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Session 9: Reporting – Purpose and Content (Sustainability Engagement Network Discussion
Session 9: Reporting – Purpose and Content (Sustainability Engagement Network Discussion
By Wendy Firlotte, Employee Engagement for Sustainability Specialist To follow the topic of the last SEND series post on tracking and measurement, this month will focus on the next step,[…]
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Sustainability Engagement Network Discussion (SEND) Series # 8: Tracking and Measurement
Sustainability Engagement Network Discussion (SEND) Series # 8: Tracking and Measurement
By Wendy Firlotte, Employee Engagement for Sustainability Specialist Measurement, monitoring, evaluating and reporting sustainability engagement is essential to the effectiveness of your program. Feedback loops and processes for continual reflection,[…]
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Study Identifies Benefits and Potential Environmental/Health Impacts of Lithium-ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles
Study Identifies Benefits and Potential Environmental/Health Impacts of Lithium-ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles
Study Identifies Benefits and Potential Environmental/Health Impacts of Lithium-ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles (via PR Newswire) Life Cycle Assessment Highlights Ways to Reduce Global Warming Emissions, Addresses Nanotechnology Innovations to[…]
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Four Natural Laws of Creating Sustainability Ambassadors
Four Natural Laws of Creating Sustainability Ambassadors
Culture change toward sustainability, safety or even quality isn’t quick or easy. Yet, Environmental Health and Safety Managers are often expected to lead these cultural transformations with minimal staff and[…]
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Session 7 – SEND Series: Integrating Sustainability into Operations
Session 7 – SEND Series: Integrating Sustainability into Operations
By Wendy Firlotte, Employee Engagement for Sustainability Specialist What do we mean by integrating sustainability? When a company begins implementing new sustainability programming, it is often seen as something new and[…]
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Sustaining Effective Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations
Sustaining Effective Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations
Momentum is a funny thing; when you have it – it seems like it could magically go on forever. But in reality, it takes much insight, planning, and energy to[…]
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SEND – Session 6 – Participation – overcoming barriers and competing priorities
SEND – Session 6 – Participation – overcoming barriers and competing priorities
By Wendy Firlotte, Employee Engagement for Sustainability Specialist What Drives Participation? Increasing employee involvement in workplace programs can be challenging, especially if programs are informal and voluntary. So, let’s ask[…]
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Session 5: Beyond Start up – dealing with plateaus and revitalizing programs (SEND)
Session 5: Beyond Start up – dealing with plateaus and revitalizing programs (SEND)
Wendy gained experience as the Sustainability Engagement Manager for a large multi-national engineeing firm with 171 offices. By Wendy Firlotte, Sustainability Engagement Practitioner. Sustainability engagement programs thrive with involved and[…]
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Are we stuck in a ‘shallow’ partnership culture?
Are we stuck in a ‘shallow’ partnership culture?
Last week in Tim Draimin’s, webinar “Getting Started on Social Innovation”, he explained that we are stuck in a “shallow partnership culture”. This really struck a cord with me. Let[…]
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