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On March 5-8, 2014 I attended UNC Chapel Hill’s Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference, to gain insights for a research project I am spearheading this semester for the U.S.
[Editor's Note: Care about this topic? BCLC is hosting a working meeting on environmental innovation on July 18, 2012.]
Last year, at the July 18 Role of Business in Environmental Innovation Working Meeting, BCLC and Shell gave a preview of the Environmental Innovation Map.
[Editor's Note: This post originally published on GreenBiz. Republished with permission.]
By Bill Osborne, Senior Vice President - Custom Products, Navistar, Inc.
BCLC just launched the nomination and application cycle for its 2013 Citizens Awards. These are important awards for the field; companies, local Chambers, and NGO partners are well served to go through the submission process.
The famed horse, “I’ll Have Another” just did not achieve the near impossible: the ultimate trifecta of winning the elusive Triple Crown.
While some companies have only recently rushed to become sustainable in an effort to appease potential critics or help their brand’s image, others have been sustainability leaders for years. They have built sustainability into their core DNA, making it a critical factor in all of the services they offer and how they run their operations. These companies are helping the U.S. grow its green economy and making the country more economically diverse and resilient in the hyper-competitive age of globalization.
Conferences always stir new insights as dialogue leads to a rush of new perspectives.
