By Shannon Schuyler, Corporate Responsibility Leader, PwC and Jeff Senne, Director, Environment & Marketplace, Corporate Responsibility, PwC
Over the course of human history, inventions such as the printing press, automobile, computer, and Internet-related technologies have radically altered the way humans live, work, and connect to each other.
People outside of the CSR and community relations fields don’t often think about this, but businesses can be greatly affected by challenges that sit outside of their control.
[Editor's Note: Care about this topic? BCLC is hosting a working meeting on environmental innovation on July 18, 2012.]
By Bill Osborne, Senior Vice President - Custom Products, Navistar, Inc.
//Editor's Note: This is part 1 of 2. Read Part 2: Development in Rio.//
I've been enjoying GreenBiz's coverage of Rio+20 this week. In their piece about environmental public-private partnerships, writers Tensie Wheland (Rainforest Alliance) and John Williams (Domtar Corporation) write:
The 2012 theme for World Environment Day isGreen Economy: Does it include you? The program’s emphasis is not only on growing inherently green sectors, but also in greening traditional businesses one wouldn’t necessarily regard as environmentally oriented.
Today, June 5th, the United Nations leads the 40th anniversary of World Environment Day (WED). World Environment Day aims to stimulate awareness of environmental issues around the world and encourage individuals to take action.
Researchers at Oregon State University have invented a new