Stories from Leslie Back
Corporate Responsibility
Help Stop the “Mother of All Anti-Environmental Bills”
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is well known for market-based environmentalism and its cooperative engagements with business. Through its relationships with […]
July 28, 2011
Finance
Green Mountain College: A Little More to the Story
In May, my TriplePundit colleague Tina Casey wrote a good piece on Green Mountain College’s success in achieving carbon neutrality. […]
June 29, 2011
Energy
Rotisserie Chicken, Biofuel and Sam’s Club: Creative Sustainability
When Walmart established its lofty goal of eliminating all landfill waste generated by U.S. operations by 2025, managers were probably […]
May 16, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
The Five Driving Forces of CSR: Can You Name a Sixth?
As reported by the aforementioned text, Malcolm Gladwell referred to the tipping point as the point of critical mass after which an idea spreads widely and becomes generally accepted and broadly implemented. I argue that CSR has reached such a tipping point, pushed there by the five above factors.
May 6, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Toyota USA Foundation Increases Support for TNC’s LEAF Program
For many years I have been loosely involved, through holiday volunteer days and sporadic donations, with a local nonprofit that […]
April 15, 2011
Should Nonprofits Publish a Sustainability Report?
Last August I wrote a piece on why nonprofits (used interchangeably here with NGOs) should publish sustainability reports, similar to […]
March 29, 2011
Finance
Transparency: Promoting or Diminishing Competitive Advantage?
In 2009’s Strategy for Sustainability, Adam Werbach promoted what he called the TEN cycle (transparency, employee engagement and outside networking) […]
March 28, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Sierra Club to Koch Brothers: How About a Debate?
Public debate is a privilege of democratic society and holds the potential for idea exchange and constructive dialogue. Done properly […]
March 14, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Does CSR Threaten the Nonprofit Sector?
Once solid lines of demarcation between the major societal sectors: business, government and nonprofits, are increasingly blurred. The ever-growing power […]
February 16, 2011
Finance
Three Trademarks of Effective Leaders
During a recent lull in my MBA studies I decided to begin a Certificate in Nonprofit Management. My attention is […]
February 14, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Save Money, Eat Better: Walmart: Announces New Healthy Food Initiative
This morning in DC, in cooperation with First Lady Michelle Obama, the Let’s Move program and the Partnership for a […]
January 20, 2011
Energy
The World’s Most Unsustainable Business Plan: Disposable Plastic Running Attire
A few weeks ago I traveled to Orlando to meet a friend who was preparing for the “Goofy.” Thousands converge […]
January 20, 2011