Successful businesses are those that plan for long-term, sustainable development, taking into account the social and environmental impacts of their activities.
This means considering the effect of every part of your business on the environment and society. Simply put, your business should have minimal negative effect on the wider world.
Taking a sustainable approach will typically be [...]

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By Peter Korchnak*
A while ago someone asked me whether my business card was printed on recycled paper. Yes, it is, I replied.
Why, then, the response went, is there nowhere on my card a corresponding symbol to be seen?
And, what if, when deciding whether to keep the card or do business with my company, a prospect [...]

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By Robert Pojasek*
So, what’s in a name? There seems to be an endless battle over whether sustainability is merely a component of (corporate) social responsibility or whether social responsibility is simply one of the so-called bottom lines in sustainability’s triple bottom line (TBL).
It is not really a battle since neither side will even recognize the [...]

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Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) will keynote at the inaugural Green Business Africa Summit & Expo 2010 (GBASE02010), an event that will bring to the mainstream issues around sustainability in the business environment as well as green corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Africa.
“Dr Pachauri [...]

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By Santika Ratayalaksmi
“Our biggest challenge this century is to take an idea that seems abstract—sustainable development—and turn it into a reality for all the world’s peoples.” Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General
One of humankind’s greatest challenges this century will be to ensure sustainable, just and balanced development.
The needs of current and future generations cannot be [...]

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