Rising sea levels and other environmental challenges – is Miami’s future sustainable?
As mentioned in a previous blog article, North Bay Village, like many other areas across Florida, is beginning to notice the effects of rising sea levels. Top environmental issues in Miami are not new problems and have been raised for decades. For example, one problem is Florida allowing development on its beaches and the sea […]
Community collaboration on sustainable solutions in Miami
Engineering and business professors met with officials from the City of North Bay Village and Miami-Dade County, both looking for strategies to adapt to sea level rise. North Bay Village, like many other areas across Florida, is beginning to notice the effects of rising sea levels. The community of three islands sits squarely in the […]
Houston Sustainability Training Tackles the Hard Issues
September 30, 2019 by CSE in News The Center for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) thanks all of our participants at our sold-out Houston training, September 26-27, 2019. The discussions were enlightening, and the key issues brought to the table critical. CSE’s Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practitioner Program, Advanced Edition 2019 is a challenging, two-day training providing […]
2019 CSE Research finds Silicon Valley Geniuses are Sustainability Dullards
(Chicago, IL) ~The Center for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) announces its 2019 research into the state of Sustainability Strategy and Reporting in North America. Sustainability Reporting Trends in Silicon Valley 2019 is a follow-up to CSE’s 2016 research. Except for certain large multi-nationals, the report finds limited sustainability leadership from the world’s largest concentration of […]
Canada Elections Could Turn on Sustainability Concerns
In advance of Canada federal elections, have you noticed more political ads focused on the environment? While many have tried to turn sustainability into a partisan issue, much as it is in the US, Canada’s chief electoral officer assured NGOs that they’re free to promote combating climate change and other sustainability concerns in accordance with the […]
From Investors Activism to Employees Activism – The Amazon case
The planned event will mark the first time in Amazon’s 25-year history that workers at the company’s headquarters have participated in a strike. Over the past year, tech workers across the country have walked out to protest a wide range of issues such as Google employees on sexual harassment issues and WayFair staff on immigration, now it’s Amazon’s […]
How can Sustainability Non-compliance affect Canadian Companies in EU?
EU companies face tough penalties for not publishing Sustainability Reports or publicly disclosing Corporate Responsibility data. The EU Directive on Non-financial and Diversity Information (Directive 2014/95/EU) can greatly affect Canadian corporations operating in any of the European Union Member States. The European Commission (EC) objective is to raise to a similarly high level across all […]
The ground-breaking French Law that challenge Multi-nationals for their transparency on Sustainability and CR issues in their Supply Chains
Nikos Avlonas President and Founder of Center of Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) During our lifetime there is a plethora of products that are produced in far way countries in conditions that are unknown to us – from clothing to electrical devices. Serious issues are being identified in multi-national supply chains that have global operations, particularly […]
Five Surprising Departments Which Need Sustainability
Sustainability training in Houston will naturally gravitate to Energy, space aeronautics and finance. Even outside these sectors, sustainability touches all the companies which have anything to do with energy, water, agriculture, population and waste. That means all companies. Within companies, HSE is concerned with sustainability – health, safety, and environment are integral to sustainable workplaces […]
How do “green bonds” contribute to sustainable development?
Nikos Avlonas President and Founder of Center of Sustainability and Excellence Visitor Professor to University of Economics Not a new film of the popular series, a new type of bond known as “green bonds” are an investment tool which can, with what they generate, contribute to tackling climate change. As a consequence, more capital […]