Archive for category Sustainability
How to become a sustainable company?
Posted by semsblog in Sustainability, Uncategorized on March 8, 2013
By: Carla G. Machado (PUCPR/Brazil), Edson Pinheiro de Lima (PUCPR-UTFPR/Brazil) and Sergio E. Gouvea da Costa (PUCPR-UTFPR/Brazil) Professor Robert Eccles and Dr. George Serafeim from Harvard Business School and Kathleen Perkins, president of Miller Consultants, published some interesting results of a large research program on “Innovating for Sustainability” in the 2012 Summer Edition of MIT […]
Sustainability nears a tipping point
Posted by semsblog in Sustainability on November 9, 2012
By Carla G. Machado (PUCPR/Brazil), Edson Pinheiro de Lima (PUCPR-UTFPR/Brazil) and Sergio E. Gouvea da Costa (PUCPR-UTFPR/Brazil) An international survey conducted by MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group in 2011 was recently published (http://sloanreview.mit.edu/feature/sustainability-strategy/). The study asked for more than 4,000 managers and executives from companies in 113 different countries, how they are […]
Sustainability: Buzzword or Buzzworthy?
Posted by semsblog in Sustainability on October 25, 2011
By Anna Mangum. Sustainability can be described as an elusive and vague term or even a buzz word in industry. However, many companies have embraced the concept with action. To most, sustainability is associated with the triple bottom line approach of people, planet profit. Much like continuous improvement, sustainability is an ongoing mindset to set […]