7 Ways Companies Can Contribute to the SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a.k.a. the Global Goals, are increasingly embraced by companies as a useful reporting framework for their sustainability efforts. That’s a good thing....
View Article3 Reasons To Upgrade To ES2B Business Models
3 Reasons To Upgrade To ES2B Business Models Most business models are out of date. They lack a systems perspective. Today’s business models omit the surrounding environment and society-at-large. They...
View ArticleNew Stakeholder-centric Purpose Drives 21st Century Capitalism
For the last 50 years, Milton Friedman's three-word corporate purpose mantra has been imprinted into the mindsets of business school graduates: "maximize shareholder wealth." The maxim worked well...
View Article6 Design Criteria for 21st Century Business Models
A company's business model is its blueprint for what it does, how it does it and how it generates enough income to be at least a going concern. Traditional 20th century business models imply that a...
View Article3 Versions of Performance Dashboards for 21st Century Companies
Suppose a company decides to use a 21st century business model, as described in my last blog. Then, suppose someone asks, "How's it going?" To answer the question comprehensively, wouldn't it be nice...
View ArticleWhite Paper: “7 Bold Strokes to Save Our World”
Here are the opening paragraphs of my first white paper, “7 Bold Strokes To Save Our World.” “We are at a pivotal point in the course of human civilization. We need to acknowledge that the system that...
View Article21st Century Sustainable Enterprise Force Field
“How’s it going?” I expect you also get that question a lot these days, especially with the pandemic still dominating our daily lives. For those of us in the sustainability arena, the question is...
View Article3 COP26-Inspired New Year’s Resolutions
(This is a long-overdue blog. The International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) provided the nudge. They asked me to write a blog with my reflections on COP26. That blog is available on...
View Article“Sustainability” vs “ESG”
Once upon a time, I began presentations on sustainability-related topics with a snorkel in the terminology swamp. I’d compare and contrast about a dozen terms in the “sustainability” alphabet soup –...
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5 Reasons Net-Zero Procurement Can Achieve System Change Greta Thunberg coined the sign-worthy call to action: “System Change, Not Climate Change.” Good idea. But how can we transform the system that...
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