Monthly Archives: May 2011
Posted on May 24, 2011
Investors Advancing a Green Agenda in U.S.
As more than 500 venture capitalists, asset management and investment firms, organized labor, and sustainability professionals gathered for the 2011 CERES conference in Oakland, the message to publicly-traded companies was clear: go green or go home. CalPERS and CalSTRS, the … Read More »
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Confrontation to Cooperation
While companies once cowered at the sight of an environmental group, increasingly the private sector is proactively reaching out to green non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to help them mitigate environmental risks and/or identify market opportunities. The resulting partnerships, often designed to … Read More »
Posted on May 16, 2011
Sustainability Surveys: Buried Under the Best of Intentions
Overkill. By definition it’s “an excess of something beyond what is required or suitable for a particular purpose.” Often, this excess is negative. It’s Axe Body Spray at a middle-school dance. It’s that Top 40 song that has been played … Read More »
Posted on May 10, 2011
Best Practices in CSR Reporting
In the early days of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting, most non-financial reports were either exclusively environmental in focus or dealt only with philanthropy. Today, however, CSR reports are seen increasingly as strategic documents that, when done well, offer a … Read More »
Posted on May 4, 2011
National Strategic Communications And Public Affairs Firm Opens Office In Metro Detroit
TROY, Mich., May 4, 2011 — VOX Global, a strategic communications and public affairs firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., today announced the opening of a new office in Michigan. Lifetime Detroit-area resident and veteran of Michigan politics and media, Joe … Read More »