After years working at the local, state and national policy levels helping to prevent pollution, including the greenhouse gas pollution that is heating up our planet, I’ve now decided to help implement some of those same policy objectives in the private sector. This is why I recently joined REV.
This recent GreenBiz article reviewing Steve Schein’s new book is an excellent and fast read. As Schein points out, we are nearing a tipping point for how we think and take action on sustainability. How we individually and collectively relate to all of this will play a major role in how we move in the 21st century.
A recent New York Times Op-Ed confronted the economics of recycling, asserting that in spite of significant government and media efforts to extol the virtues of recycling, it basically doesn’t make much sense, neither economically nor environmentally. So why even attempt to recycle or compost at all? Let’s just get rid of those blue and green bins altogether.
Posty Cards, who recently completed a REV Sustainability Circle® in Kansas City, is profiled in this October 7th Greenability article for their outstanding sustainability efforts. They are a terrific example of how an ongoing commitment to embedded sustainability is good for business. Read about their energy saving initiatives and pioneering sustainability efforts.
One thing that needs to be looked after in contemporary business is that CSR should not only be used as a tool to generate money. It should more importantly address important issues like sustainable development so that it can put forward a helping hand in prolonging the life of the Earth.
Recently, the French national assembly voted unanimously to pass a legislation barring stores from throwing away food. France battles an epidemic of wasted food that has highlighted the divide between giant food firms and people who are struggling to eat. The legislation includes an education program about food waste that will be introduced in schools and businesses.
Very few non-motorized sports come under fire as regularly as golf for their environmental impact especially due to the current California drought. What is sometimes overlooked is the amount of work golf is doing to ameliorate the effect it has on the environment, and in some cases even endeavoring to be a positive force in landscape management.
