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TSC, Cool Farm Alliance Helping Food Companies Better Manage Farm-Level Sustainability Data
TSC, Cool Farm Alliance Helping Food Companies Better Manage Farm-Level Sustainability Data
Published on October 6, 2017
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The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) and the Cool Farm Alliance (CFA) — a nonprofit industry platform and creator of the Cool Farm Tool sustainable agriculture calculator — have signed a memorandum of understanding to improve alignment and reporti... View More

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Can Performance Reporting for Different Companies Be Both Context-Based and Comparable?
Can Performance Reporting for Different Companies Be Both Context-Based and Comparable?
Published on October 3, 2017
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One of the hallmarks of context-based sustainability (CBS) as an approach to performance accounting in business is that it features the use of organization- or company-specific metrics. Indeed, a basic tenet of CBS is that no two organizations are ex... View More

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Mapping Maturation Pathways & Building Bridges to an Integral Economy
Mapping Maturation Pathways & Building Bridges to an Integral Economy
Published on September 29, 2017
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Part Ten in a 10-Part Series by Reporting 3.0. See previous parts below. “If you don't know where you're going, you might not get there,” U.S. baseball icon (and meister of understated irony) Yogi Berra famously stated. This quip accurately descr... View More

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GRI Analysis Paves the Way for Common SDG Reporting Standard
GRI Analysis Paves the Way for Common SDG Reporting Standard
Published on September 26, 2017
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As more businesses make moves to align their operations and strategies with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the need for a common framework for reporting on the impacts and contributions of companies to the SDGs becomes more apparent. ... View More

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Sustainability Targets + Science: The Smart Business Equation
Sustainability Targets + Science: The Smart Business Equation
Published on September 26, 2017
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A new sense of readiness and willingness from companies is transforming how businesses approach responsible growth. Corporate sustainability is no longer viewed as a trend, but as a necessity. That’s why leading companies across the U.S. and the gl... View More

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Activation & Acceleration: Catalyzing Context-Driven Stakeholders
Activation & Acceleration: Catalyzing Context-Driven Stakeholders
Published on September 20, 2017
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Part Nine in a 10-Part Series by Reporting 3.0. See previous parts below. ... View More

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Scalability: Upshifting from Micro- to Macro-Level Sustainability
Scalability: Upshifting from Micro- to Macro-Level Sustainability
Published on September 15, 2017
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Part Eight in a 10-Part Series by Reporting 3.0. See previous parts below. ... View More

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Fourstar Connections: ​A ​Solutions-Based EMS Provider Taking on Sustainability, Increasing Market Share
Fourstar Connections: ​A ​Solutions-Based EMS Provider Taking on Sustainability, Increasing Market Share
Published on September 11, 2017
About a 9 minute read

Massachusetts-based Fourstar Connections, founded in 1986 as a cable assembly shop, has evolved into a comprehensive solution provider with an extensive portfolio of services and solutions to tackle a wide range of manufacturing needs. It also differ... View More

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Closing the Context Gap: How Companies Can Transform Degeneration to Regeneration
Closing the Context Gap: How Companies Can Transform Degeneration to Regeneration
Published on September 8, 2017
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Part Seven in a 10-Part Series by Reporting 3.0. See previous parts below. ... View More

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Integral Success Measurement for True Future Value Creation
Integral Success Measurement for True Future Value Creation
Published on September 1, 2017
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Part Six in a 10-Part Series by Reporting 3.0. See previous parts below. ... View More

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New CDP Research Finds Cities Catching Up to Companies on Water Security Development
New CDP Research Finds Cities Catching Up to Companies on Water Security Development
Published on August 29, 2017
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International environmental reporting and data non-profit CDP has released new research in partnership with global infrastructure firm AECOM revealing that $9.5 billion worth of city water projects are now open for investment. ... View More

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Why Water Scarcity-Adjusted Targets Are Not Context-Based Water Targets
Why Water Scarcity-Adjusted Targets Are Not Context-Based Water Targets
Published on August 25, 2017
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Around this time last year, during World Water Week in Stockholm, a session was hosted which sought to explore the concept of Context-Based Water Targets (CBWTs). ... View More

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US Cities Plagued by Poor Performance on SDGs
US Cities Plagued by Poor Performance on SDGs
Published on August 21, 2017
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US cities still have a long way to go towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the first-ever US Cities SDG Index, which ranks the 100 most populous metropolitan areas in the US based on their performance on the SDGs. ... View More

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Purpose + Context = Connectedness
Purpose + Context = Connectedness
Published on August 18, 2017
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Part Four in a 10-Part Series by Reporting 3.0. See previous parts below. ... View More

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Companies Committed to Sustainability But Which Rely on Old-Economy Metrics Will Never Get There from Here
Companies Committed to Sustainability But Which Rely on Old-Economy Metrics Will Never Get There from Here
Published on August 16, 2017
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A close friend and colleague of mine, Joe Firestone, once pointed out that along with new conceptions of the world (i.e., new paradigms) come corresponding requirements for new measurement models. We simply cannot measure things in old ways when the ... View More

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How to Transform Today’s ‘Senseless’ ESG Data Into Tomorrow’s Actionable Knowledge
How to Transform Today’s ‘Senseless’ ESG Data Into Tomorrow’s Actionable Knowledge
Published on August 11, 2017
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Part Three in a 10-Part Series by Reporting 3.0. See previous parts below. ... View More

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Reporting 3.0’s Reporting Blueprint: Triggering a Regenerative, Inclusive and Open Economy
Reporting 3.0’s Reporting Blueprint: Triggering a Regenerative, Inclusive and Open Economy
Published on August 4, 2017
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Part One of this 10-part series ended with a quick introduction of how Reporting 3.0 (R3) applies Integral Theory in our thinking. So we pick up this strand as our starting point for Part Two, which is devoted to introducing the Reporting Blueprint t... View More

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Digital Mapping Initiative Aims to Boost Transparency in Bangladeshi Garment Sector
Digital Mapping Initiative Aims to Boost Transparency in Bangladeshi Garment Sector
Published on August 3, 2017
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With its sights set on reducing the social and environmental impacts of its garment sector, Bangladesh has launched an initiative to map all of its apparel factories. ... View More

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New Footprint Calculator, #MovetheDate Campaign Commemorate Earliest-Ever Earth Overshoot Day
New Footprint Calculator, #MovetheDate Campaign Commemorate Earliest-Ever Earth Overshoot Day
Published on August 1, 2017
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To mark Earth Overshoot Day (August 2nd — the earliest to date) — the date when humanity’s annual demand on nature exceeds what Earth can regenerate over the entire year — international research organization Global Footprint Network has launc... View More

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Accenture Competitive Agility Index: Sustainability Could Unlock $1B for Auto, Industrial Companies
Accenture Competitive Agility Index: Sustainability Could Unlock $1B for Auto, Industrial Companies
Published on August 1, 2017
About a 3 minute read

Interdependent business strategies are better poised to compete in future markets than those that boast one-dimensional strategies, according to new Accenture research. ... View More

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