Sustainability executives

Management

Volkswagen's $15 billion lesson on the stakes of sustainability

Could the regulatory hammer dropped on Volkswagen after the emissions scandal actually be a good thing for environmentalists?

clock 01 July 2016 • 3 min read

Skills

IEMA revamps membership structure in bid to boost green professional development

'Businesses everywhere are having to adapt to secure their own survival' says IEMA boss

clock 15 June 2016 • 2 min read

Technology

O2: Cutting emissions in an industry defined by disruption

The tech industry is famous for fostering innovation that delivers sweeping change - presenting a challenge for traditional sustainability strategies

clock 14 June 2016 • 7 min read

Risk

Inherent risk: Still a black hole for ESG investors?

James Lockhart Smith of Verisk Maplecroft argues that while ESG integration is increasingly popular, investors lack data on how companies' performance is affected by where they operate, sell and source from

clock 14 June 2016 • 4 min read

Management

Corporate Leaders Group: It's the end of the beginning of the low carbon transition

In-coming director of the Prince of Wales Corporate Leaders Group, Jill Duggan, reveals her plan to extend the organisation's influence in a post-Paris world

clock 09 June 2016 • 7 min read

Carbon Accounting

GRI reveals next tranche of modular sustainability standards

Second set of new draft GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards open for consultation

clock 07 June 2016 • 1 min read

Marketing

Meet the woman behind Procter & Gamble's transparency overhaul

BusinessGreen talks with the one-woman marketing powerhouse who has helped transform Procter & Gamble from a ‘shy' multinational to one more honest about its sustainability progress - the good and the bad

clock 01 June 2016 • 6 min read

Carbon Accounting

GRI and UN Global Compact to renew sustainability reporting push

Three year collaboration aims to shape private sector contributions to UN's Sustainable Development Goals

clock 24 May 2016 • 2 min read

Carbon Accounting

GRI launches new digital alliance to boost corporate sustainability reporting

Digital Reporting Alliance will develop digital infrastructure to make data-heavy sustainability reporting quicker and simpler

clock 20 May 2016 • 1 min read

Management

Five forces turning procurement departments into sustainability hotspots

Verisk Maplecroft's Dr James Allan argues creativity within procurement departments is being driven by external forces such as new environmental laws and technological change

clock 11 May 2016 • 5 min read