In conversation with visionary Founder & CEO, Stacy Flynn of Evrnu Kate Gaertner, CEO of TripleWin Advisory, had the opportunity to speak with Stacy Flynn, the visionary founder and CEO of Evrnu, a textile innovations company that is seeking to deploy its regenerative fiber technologies to re-engineer discarded clothing into new, high-quality, performance apparel. … read more
Originally published by Real Leaders Magazine, August 8, 2020. “Possible is more a matter of attitude; a matter of decision to choose; among the impossible possibilities; when one sound opportunity; becomes a possible solution.” ― Dejan Stojanovic The imperative for companies today is to be purpose-driven in how they operate. The acute health and economic crises… read more
Originally published in Conscious Company Magazine, August 3, 2020. Employees and customers are your most ardent brand ambassadors. Stay relevant by providing your stakeholders with opportunities to fight climate change. We’re in a climate bind. Global warming is causing major havoc around the world. Almost every day we face news of floods, droughts, water shortages,… read more
The goal of carbon accounting is for businesses to adopt target reduction goals for their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. We can only track what we measure. To get to the point of setting carbon reduction goals, companies need to establish an emissions trend line. Makes sense. A company needs to know whether its GHG emissions… read more
Sometimes humanity really pulls together and solves problems. One example is the 1987 Montreal Protocol, an agreement among countries to ban ozone-hole creating refrigerants. The hole in the ozone layer of Earth’s atmosphere is now shrinking. Nations succeeding together! Another “success story in the making” has been emerging over the last decade. Again, it comes… read more
Originally published by Multibriefs on December 4, 2019 There’s no consensus yet on whether chemical recycling is the silver bullet for the growing plastic pollution problem. What is clear, however, is that a solution needs to be found — and fast. Plastic and the use of plastic are not going away anytime soon. This quintessential… read more
The sustainability world loves its acronyms. It rivals the best of “consultant speak” batted around on corporate engagements ranging from business strategy, process, operations to stakeholder engagement.
I often say Corporate Sustainability is a journey. Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia didn’t start with a sustainable company in 1973. He progressed to it with the realization that his company’s impact on the environment was detrimental in its pursuit of creating useful goods for individuals to enjoy. His epiphany, that realization set his… read more
FOUNDATIONS OF CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY There are key foundational aspects to corporate sustainability. The triple-bottom line philosophy is the stool on which all else stands. The legs of that stool are to bear weight in balance: a company is to equally emphasize in its course of operations 1) profit-making, 2) environmental pollution mitigation, and 3) societal… read more
WHAT IS CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY? In the world of sustainability, as applied to corporate industry, we’re often met with varying approaches to and different definitions of business ‘sustainability’. Companies can view it as: a mindset (i.e., longevity of a business model), an approach (i.e., promote human productivity and satisfaction, a signal to the market or key… read more
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