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Eugene, Ore., Symposium to Focus on Sustainable Business.
By Joe Harwood, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 25--Internationally acclaimed alternative energy expert Amory Lovins will give the keynote address at the fifth annual Sustainable Business Symposium at the University of Oregon, which will take place Nov. 9-11. ...
Tags: Oregon, University of Oregon
Research articles 2001-10-25
Western Blue Recognized as Sacramento Sustainable Business
Western Blue has been certified as a Sacramento Sustainable Business by Sacramento County's Business Environmental Resource Center BERC. The Sacramento Sustainable Business certification is given to companies that voluntarily take actions to conserve resources and prevent pollution. There are five categories that a business can be certified...
Tags: IT Solutions Inc.
Research articles 2009-05-04
BASF, SINOPEC TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS COUNCIL IN CHINA.
BEIJING, Oct 28 Asia Pulse - The world's largest chemical company, Germany's BASF, has announced plans to set up a joint Sustainable Business Development Council in Beijing in collaboration with Sinopec. BEIJING, Oct 28 Asia Pulse - The world's largest chemical company, Germany's BASF,...
Tags: BASF AG
Research articles 2002-10-28
Delta Dental's Rancho Cordova Facility Earns Sacramento Sustainable Business Certification
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. -- Delta Dental of California is among a handful of city businesses to be awarded a sustainable business certification, company officials announced today. The Sacramento Sustainable Business program, which is overseen by the Sacramento Business Environmental Research Center, certifies businesses that implement measures and practices in...
Tags: Delta Dental
Research articles 2008-11-11
MIT Sloan's New Laboratory for Sustainable Business Committed to Countering Global Warming
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A future marred by stronger storms, rising sea levels and a dramatic increase in global temperatures unless stronger efforts are made to reduce carbon emissions is depicted in the new report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But with today's business models generating tremendous strain...
Tags: global warming, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research articles 2007-02-02
Sustainable Holliday.(Charles O. Holliday elected chairman of World Business Council for Sustainable Development)
DuPont CEO and chairman Charles O. Holliday has been elected chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development Geneva. Holliday says that sustainable business growth will be industry's primary business challenge for the next century. He succeeds Egil Myklebust, president and CEO of Norsk Hydro,...
Tags: E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co.
Research articles 1999-12-08
Sustainable Business: Fad or Fact?
Even though the current economic climate has forced businesses to concentrate on other things, carbon footprint, sustainability and corporate social responsibility CSR are still being used by many of them to sell to consumers. These are buzz-words that would have been unfamiliar to the general public five years agoin but are...
Tags: Recession, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, Shaun McCarthy
Blog posts 2009-09-01
Alcoa Named One of the Most Sustainable Corporations in the World for the Third Consecutive Year
DAVOS, Switzerland -- Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it has been named one of the most sustainable corporations in the world for the third year in a row. Alcoa was recognized among the top role models in sustainable business practices in the annual Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the...
Tags: Alcoa Inc.
Research articles 2007-01-25
Alcoa Again Named One of the World's Most Sustainable Companies at Davos
NEW YORK -- Alcoa (NYSE:AA) was named as one of the most sustainable corporations in the world in the fourth annual Global 100 ranking of the top role models in sustainable business practices, announced last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Alcoa has been on the list...
Tags: Alcoa Inc., company
Research articles 2008-01-28
Colonial Property goes sustainable.
Jul 08, 2003 (Investor Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) Colonial First State Property wants to establish a sustainable business strategy for its property portfolio. The Australian firm has selected URS Corporate Sustainability Solutions as its partner in the project. URS is an environmental management...
Tags: Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Research articles 2003-07-08
The Professional Services Business Model - Fighting The 40/20 Myth
Many Professional Services Organizations focus on increasing bill rates, increasing utilization, and reducing load costs to meet profitability targets. While it's important to track such metrics, oftentimes, the senior management team has not yet defined a target business model for their Professional Services team. The lack of a clearly defined...
Tags: Professional Services, Business Model, QuickArrow, Financial Business Model, Strategy, Management
White papers
CREATING AND MANAGING A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS STRATEGY
Socially responsible investing is a growing force across global markets, with $4 trillion estimated in such investments. More companies are finding that adapting sustainable practices not only reduces business risk, but also increases their chances for success. According to the MIT Sloan School of Management, key issues are how those...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SOFTWARE, Strategy, Transportation
Research articles 2007-09-01
ADVISORY/Corporate Leaders Share Sustainable Business Strategies for Top Line Growth at WRI Summit
News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Wednesday - Thursday (Dec. 5 - 6) --BUSINESS WIRE WHAT: WRI's Fifth Sustainable Enterprise Summit The Next Top Line: Sustainability as a Business Driver ...
Tags: World Resources Institute
Research articles 2001-11-28
REMINDER/Corporate Leaders Share Sustainable Business Strategies for Top Line Growth at WRI Summit
News/Assignment Editors REMINDER...for Wednesday - Thursday (Dec. 5 - 6) --BUSINESS WIRE WHAT: WRI's Fifth Sustainable Enterprise Summit The Next Top Line: Sustainability as a Business Driver ...
Tags: World Resources Institute
Research articles 2001-12-05
Continuous and Sustainable Improvement Through Supply Chain Performance Management
In a business environment that requires more responsiveness and focus on the bottom line, supply chain performance management is vital to competitive advantage and sustainable business improvement. SCPM enables companies to identify performance exceptions, understand issues and alternatives, act on high impact problems and opportunities, and continuously validate actions relative...
Tags: Supply Chain, SCPM, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2002-10-01
Oregon Symposium Targets Business, Environment.(Originated from The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.)
Nov. 6--Resolving the tensions between economic growth and environmental protection is the subject of a three-day conference running Monday through Wednesday at the University of Oregon. The "Sustainable Business Symposium," put together by a group of students at the UO Law...
Tags: conference, E-mail, environment, University of Oregon
Research articles 1997-11-06
Struggling To Find A Sustainable Business Model, ZillionTV Lays Off Staff
ZillionTV, the streaming video set-top box-maker that’s backed by media giants like Disney, Fox, Sony and Warner Bros., has laid off an undisclosed number of staff. A former employee, now blogging at XYHD.tv, reports that the company let go roughly a third of its 100-member workforce; ZillionTV would only...
Tags: Advertisement, Internet Service Provider, ZillionTV, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Site Development, Tv & Home Theater, Internet, Personal Technology, Jobs & Layoffs, Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-10-12
How to Set Up a Dirt-Cheap Business Line
How to Set Up a Dirt-Cheap Business LineWhy when vonage is cheaper and doesn't need my computerIts a cute item, and if you travel all the time I can see value if you don't want to use a USB headset and want a real phone. For the same price you...
Tags: Dirt-Cheap Business Line, phone, Vonage Holdings Corp.
Discussion threads 2007-11-28
Integral Business: Integrating Sustainability and Business Strategy
A company's wider footprint ù its overall integrity, its relationship with suppliers and customers, its environmental performance and its role in society ù are all integral to its health and growth prospects. Making sustainability an integral part of a company's business strategy delivers the potential of very real bottom-line benefits....
Tags: Business Strategy, Human Resources, Integral, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Sustainability
White papers 2003-06-17
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