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Sustainability= Quality of Life = Human Rights
Sustainability = Quality of Life = Human Rights If I had to summarize sustainability in one sentence, I would [...]
Human rights in the supply chain – Yes! We can!
Human rights in the supply chain – Yes! We can! Never before we have had so many discussions about [...]
Setting a robust strategy towards the future you want
Setting a robust strategy towards the future you want Over the last years working as a consultant and in [...]
How to transform sustainability reporting (III)
How to transform sustainability reporting Let's talk about how to transform reporting from a burden into a tool [...]
Top tips to cut the crap in reporting (II)
Top tips to cut the crap in reporting In the last decade, transparency and corporate reporting progressed tremendously, allowing [...]
Trends: the Fossil Fuel Emperor has no clothes!
Trends in the next decade: the Fossil Fuel Emperor has no clothes! If we are to ensure a good [...]
King IV: it will make your Board ‘rock’!
King IV: it will make your Board ‘rock’! Boards of Directors of large companies are featuring more and more [...]
How to avoid the materiality traps (I)
How to avoid the materiality traps This time of year, the materiality marathon is on. Companies and consultants are [...]
Using reporting to compete
Using reporting to compete The context A multinational company has a global presence and strong local competitors in almost all [...]
Eradicating hunger globally – with companies?
Eradicating hunger globally – with companies? The context Imagine that your organization’s goal is the global eradication of hunger [...]
Reinforce governance to be resilient
Reinforce governance to be resilient The context A large company, operating in 10 countries and with many years' experience in understanding the [...]
Dutch, smart and generous greenhouses
Dutch, smart and generous greenhouses by Nelmara Arbex The context If you fly over the Netherlands, you will see [...]
A board’s dilemma – short versus long term
A board’s dilemma – short versus long term The context A new Brazilian forestry company made an unusual business plan: profit [...]
Cases – Projects
Sustainability= Quality of Life = Human Rights
Sustainability = Quality of Life = Human Rights If I had to summarize sustainability in one sentence, I would say it is guaranteeing quality of life for all, today and in [...]
Human rights in the supply chain – Yes! We can!
Human rights in the supply chain – Yes! We can! Never before we have had so many discussions about how to guarantee human rights in the supply chain of so many [...]
Setting a robust strategy towards the future you want
Setting a robust strategy towards the future you want Over the last years working as a consultant and in executive education programs (at the Boston College Corporate Citizenship Center, for [...]
How to transform sustainability reporting (III)
How to transform sustainability reporting Let's talk about how to transform reporting from a burden into a tool to build a better future. Our earlier article zoomed in on materiality. Here's our [...]
Top tips to cut the crap in reporting (II)
Top tips to cut the crap in reporting In the last decade, transparency and corporate reporting progressed tremendously, allowing society access to performance information that is usually not available in [...]
Trends: the Fossil Fuel Emperor has no clothes!
Trends in the next decade: the Fossil Fuel Emperor has no clothes! If we are to ensure a good quality of life for everyone, rich and poor, right across the [...]
King IV: it will make your Board ‘rock’!
King IV: it will make your Board ‘rock’! Boards of Directors of large companies are featuring more and more in the daily news and in business conversations. The reason is [...]
How to avoid the materiality traps (I)
How to avoid the materiality traps This time of year, the materiality marathon is on. Companies and consultants are on a journey to define what topics should be included in [...]
Using reporting to compete
Using reporting to compete The context A multinational company has a global presence and strong local competitors in almost all countries where it operates. As the market is becoming more aware [...]
Eradicating hunger globally – with companies?
Eradicating hunger globally – with companies? The context Imagine that your organization’s goal is the global eradication of hunger and malnutrition. There can hardly be a more fundamental goal, given [...]
Reinforce governance to be resilient
Reinforce governance to be resilient The context A large company, operating in 10 countries and with many years' experience in understanding the links between its activities and the impacts around it, had been [...]
Dutch, smart and generous greenhouses
Dutch, smart and generous greenhouses by Nelmara Arbex The context If you fly over the Netherlands, you will see fields and towns that look like toys, interspersed with numerous canals, [...]
A board’s dilemma – short versus long term
A board’s dilemma – short versus long term The context A new Brazilian forestry company made an unusual business plan: profit should come from tree plantations (for the pulp and paper industry) [...]
Remarkable People
Mario Abreu – Yes! Redesigning packaging to save our oceans!
Some months ago, Mario Abreu became Global Vice President for Sustainability at Tetra Pak. One of [...]
To know more, to achieve more, with Katherine Smith!
Nowhere else have I got such a precise idea of what this expression means as I [...]
The superpower of frugal innovation
Igor Botelho is a rare combination of mindful grace and volcanic creative energy, acting together. He [...]
“I believe in being truthful, not neutral”, says Amanpour
“Democracy has 4 main pillars: free elections, independent justice system, unrestricted right of people to demonstrate [...]
Tomorrow’s world is already happening!
Open your eyes! Pioneers around the globe are, right now, re-inventing agriculture, energy, economy, [...]
Trump: a catalyst for a stronger, greener, fairer, global movement?
There is an urgent need for a wake-up call for the green movement and [...]
Ethics: power to align beliefs and actions!
“The biggest issue that society will face in the next decade and longer is the [...]
Mutations in the global energy business
The publication of the "The Next Era of Corporate Disclosure" in March 2016 was only possible [...]
“Apply your minds to integrated thinking!”
June, 2014. Call with Prof. Mervyn King for one hour. He is in Johannesburg, South [...]
The German powerhouse
June 2, 2014. I am very excited on my way to the Berlin Congress Center on [...]