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  • Why Your Company Should Produce a Sustainability Report

    15 Mar 2011 – Article

    Public trust in companies is at record lows. Is improved disclosure – specifically, better sustainability reporting – a way to reverse the trend?

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  • The Leading Edge of Sustainability

    New Spheres, New Mindsets, New Models

    11 Jan 2011 – Article

    We kicked off our 2010 Engaging Stakeholders members workshops with a discussion on sustainability leadership. Here are highlights of the themes that emerged.

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  • Issue Brief: Climate Change and Global Health

    The Role for Business

    11 Jan 2011 – Article

    An overview of the health-related challenges posed by climate change, with a number of inspiring examples of how the private sector can contribute products, services and expertise to help tackle these challenges.

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  • Sustainable Brands 2010: “The Power of AND”

    Recap and reflections after SustainAbility's fourth year at Sustainable Brands

    21 Sep 2010 – Article

    Patrin Watanatada sums up the SB10 with the observation that the sustainability efforts most likely to succeed are those that are both robust and data-driven on the one hand, and joyful, surprising, delightful and principles-driven on the other.

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  • Issue Brief: Distributed Generation

    Taking Control of the Power

    10 Aug 2010 – Article

    Recent changes in technology and regulations, and an increasing concern over the environmental impacts of large-scale power plants, have driven new interest – and investment – in distributed generation.

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  • Five Principles for Sustainable Brands

    Relevant, Responsive, Reliable, Resilient and Transformative

    07 Jun 2010 – Article

    SustainAbility's five principles for ensuring that sustainability is good for brands – and that brands are good for sustainability.

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  • Open.com

    The role of open data in corporate responsibility and sustainability

    23 May 2010 – Article

    Why corporate sustainability strategists must usher in a new era of collaborative reporting and open data.

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  • Issue Brief: Valuing Nature

    The Economics of Ecosystem Services

    13 May 2010 – Article

    Can placing a price on ecosystem services help prevent further degradation and depletion of the natural resources society depends on?

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  • Open Good, Closed Bad

    16 Apr 2010 – Article

    John Elkington and Alex Hammer on how social media technology is leveling the playing field in stakeholder engagement.

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  • Knaves Turned Honest (Food Ethics Council)

    Can 21st century finance sustain 21st century agriculture?

    01 Mar 2010 – Article

    Alexa Clay and Sophia Tickell look at whether 21st century finance can sustain 21st century agriculture.

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  • Enhancing Stakeholder Engagement Through Web 2.0

    23 Dec 2009 – Article

    SustainAbility's provides an analysis of current uses of web 2.0 for stakeholder engagement, an overview of the platforms currently used, and a range of company examples and case studies.

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  • The Biodiversity Challenge for Business

    2010 is International Year on Biodiversity, but what might it mean for business?

    01 Nov 2009 – Article

    John Elkington and Jennifer Biringer suggest that biodiversity may soon force its way higher on the corporate sustainability agenda.

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  • Two Degrees Is Too Much

    08 Oct 2009 – Article

    With the clock ticking as we approach COP 15 in Copenhagen, Gary Kendall explains why the 2°C threshold for dangerous climate change is so important.

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  • The Holy Grail of Integrated Reporting

    15 Sep 2009 – Article

    A conversation between SustainAbility co-founder John Elkington and Jean-Philippe Renaut, leader SustainAbility’s Engaging Stakeholders Program, on the current state and evolution of 'integrated reporting'.

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  • A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste

    14 Sep 2009 – Article

    Michael Sadowski looks at the role of corporate responsibility after the recession.

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