A Brief Carbon Inventory Primer
Carbon accounting is the process by which a company quantifies the carbon emissions from its business in order to understand its environmental impact. It is a look back at a company’s emissions footprint from the previous fiscal year.
What’s the Deal with Material?
Companies cannot realize business circularity without systems change. A Circular Manufacturing Supply Chain Systems change requires a multitude of transformations that include (but is not exhaustive) reverse logistics capabilities, service models for manufacturers, carbon pricing, producer regulations, new commodity markets for materials as well as the more integral aspects of how organizations operate and supply […]
CEO Spotlight: Stacy Flynn of Evrnu
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. […]
An Action Plan for Sustainably-Driven Companies
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 […]
Stay Relevant: Building Sustainability into Your Brand
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, […]
Setting a New Baseline for Normal
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 […]
The Up-and-Up on Natural Refrigerants
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 […]
Achieving the promise of reduce, reuse, recycle with chemical recycling
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 […]
Sustainable Acronynms Revealed
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.
The Onward Journey of Corporate Sustainability
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 […]