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SPRiNG on Charities and Corporations

by admin on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:29

What is the role of corporations for charities? Should charities ever partner with an oil company? How can a non-profit help a corporation's bottom line? A smattering of employees from the non-profit sector met in the heart of Toronto to discuss these very questions Tuesday morning. This is the Sustainability Professionals Resource & Networking Group (SPRiNG), a dialogue series that aims to bring business and sutainability together in one (clearly tangerine-themed) room once each month. Every two-hour meeting has a theme, this month was focused on the nexus of charities and business. But one presence clearly outweighed the other.

"What does it say about this topic that this month we didn't attract corporate people to this event?" asked James Watson, who organizes each event via Beausoleil Sustainability Solutions. Out of the dozen people there, not a single participant was from the for-profit sector.

Making Mistakes Well: Social Media and Corporate Sustainability

by admin on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 15:39

By James Watson, Beausoleil Sustainability Solutions

Dear CEO,

We, the world, require your leadership. Lest your head has been under a rock for the past few years, there are two things that you have no doubt been hearing a lot about: social media and sustainability. Together, they represent a great opportunity to begin engaging your customers and stakeholders on the issues that matter to them.

First, the bad news: your inability (or unwillingness) to embrace the duo has been a mistake. Now, the good news: it’s not too late to save face by making mistakes well – starting with admitting to the mistake of your prior inaction.

Social media is that gospel your marketing department has been endlessly singing praises for. How wrong so many of us were a few years back, when we figured that Twitter was no more than a mindless, passing fad? Now it’s central to any well-planned communications strategy and the last time you checked, your payroll probably had a dedicated social media “guru” position.

Northern Gateway of Opportunity for Whom: Ten Ways to Appraise Corporate Responsibility

by admin on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 11:29

The Northern Gateway pipeline is touted as a project of opportunity and growth. But who exactly does it benefit? The question leads Natalie Robinson to develop what she writes should be new sustainability measurements.

Arctic Lessons Learned: Fisheries in the Great White North

by admin on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 19:19

This is our third post in a series on the International Polar Year Conference, the largest gathering of scientists, researchers, and government heads of its kind that ran last month in Montreal. Erin Poeta reports on one of the most talked-about issues at the conference and in the media post-event: commercial fisheries in the north.

Guest Post: Clean50 Clean Tech Adoption Stories, Walmart and the Geoexchange

by admin on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 14:29

What are the results when a retail megagiant hires a company to use a cutting edge sustainable technology for electricity, healing, and cooling? Lowered costs, faster delivery, and sweet, sweet sustainable energy.

Arctic Lessons Learned: Mining in the North

by admin on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 12:38

Last week, Montreal played host to the largest Arctic conference in the world, bringing together thousands of scientists, experts, and government officials to share information about the north. One of the most passionate discussions happened in the mining forum. Our Arctic conference correspondent, Erin Poeta, investigates.

Guest Post: Clean50 Clean Tech Adoption Stories

by admin on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 14:29

By Antony Marcil, Business and Sustainability Consultant

Guest Post: How to Handle Sustainability Objection in the Boardroom

by admin on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 14:12

By Brad Zarnett, Founder, Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series (TSSS)

"We can’t afford it right now."

Guest Post: Engaging Stakeholders with Impact

by admin on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 15:51

Early in March 2012, Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) ran a webinar on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability Communications. They explored how to effectively use communications and marketing as tools to engage business customers, consumers, and employees in CSR and sustainability initiatives.

One of the Biggest Impacts on the Arctic: Corporations

by admin on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 16:49

Today marked the start of the International Polar Year 2012 (IPY) conference in Montreal. It's the largest conference of its kind in the world, attracting more than 2,000 scientists and researchers to discuss everything Arctic, from microorganisms to aboriginal communities and the environment at the week-long event. This is the first in Corporate Knight's miniseries on the Arctic, and delves into the results of the a recent report that shows a troubling trend in the Great White North.

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