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VIEWS: The Case for Sustainability Reporting

SSC Team — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:00:48 +0000

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Sustainability reporting isn't just about appeasing critics or showing off your company's new recycling program. Creating a detailed report can keep an organization's daily operations in check. Sue Cischke, Group Vice President of Sustainability, Environment & Safety Engineering at Ford Motor Company, recently blogged about the importance of sustainability reporting.

RESOURCE: Growing your sustainability consultancy business: Part 1: Preparing for the perfect pitch

SSC Team — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:00:00 +0000

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“Put yourself in your client’s shoes.” It’s not just another cliché.

Ok, yes it is.

In this case, however, it is going to make you money.

EVENT: Network for Emerging Leaders in Sustainability (NELS), September 21st Meeting

SSC Team — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:41:31 +0000

Emerging leaders in sustainability, please join NELS for their September event:

Save the Date!

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

5:30 – 7:30 pm

VIEWS: Sustaining Sustainability: Our Industry’s Fight to Remain Afloat

SSC Team — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:57:00 +0000

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In this unpredictable economic climate, individuals remain perpetually concerned about their personal job security. For sustainability consulting, however, the stability of the entire industry has been in question. Lucky for us, the future looks bright!

OPINION: Why YOU Should Attend the Accredited Sustainability (CSR) Workshop hosted by the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (Sept. 14 & 15 in DC)

SSC Team — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:21:40 +0000

As many of us in the sustainability consulting world know, there are a ton of consultants out there calling themselves “experts” in green. But as we also know, just because you read Green to Gold doesn’t make you a sustainability expert or a qualified sustainability consultant.

EVENTS: Accredited Sustainability (CSR) Workshop hosted by the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence

SSC Team — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:40:56 +0000

You can’t miss this event. No, seriously. If you can make it to the DC area on September 14 and 15 and you are working in, or hope to gain a foothold in, the field of sustainability and CSR, then you should sign up for the Accredited Sustainability (CSR) Practitioner Workshop workshop hosted by the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE).

VIEWS: Clear Skies Ahead: A Green Business Forecast

SSC Team — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:40:39 +0000

Dispatch from the SSC Team

Call us biased but, at SSC, we’ve always believed that sustainability would become a key profit driver and component of business strategy within the global economy. Whenever that notion is backed up with some good, hard facts, we just have to share! GreenBiz.com recently published survey results pertaining to the forecast of the green economy. Good news! The future is bright.

VIEWS: All Hands on Deck: Finding Success in Sustainable Integration

SSC Team — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:13:45 +0000

Dispatch from the SSC Team

Ever heard of the phrase “random acts of greenness”? If you have, you know it’s not a good thing! “Random acts of greenness” are haphazardly employed sustainability initiatives that bear no clear link to each other or an organization’s overall strategy. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: sustainability must be cohesively integrated throughout the entire organization and not hidden on the to-do list of one person, in one department.

JOBS: American Rights at Work: Socially Responsible Business Program Internship

SSC Team — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:09:35 +0000

Dispatch from the SSC Team

American Rights at Work is a leading labor rights and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting the freedom of workers to form unions and bargain collectively.

The Socially Responsible Business Program promotes awareness of socially responsible and ethical corporate labor practices. The program engages forward-thinking business and labor leaders to develop and encourage sound policies and collaborative efforts that sustain workers, businesses, and society at large

JOBS: 2010/2011 Intern Positions with Strategic Sustainability Consulting

SSC Team — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:39:45 +0000

Dispatch from the SSC Team

Strategic Sustainability Consulting (SSC) is a Washington, DC-based Company that provides organizations with the tools and expertise needed to actively manage their social and environmental impacts. We specialize in helping under-resourced organizations implement sustainable solutions usually reserved for large, multinational companies. Please visit our