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Being Fit for the Future – Break-even Goals and Positive Pursuits
Last fall, I attended an ISSP webinar presented by Martin Rich of the Future Fit Foundation. I try and attend ISSP events when I can just to keep up with my own professional development. I was not expecting to find the Future Fit Business Benchmark so interesting. Having gotten my bachelor’s degree in business and…
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Your Quick Introduction to Finding Data for GHG Reporting
Whether it is investor interest, regulatory requirements, consumer pressure, or employee expectations, there are lots of reasons a company may be interested in starting to track and report their greenhouse gas emissions. The math behind such reports is fairly simple, and there are lots of programs that can do these calculations for you. Anyone getting…
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The Social Side – Building Community with Your Business
Sustainability has three core areas that all intersect: society, the environment, and the economy. The environment is often what people think of first in sustainability. How do we stop climate change? How do we reduce waste? How do we clean up pollution? The economy is treated either as an argument for or against the environment.…
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More than a Trend – The Importance of Being Data Driven
An elementary school teacher of mine once said, “Add an E to fad and you get fade. Which is, of course, what fads do.” This was likely a throw away line for her (she had many excellent quotes), but it stuck with me. Though she referred to Webkinz and Silly Bands, I most often think…