Tag Archives: CSR

What Is Sustainability, Really?

By Cynthia Figge   At a recent sustainability conference, I spoke with the COO of a major manufacturing company who remarked that his company would not publish a sustainability report given the lack of specificity of the term, its implied … Continue reading

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The First Cap and Trade for Carbon Emissions . . . Almost

By Carol Pierson Holding   Too bad for California. State voters passed the most ambitious climate bill in the country, AB32, which mandates emissions reductions to below 1990 levels—not up to Kyoto levels, but still the best in the U.S.—and … Continue reading

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Can Apple’s Employees Help Drive Better CSR?

By Cynthia Figge   Fast Company recently named Apple #1 in its ranking of the world’s most innovative companies. But when it comes to corporate social responsibility, Apple falls short of its innovative reputation.  (Full disclosure: I own an iPhone … Continue reading

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A Sustainability Mystique for Women

By Cynthia Figge   In a recent study by the White House on the status of women, its first since 1963, women now make up 57% of college enrollment. Yet in 2009, at all levels of education, they earned only … Continue reading

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To Those Who Have Much, More Will Be Given (Matthew 13:12)

By Bahar Gidwani   There are a lot of “Top 50” or “Top 100” lists for corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues.  Companies get kudos for how they treat women, blacks or Hispanics; for their attitude towards climate change, ethics, or … Continue reading

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