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| Keen Observations: Opportunity / Competitive Advantage Through Efforts for Greater Sustainability Disclosure
One of the most influential voices in sustainable investing and corporate sustainability is Jean Rogers, founder and CEO of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). This is a non-profit effort by some of the thought leaders in the field who have joined forces to bring rigor, transparency, order, discipline, comparability, and common sense to corporate sustainability reporting. The metrics used by both capital market players and corporate managers are in focus and SASB’s work is aimed at making corporate disclosure more meaningful sector-by-sector, industry-by-industry. You can find out more at: www.sasb.org Jean Rogers offers advice in our Top Story as published in Entrepreneur — “things are different today for the entrepreneur looking to build his/her business today.” “Focusing on sustainability matters!” says Dr. Rogers. Entrepreneurs launch businesses in a changed environment – dealing with climate change, rapid population growth and resource scarcity. Large enterprises are adapting to these challenges; savvy entrepreneurs are finding opportunity. B Corporations are an example – there are now more than 1,000 of these critters, including Patagonia, Etsy and Seventh Generation – all successful companies considered to be sustainability leaders. These companies and their peers are creating a new code of conduct for Corporate America. How? We invite you to read our Top Story below. Top Story of the Week How Sustainability Disclosure Creates Competitive Advantage Sustainability in Focus Sustainability: From the Back Room to the Board Room Big sustainability could mean big business Citigroup Launches $100 Billion Sustainability Drive How sustainability plans build love for brands Clear Link Between Sustainability, Tenant Satisfaction Income Inequality Is a Sustainability Issue Enhancing sustainability in smaller ports Educating Sustainability Professionals: Learning By Doing Harnessing Disruption for Sustainability ESG Issues & Players 8 Expert Tips To Having A Healthy Company Environment Oil falls sharply as U.S. crude inventories rise New York City Could See Up To Six Feet Of Sea Level Rise This Century: Report ESG makes infrastructure more defensive Asset Managers, US Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds New public pension accounting rules raise red flags -Fitch N.Y. Common Retirement Fund returns 1.91% for quarter Federal Reserve cautious of raising interest rates against backdrop of economic growth New Zealand government fund to sue Portuguese central bank over lost loan Watching the Watchers OVERVIEW / MISSION Reason for being: “This network challenges the global proliferation of pesticides, defends basic rights to health and environmental quality, and works to ensure the transition to a just and viable society.” BACKGROUND Today’s Operations — description from the PAN Summer 2008 Magazine: “A remarkable consensus is growing that diverse, stable and incredibly productive landscapes are essential to ensuring the survival of our planet. A mounting global food crisis and the instability that climate change poses to life on earth have galvanized support for farming alternatives that offer the resilience necessary to sustain both people and ecosystems. This year, we stand atop a watershed of planetary dimensions. Industrial, chemically dependent farming has sown a ‘perfect storm’ of hunger, social and environmental calamity. Oligopoly control of food, farming and marketing by a handful of global companies subverts our freedoms, undermines our farmers and robs us of the ability to protect our health and environment.” With that statement as their lead philosophy, PAN usually takes an aggressive stand against the excessive use of chemicals and pesticides, publicizing “dangers” and organizing actions through news releases, newsletters, magazines, and partnering with other advocates who possess similar “green” positions. NEWS SWEEPS S.A.F.E. joins lawsuit challenging pesticide spraying plan EPA Responds to Petition for Writ of Mandamus Relating to Chlorpyrifos |
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Keen Observations: Opportunity / Competitive Advantage Through Efforts for Greater Sustainability Disclosure (February 26, 2015)
February 27, 2015
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