‘Green mafia’ backlash strengthens sustainability business

For quite some time promoting sustainability seemed like a walk in the park. Almost every company and politician was embracing the green case. UK conservatives, international banks, local governments, they all seemed to be ambassadors of sustainability. Often this sustainability support was long on
mrt 5, 2010 | Read more | Comments (0)

Linking executive bonuses to sustainability; the logical next step

It doesn’t happen very often that a Dutch company makes it to the front page of the Financial Times with the subject of sustainable development. Yet today, the newspaper focuses on DSM’s decision to link a significant part of the executive bonuses to sustainability indicators. In a news analysis reference is being made to

feb 24, 2010 | Read more | Comments (0)

Ethics in business; values for value?

Just read a very interesting interview with Dov Seidman in Fortune Magazine (February 2). Seidman is gaining ground with his theory that in today's transparent world ethical behaviour will be the true differentiator for companies. He explained
feb 24, 2010 | Read more | Comments (0)

Sustainable fashion and the fashion of sustainability

Recently the Financial Times published an article “Sustainable fashion: what does green mean?”(February 5th 2010) It concludes that the drive towards sustainability can be classified as a paradigm shift in the fashion industry! However, there is still a lot of unclarity about what sustainable fashion is. “No one knows. And the more you try to figure it out, the more confusing it becomes. While
feb 9, 2010 | Read more | Comments (2)

Bonus for bankers can become a malus for their business

Today’s Financial Times offers a new development with respect to bankers’ bonuses . In ‘Bosch chief criticised banks’ one of the most influential German industrialists, Bosch’s CEO Franz Fehrenbach, states that he will no longer do business with those banks that maximise bonuses. It seems to me that many business people and other clients of banks might have thought the
jan 28, 2010 | Read more | Comments (0)
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