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Deb Gallagher

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Rethinking the Role of the Sustainability Executive
Rethinking the Role of the Sustainability Executive

Organizational Governance / For too long, sustainability executives have been focused on external stakeholders — selling their company’s story in order to build reputation and fill polished social responsibility reports.Now, according to a recent MIT Sloan Management Review article by George Mason University’s Gregory Unruh, sustainability managers have had enough. They’re turning their gaze inward, to the functional managers and line employees who control the management tools — budget, staffing, incentives, etc. — to make change happen. - 10 years ago

Whether or Not We're 'Flourishing' Is a True Measure of Sustainability
Whether or Not We're 'Flourishing' Is a True Measure of Sustainability

New Metrics / John R. Ehrenfeld, author of Flourishing: A Frank Conversation About Sustainability, contends that the world is more unsustainable now than in 1972 in spite of the sustainability programs of firms worldwide.In his recent post, Ehrenfeld argues that sustainability strategies and programs fail to address the fundamental causes of unsustainability, because most economies and companies still pursue growth beyond the capacity of our planet to support it. - 10 years ago