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CSR Minute: October 13, 2009

2009-10-14T03:04:27.693Z

The 3BL Media CSR Minute: 60 seconds or so of daily news and commentary on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the triple bottom line (3BL).

Today's Corporate Social Responsible News: Cummins' Newsweek Green Ranking; March of Dimes Partners with Ford + UAW; REALeadership's Workshop

The CSR Minute is your daily video digest of the most relevant Corporate Social Responsible news of the day. Our team of 3BL Media correspondents tracks the global world of corporate social responsibility to bring you coverage of the most important announcements, initiatives, issues, trends, ideas, and breaking news.

Story of Stuff, Full Version; How Things Work, About Stuff

2009-10-06T17:27:41.658Z

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CSR Minute: October 1, 2009

2009-10-01T20:05:32.633Z

The 3BL Media CSR Minute: 60 seconds or so of daily news and commentary on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the triple bottom line (3BL).

Today's Items: Wal-Mart's Sustainability Index; Palo Alto Software's Award; SDialogue's Report

All eyes are on Wal-Mart today as the mega-corporation officially launches its Sustainability Index. Consumer product companies who do business with the global corporate giant must now fill out and file a 15-question assessment form with details about their carbon footprint, resource use, and ethical business practices. Over 100,000 global companies sell to Wal-Mart. The retailer has announced a goal of rating the sustainable attributes of all products on its shelves.

Palo Alto Software has been named “Business of the Year” by the Eugene, Oregon Chamber of Commerce. The company won the sixth annual Emerald award for excelling in all four categories of community caring, environmental values, growth, and innovation. Palo Alto’s focus on the triple bottom line was singled out as the basic reason for being chosen from among 36 nominations and 12 finalists as this year’s winner.

A new research report, “Social Media Advances the Sustainability Dialogue,” has been issued by SDialogue, a strategy and communications firm. The white paper describes what leading brands are doing to change how they communicate their sustainability initiatives to stakeholders. The main conclusions? Social media is the communications method of choice for today’s CSR-savvy businesses and organizations, providing authenticity, accountability, and engagement with the CSR audience as the principal benefits.

For more information on these and other stories, go to thecsrminute.com.

Green Building: Jobs of the Future

2009-04-21T22:10:28.835Z

In an effort to describe the opportunities that exist this fast growing market the Department of Ecology has partnered with the Department of General Administration and the Construction Center of Excellence on a film project: “Green Building: Jobs of the Future.” The film brings together local and national leaders in green building, climate change, manufacturing, and work-force development to make the case for green building’s capacity to create jobs and boost the economy while not further imposing on our environment. In these challenging times, opportunities abound!

-from http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=547867432419356733

Energy 2.0 Morning Keynote

2009-04-21T22:08:11.832Z

Forget Energy 2.0, counsels Jeffrey Immelt-- “We never had Energy 1.0.” Unlike the health care business, he says, “we still sell some products in the energy sector that sold 25 years ago.” This relative torpor, Immelt explains, results from a lag between “market signals and time horizons,” as well as the “societal expectation that energy is a God-given right” –which makes reasonable pricing difficult – and the absence of rational energy policies worldwide. But with global warming upon us, the dynamics of the energy market are rapidly shifting, and GE, one of the globe’s biggest players, hopes to take advantage of new opportunities.

from http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/475