

Timezone: Etc/GMT

Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center ♦ 1000 NE Multnomah, Portland
Registration 7:10 - 7:30 am, Program 7:30 - 9:00 am

Are you the next sustainability leader?

Anouk Bertner — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:48:05 -0500

Online applications for the Master’s in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability (MSLS) and Master’s in Sustainable Product-Service System Innovation (MSPI) at Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden, will be open until January 15th. Both these leading-edge international master’s programmes are based around The Natural Step Framework, and integrate practical, applied course work to empower and enable graduates to make positive change in the world.

This year’s MSLS class consists of 67 students from 21 different countries. Will you join us in the next class?

Sweden

Ashforth Pacific, Inc., Portland, Oregon, USA

Chas Martin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:07:31 -0400

A Natural Step Network Case Study

Overview

Axis Performance Advisors, Portland, Oregon, USA

Chas Martin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:42:36 -0400

A Natural Step Network Case Study

Background

Benefits for Business

Anouk Bertner — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:47:07 -0400

Reaping the rewards

BOORA Archietcts, Portland, Oregon, USA

Chas Martin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:47:08 -0400

A Natural Step Network Case Study

Canadian Business for Social Responsibility :: 7th Annual Summit on CSR, Toronto, ON

Anouk Bertner — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:23:31 -0400

Start: Nov 5 2009 - 12:00am

End: Nov 5 2009 - 11:59pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Transformational CSR: The Next Wave of Business Leadership, Innovation and Performance
November 5, 2009 – Toronto

Canada

Canadian Business for Social Responsibility: Where in CSR are we headed?

Neil McCallum — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:10:39 -0400

An excellent blog from the Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) outlines where in CSR we're headed as well as the top 5 emerging trends in CSR. For more information about CBSR and how they're changing the way business does business visit the CBSR website.

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Climate and Insurance, The Co-operators

Anouk Bertner — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:59:50 -0500

climateandinsurance.org took five minutes to interview Barbara Turley-McIntyre, Director, Sustainability and Corporate Citizenship, The Co-operators Gro

Canada

College Housing Northwest, Portland, Oregon, USA

Chas Martin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:51:49 -0400

An Oregon Natural Step Network

Overview

Distance Learning

Anouk Bertner — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:20:27 -0400

Think Globally, Learn Locally

Electrolux

Chas Martin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:14:53 -0400

A Natural Step Case Study

Overview

Exploring a Flawed Paradigm: Why Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is not enough

Chad Park — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:07:13 -0500

The following editorial by Chad Park, Executive Director of The Natural Step Canada, appeared in the Corporate Citizens Mediaplanet Special Report in the National Post on December 28, 2011.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is outdated and counterproductive to successful enterprise and the global sustainability imperative.

CSR encourages us to incorporate environmental and social considerations into a business-as-usual scenario. This is the triple-bottom-line approach and is often depicted with three overlapping circles representing economy, society, and environment.

This is a flawed paradigm.

Canada

Gerding/Edlen Development Company, LLC, Portland, Oregon, USA

Chas Martin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:54:05 -0400

A Natural Step Case Study

Background

Hot Lips Pizza, Portland, Oregon, USA

Chas Martin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:59:42 -0400

A Natural Step Network Case Study

Overview

IKEA

Chas Martin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:28:41 -0400

A Natural Step Case Study

Overview

Interface reduces water use 80% per unit since 1996

Anouk Bertner — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:53:19 -0400

By: Erin Meezan, Vice President, Sustainability, Interface

Interface, Inc. today uses only 20% as much water to make products as they did in 1996. This is an impressive accomplishment, especially for a materials manufacturer, and shows the benefits of looking at a business through the lens of sustainability.

Interface, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Chas Martin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:31:49 -0400

A Natural Step Network Case Study

Overview

J.M. Bygg Construction, Sweden

Chas Martin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:33:47 -0400

A Natural Step Network Case Study

Overview

Landmark Partners with Natural Step on Sustainability Journey

Neil McCallum — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:04:39 -0500

One of Alberta’s largest builders and its quest for a greener world

In early 2009, Bijan Mannani was talking about work with his son, a Grade 3 student with a keen awareness of the physical environment around him. Bijan was working in Alberta’s oil and gas sector at the time and the controversial energy found in the northern oils sands was topical news.

His son posed the question around the dinner table: “Don’t you know that you are damaging the environment with the work that you are doing?” Bijan recalls.

At that moment, Bijan understood a change in his life was necessary and today he’s talking environmental sustainability as the chief operating officer of one of Alberta’s largest builders.

Canada

Nike

Anouk Bertner — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:22:40 -0400

In October, Chad Park and Richard Blume represented The Natural Step at a press event in New York for the public launch of Nike’s Considered De

Nike, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon, USA

Kim Mackrael — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:44:24 -0400

Nike, Inc.

Norm Thompson, Portland, Oregon, USA

Chas Martin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:53:57 -0400

A Natural Step Network Case Study

Overview

OMSI - Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, Oregon, USA

Chas Martin — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:29:54 -0400

Learning by doing: A museum’s mission for sustainability education

A Natural Step Network Case Study

Organically Grown Company, Eugene, Oregon, USA

Chas Martin — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:34:15 -0400

Planning for the future harvest: Sustainability in the food industry
A Natural Step Network Case Study

Summary

Portfolio 21 Investments, Portland, Oregon, USA

Chas Martin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:27:52 -0400

A Natural Step Network Case Study

Overview

Rejuvenation, Inc., Portland, Oregon, USA

Chas Martin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:00:17 -0400

A Natural Step Network Case Study

Overview

Rohm and Haas

Kim Mackrael — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:48:55 -0500

Rohm and Haas is one of the world’s leading chemical manufacturing companies.

Scandic Hotels

Chas Martin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:36:06 -0400

A Natural Step Network Case Study

Overview

Scandic Hotels, Sweden

Kim Mackrael — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:15:45 -0500

Scandic Hotels is the largest hotel operator in the Nordic region, and one of Europe’s most successful hotel chains.

Sweden