CorporateRegister.com is a comprehensive directory of corporate non-financial (environment/social/sustainability/CSR) reports. Established as a free service by Next Step Consulting in 1998, the site aims to provide access to all current reports, as well as developing an archive of all reports published since 1990. The thousands of featured company profiles and report profiles are searchable using […]
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Switching to Green: A Renewable Energy Guide for Office and Retail companies is a practical resource for companies that want to "green" their energy supply but don’t know how. More than 70 percent of electricity in the United States is generated using fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas. The environmental impacts from
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Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), Canada’s largest retail co-operative and one of its leading corporate citizens, has published its most comprehensive report to date on its ethical sourcing program. The 2005 Ethical Sourcing Report marks another step towards transparency and explains how the outdoor retailer intends to influence sourcing practices in Canada and beyond. "The report
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Social compliance audits are a key tool in assessing factory workplace conditions. Buyers also use audits to assess security and environmental conditions in factories. Nevertheless, there is no comprehensive process for managing or sharing social compliance audit information. Many laudable efforts to create a widespread process have resulted in multiple, duplicative systems. To help address
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It is estimated that there are an esimated 600,000 brownfield sites in the US, many of which are in prime urban locations. The brownfield market has been estimated by industry observers to be approximately $2 trillion. In the past corporations, government entities, and private landowners have hesitated to sell these properties due to challenges with
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The “Global Reporting Initiative” is a large multi-stakeholder network of thousands of experts, in dozens of countries worldwide, who participate in GRI’s working groups and governance bodies, use the GRI Guidelines to report, access information in GRI-based reports, or contribute to develop the Reporting Framework in other ways – both formally and informally. Earlier this
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Cradle to Cradle Design is a fundamental conceptual shift away from the flawed system design of the Industrial Revolution. Instead of designing products and systems based on the "take-make-waste" model of the last century (‘cradle to grave’), MBDC’s Cradle to Cradle Design paradigm is powering the Next Industrial Revolution, in which products and services are
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As Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) describes, Cultural Creatives represent a $228.9 billion U.S. marketplace for goods and services focused on health, the environment, social justice, personal development and sustainable living. The consumers attracted to this market represent a sizable group in this country, approximately 30 percent of the adults in the U.S., or
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Trevelino/Keller Communications Group, one of the nation’s fastest growing and forward thinking boutique public relations firms, announces its focus on and commitment to the environment via a GreenWorks™ Practice. Recognizing that organic, alternative, clean, eco-friendly and hybrid are no longer what the few do, the firm plans to leverage green thinking across each of its
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The Triple Bottom Line(TBL) is a new measurement for corporations capturing the essense of sustainability by measuring the impact of an organization’s activities on the world. The phrase was coined by John Elkington, co-founder of the business consultancy SustainAbility, in his 1998 book Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business. It
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The San Francisco Times reports that SolarCity just bought Declination Solar and Palo Alto Solar for undisclosed prices this week. Lyndon Rive is CEO of SolarCity. The new company has plans for fast growth by making more acquisitions. Via:(The San Francisco Times)
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Green Biz reports that, "the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) at the University of Massachusetts Lowell has unveiled a new surface cleaning online database to help manufacturers find safer cleaning alternatives that perform as well as hazardous chemicals. The database, called CleanerSolutions, is filled with over 10 years of performance testing results combined with health
Businesses of all shapes, sizes, and organizational structures often decide to outsource a project or a set of tasks to a consultant. Elaine Fogel, Stanford Social Innovation Review, offers her own advice from her lessons learned about hiring consultants for nonprofits, however, much of what she outlines is applicable to for profit companies as well:
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(Photo: NY Times) The New York Times featured an interesting article on Suzlon Energy and the growing demand for wind energy in developing nations, specifically India, as part of their Energy Challenge series. The article suggests that Suzlon Energy may serve as an example how, "a company can prosper by tackling the special needs of
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From October 7-8 people from all over the nation will have the opportunity to participate in the American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour. Tour attendees will be able to participate in educational workshops and a self-guided tour of homes where participants can meet homeowners, builders, contractors, and installers to ask questions and discuss opportunities.
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Environmental Managerial Accounting (EMA) is defined by EMARIC as "the identification, collection, estimation, analysis, internal reporting, and use of materials and energy flow information, environmental cost information, and other cost information for both conventional and environmental decision-making within an organization." As seen below, it can be used in many different contexts: Environmental Management Accounting (EMA):
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