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Re: Capture a Huge Opportunity with Sustainability Reporting

Dìlìn PI — Sat, 16 Sep 2017 05:59:32 -0000

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Re: Opportunities for Researchers

Pablo Munoz — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:59:44 -0000

Call for Papers

Regenerative Organizations: Business and Climate Action Beyond Mitigation and Adaptation

Special Issue Organization & Environment

Guest editors
Oana Branzei, Ivey Business School, Western University, Canada
Pablo Muñoz, Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds, UK
Sally Russell, Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds, UK
Gail Whiteman, Pentland Center for Sustainability in Business, Lancaster University, UK

Submission of full papers: 30 May, 2018

More information: http://journals.sagepub.com...
http://regenerativeorgs.wee...

Re: Get More From Your Environmental Management Systems

Synchronized — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 05:32:30 -0000

I would never at any point envision that the natural administration framework can really have such imperative part in the SCM. That is what truly matters to NBS, Introducing new yet educational stuff. A debt of gratitude is in order for this post. I am going to without a doubt attempt the idea with my business (Synchronized Supply Systems ) so as to profit the same.

Re: Find New Revenue through Reverse Supply Chains

Synchronized — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 05:19:42 -0000

Creating enough income is the prime target of any business. Same is the situation with the SCM. I mean Reverse production network is a decent option picked by the different MNCs nowadays and if helpful there is no mischief continuing with the same. There is a degree for advancement in the supply chain business and thus its vital to adjust the same for different associations.

Re: Optimize Resources with Big Data

Gildas Poissonnier — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 09:00:21 -0000

I clearly see the link between Big Data and resources or energy optimization. But is that the only angle we should be looking at for Big Data and Sustainability ? Is stakeholder consultation another area where Big Data could have a meaningful impact?

Re: For Better Factory Audits, Manage Bias (And Send Women)

Stuart Gregory — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 08:53:48 -0000

Sorry Lindsay - Whilst I applaud the sentiment - shouldn't we just send our best auditors regardless of gender? I have audited with both men and women and found that individual skills are not necessarily gender specific - but certainly some people are much better than others. As an auditor with over 35 years experience I choose auditors based on their skills not gender. And everyone's skills are completely different. I am afraid you are just promoting gender bias here. My advice is to select the most pragmatic unbiased individuals, with the best understanding of the issues to be audited, the highest level of communication skills, and with enough experience to persevere and dig deeply. I do agree with fresh faces though.

Re: MSCI KLD Scores

John Kusi Amoah — Wed, 03 May 2017 05:40:27 -0000

Hello,
1. Is there a separate independent advisory board that address any controversies that arise either before or after the disclosure of the ratings of the company?

Re: Collaborative Community Development: A Guide for Managers

the other Bob — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 10:31:52 -0000

This is a fine example of the approach consultants have been advocated for decades (e.g., Wilson & Wilson, 2006, 'Making Poverty Business'). Hopefully this case will encourage companies in other regions to follow the example. Also, it's another example of how the mining industry, for its own social licence, is being forced to advance from environmental sustainability to the hyper-reflexive complexity of socio-political sustainability.

Re: The High Returns of Social Capital

NBSteam — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 17:52:30 -0000

Oretha, apologies we missed your comment earlier.

NBS has a community engagement toolkit that may be useful to you. Though it was developed for mining companies, it has applicability to many other sectors too.

It includes a stakeholder checklist, a form to help you address stakeholder feedback, and other tools. It can be found here: http://nbs.net/knowledge/co...

We also have a research on social capital, available here:
• http://nbs.net/knowledge/st...
• http://nbs.net/knowledge/st...

Re: Opportunities for Researchers

Frederik Dahlmann — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 06:27:58 -0000

GRONEN Reading Group - Call for participation

Dear colleagues,
We would like to invite to you to participate in the eighth session of the GRONEN Reading Group (GROReG). GROReG is the platform of the GRONEN network (www.gronenonline.org) to discuss papers that are at advanced stages in the revision process. The goal is to help scholars from the field to publish their work on sustainability-related topics in high quality academic journals.

The next GROReG session will be held on Friday, 10th of February, 2017 hosted by Alliance Manchester Business School. The half-day event with about 10 participants will start with a lunch and host the discussion of 2-3 papers. Each paper will be assigned to a one hour time slot. After a brief presentation (15 minutes) of the main challenges regarding the revision process of the paper by the author(s), a discussant gives her/his view before the general discussion is opened. Participants receive the papers as well as the review reports and the editorial letter before each session and are expected to have read these documents beforehand. The focus of the discussion is how to deal with reviewer and editorial comments to improve the papers and increase likelihood of acceptance of the papers. GROReG sessions are characterized by a non-competitive, constructive working atmosphere with the aim to help each other with the development and publication of papers on sustainability-related topics in high quality journals. GROReG sessions are facilitated by a group of core members based at European business schools.

If you have a paper at the “revise & resubmit” stage, preferably with a journal that is at least ranked 3* in the ABS list, we would like to encourage you to participate in the first GROReG session. If you are interested please respond to this email and contact the reading group coordinator Fred Dahlmann and send your paper as well as the decision letter including the reviewer reports. All submissions will of course be treated confidentially and only be shared with the participants of the session. Please feel free to pass on this invitation to colleagues who might be interested in participating.

We hope you will be part of this initiative and look forward to seeing you in Manchester!

Best regards,

Fred and Tobias

Frederik Dahlmann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Global Energy | Warwick Business School |The University of Warwick
frederik.dahlmann@wbs.ac.uk | +44 (0)24 7652 2311

Re: Opportunities for Researchers

Pablo Munoz — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 11:27:39 -0000

Ph.D. track in Sustainable Business - University of Leeds

Dear colleagues

The Sustainability Research Institute at University of Leeds’s School of Earth and Environment is currently accepting applications for the Ph.D. track in Sustainable Business.

The Sustainability Research Institute is one of the largest research groups in the field, home to a team of over 40 academic staff, 25 research staff and 45 research students conducting inter-disciplinary research on the different dimensions of sustainability. Research within SRI is based largely on the environmental social sciences and draws upon aspects of geography, sociology, politics, planning, economics, management, development studies and science and technology studies. Since its formal creation in 2004, SRI has attracted significant research funding from the ESRC, NERC, EPSRC, the EU and a variety of other funding bodies. It is home to two RCUK Research Fellows and one ESRC early career inter-disciplinary research fellow and it has ESRC recognition for its post-graduate research programme. Researchers at SRI explore a wide range of issues including climate change, energy, transport, water, resource use, land use, conservation, cities and communities, business and lifestyles. We specialise in participatory, action-oriented research that brings together government, business, NGOs and local communities to enhance the relevance, quality and practical influence of our research. In the last Research Excellence Framework evaluation, the School of Earth and Environment was ranked 1st in the UK for the quantity of its world-leading research and 2nd for research power.

The Sustainable Business track is hosted by the Business & Organisations for Sustainable Societies Research Group (BOSS) and responds to the growing interest in critically evaluating the role of businesses and organisations and how they can incorporate sustainability in their systems, including their activities and throughout their supply chains. Research projects may look at the role of companies in influencing pro-environmental behaviour in the home; spaces of engagement, resource governance and the extractive industries; sustainable entrepreneurship and community innovation; environmental ethics in business; circular economy; pro-environmental behaviour in organisations.

Prospective students with backgrounds in sociology, political science, business, environmental science, or other relevant areas are encouraged to apply. Selected students work closely with faculty members to develop deep knowledge of the field of business sustainability and develop theories and approaches which enable businesses and organisations to tackle the challenges of sustainable development in a coherent, systematic, holistic and robust way. Faculty include William Young, Jamie Van Alstine, Sally Russell, Alice Owen, Anne Tallontire, Pablo Munoz, Pasi Heikkurinen. Their research has regularly appeared in top journals such as Business Strategy and the Environment, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Environmental Management, California Management Review, Energy Policy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Business Ethics, Organization & Environment, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Sustainable Development and Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

SRI also hosts the Economics and Policy for Sustainability, Environment and Development, and Energy and Climate Change Mitigation research groups; providing a rich and diverse research environment for selected students.

The minimum entry requirement is an Upper Second Class British Bachelor degree (or equivalent), however, many of our students enter doctoral study with a Masters degree which has often provided some research training. Funding is available for outstanding candidates. If candidates would like to be considered for one of the University’s scholarships competitions, they need to submit a separate application for the scholarship and visit http://scholarships.leeds.a... for further information.

Information about SRI
http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/...

Information about the research programme, training and application
http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/...
http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/...

Information about research projects and opportunities http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/...

Please contact Sally Russell, Associate Professor and head of the BOSS research group (S.Russell@leeds.ac.uk) or Pablo Munoz, Lecturer in Business and Sustainable Change (p.munoz@leeds.ac.uk), if you know of high potential candidates or if you have questions about this exciting program.

Dr. Pablo Munoz
Lecturer in Business and Sustainable Change
Programme Leader, MSc Sustainability & Business
Sustainability Research Institute
University of Leeds
Leeds, United Kingdom

Email: p.munoz@leeds.ac.uk
Web: http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/...

Re: Opportunities for Researchers

Arno Kourula — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 03:58:59 -0000

ORGANIZATION STUDIES, CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A SPECIAL ISSUE ON
Government and the Governance of Business Conduct: Implications for Management and Organization

Marie Laure Djelic, Sciences Po
Arno Kourula, University of Amsterdam
Jeremy Moon, Copenhagen Business School
Christopher Wickert, VU University Amsterdam

Paper submission deadline: 28th February 2017
In this special issue, we call on authors to explore the role(s) of government in the contemporary governance of business conduct. In the past couple of decades, we have seen a tremendous growth in different forms of governance of business conduct, often with a transnational scope and reach – including intergovernmental accords and agreements, networked multi-stakeholder negotiated rules, private and market-based standards and self- governance processes (see Brunsson, Rasche & Seidl, 2012; Djelic & Sahlin-Andersson, 2006; Moon, Crane & Matten, 2011; Rasche, de Bakker & Moon, 2013). While globalization has enabled and fostered these new forms of self, private, intergovernmental or multi- stakeholder governance, governments have arguably remained involved or they have even stepped back in to reassert some of their lost authority. However, this has happened in ways and forms that may be quite different from what had characterized earlier forms of government intervention (see Peterman, Kourula & Levitt, 2014; Wood & Wright, 2015). These dynamics surface in contexts such as financial regulation in the aftermath of the economic crisis, taxation, corruption, social and environmental responsibility in globalized production networks and supply chains, the regulation of information and communication technologies, the standardization of products and services, and lately government responses to terrorism and security concerns with potentially wide ranging effects on how businesses operate in the global marketplace.

A wealth of literature has argued that the last decades have seen an impressive shift of regulatory authority over business conduct from governments towards multi-stakeholder arenas or the private sector alone (Büthe & Mattli, 2011; Djelic & Sahlin-Andersson, 2006). This is particularly apparent in the contexts of healthcare, education, accounting and human rights, which had traditionally been administered and directly ruled by governments. Additionally, in various areas such as financial regulation, taxation, information and communication technology, biotechnology, or, more broadly community development, consumer information, responsible investment, and labour standards, regulation has lagged behind and often taken the form of self-regulation and self-policing. The trend towards ‘governance’ as assuming a greater role in the “direction of society” has been attributed to many sources, including globalization; privatization and the liberalization of formerly public utilities; the marketization of public services; the crisis of traditional government; increasing pressures towards representative forms of democracy and greater citizen participation; an ideological watershed towards neo-liberal policy-making; the search for more effective policy-making; and the irresistible power of business firms, most of all multinational corporations. While this evolution is seemingly a global trend, regional and national differences do exist. Management scholars, organization theorists, political scientists, sociologists, development studies experts, anthropologists and civil society researchers, among others, have all pitched in to understand the dynamics of governance at global, national and local levels. However, we have only scratched the surface when it comes to understanding the implications for policy-making and business conduct of the major societal transitions associated with the progress of governance and its complex interactions with a resilient but transformed government.

By ‘government' we refer to those actors, which have exclusive authority over legitimate force in a specific territory (see Moon, 2002; Weber, 1949). We aim to examine a range of public actors including national, state, and local government, as well as ministries, departments and agencies. Thus governments are actors, which have been conventionally characterized by a unique mode of ‘authority’ – with the capacity to impose legally binding constraints and sanctions over given jurisdictions. By ‘governance’ we refer, first, to a trend where the ‘direction to society’ (Peters, 1996) tends to be increasingly provided through other modes than direct governmental authority – modes that involve market and network dynamics of various kinds. Secondly, governance is characterized by the participation of a multiplicity of actors, beyond states or governmental agencies – private actors, principally from business and civil society, each functioning in their respective characteristic mode of markets, networks or communities (Ahrne, Aspers & Brunsson, 2015; Auld, 2014; Moon, 2002; Wittneben, Okereke, Banerjee & Levy, 2012), and arguably even extending to the ‘authority’ mode (Crane, Matten & Moon, 2008; Matten & Crane, 2005). While analytically the two notions can be easily distinguished, the boundaries are becoming increasingly fluid – governments tend today to rely also on various kinds of governance technologies while some governance arrangements get close to exerting coercive authority. The European Union is, in that respect, an interesting space that may anticipate a broader evolution towards somewhat of a hybrid form of ‘governance’/’government’.

We still know little about the changing roles of different actors in governance, and in particular we have not explored the ways in which governments are re-organizing their own imbrication into these evolving governance processes. The processes, power struggles, and dynamics arising as governments attempt to reclaim, the private sector strives to defend, and civil society actors learn to redefine their roles and territories need more attention. In contemporary forms of governance, governments are rethinking and re-inventing their role(s) in the provision of public goods (Arellano-Gault, Demortain, Rouillard & Thoenig, 2013; Peterman, Kourula & Levitt, 2014; Rhodes, 2007; Wood & Wright, 2015), and these transformations often have profound implications for the regulation of business. Recent evidence also suggests that national governments show a regain of interest for areas that had been brought under the rule of private and multi-stakeholder governance (Albareda, Lozano & Ysa, 2007; Gond, Kang & Moon, 2011; Knudsen, Moon & Slager, 2015; Steurer, 2009). National governments collectively (e.g., through the OECD, the European Union, or the United Nations) and individually (e.g., the US and UK) have taken initiative to reclaim authority by introducing, for example, anti-corruption or CSR reporting regulations (Knudsen, Moon & Slager, 2015). At the same time, companies such as Facebook, Airbnb and Uber introduce innovative business models that undermine existing regulation, which may create conflicts over regulatory authority between governments and governance. These new or in some cases renewed social, environmental and ethical responsibilities of businesses are a hot topic within the discussion about corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility (Crane, Matten & Moon, 2008; Mäkinen & Kourula, 2012; Matten & Crane, 2005; Scherer & Palazzo, 2011; Wickert, forthcoming). This special issue seeks to go much beyond corporate social responsibility (CSR) in looking at all forms of business conduct and, unlike much of the recent political CSR scholarship, argues that governments play a greater role than previously thought. All things considered, the space between government and governance thus represents an increasingly contested terrain where each side struggles for influence and power.

Authors intending to submit papers to this special issue are encouraged to focus on the following broad objectives:
1. Advance theorizing about the organizational and managerial dimensions of the involvement of government in the governance of business conduct.
2. Explore the (new) roles, forms, and practices that governments adopt in managing the governance of business conduct.
3. Analyse the interactions and their consequences within and between government organizations as well as between government organizations and other governance actors.
4. Integrate research about the potential organizational and managerial implications of an at least partial move back from governance to government in the regulation of business conduct.

Questions which could be addressed by submissions include, but are by no means limited to the following:

Institutional level:
• How and in what ways do governments contribute to multi-actor governance arrangements?
• What do governments do to reclaim regulatory authority from business? What do businesses do to prevent losing power to governments?
• Has private regulation failed, and if so, by which standards?
• What are the implications of the government vs. governance debate on dimensions such as democracy, justice, equality, poverty, prosperity, and sustainability?

Inter-Organizational level:
• What kind of (novel) roles do governments play in governance?
• What kind of struggles take place between different government organizations?
• What kind of struggles take place between government organizations and businesses or nongovernmental organizations?
• Can different governance arrangements institutionalize more sustainable and responsible forms of business behaviour?

Intra-organizational level:
• How do government actors manage their participation in governance?
• What are the organizational and managerial implications when private actors/business firms give away space and regulatory power back to governments?
• How do power struggles take place within government organizations?

We welcome all kinds of theoretical and methodological approaches and are open to all ontological and epistemological perspectives. Both empirical and conceptual papers are invited and multi-level, cross-disciplinary, as well as multi-method submissions are appreciated. Papers are welcome on government and governance in and across all types of political, geographical, social, economic and business systems.

Submissions:
The submission deadline for this special issue is 28th February 2017.
Please submit papers through the journal’s online submission system, SAGE track at http://mc.manuscriptcentral..., create your user account (if you have not done so already), and choose the corresponding Special Issue “Government and the Governance of Business Conduct” under “Manuscript Type”. All papers that enter the reviewing process will be double-blind reviewed following the journal’s normal review process and criteria. Further guidelines for the submission and information about the reviewing process can be found here.

Administrative support and general queries:

Sophia Tzagaraki, Managing Editor, Organization Studies: osofficer@gmail.com

For further information, please contact the guest editors of the special issue
Marie Laure Djelic: marielaure.djelic@sciencespo.fr
Arno Kourula: A.E.Kourula@uva.nl
Jeremy Moon: jmo.ikl@cbs.dk
Christopher Wickert: christopher.wickert@vu.nl

References

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Albareda, L., Lozano, J., & Ysa, T. 2007. Public Policies on Corporate Social Responsibility: The Role of Governments in Europe. Journal of Business Ethics, 74(4), 391-407.
Arellano-Gault, D., Demortain, D., Rouillard, C., & Thoenig, J.-C. 2013. Bringing Public Organization and Organizing Back In. Organization Studies, 34(2), 145-167.
Auld, G. 2014. Constructing Private Governance: The Rise and Evolution of Forest, Coffee, and Fisheries Certification. New Haven: Yale University Press.
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Büthe, T., & W. Mattli. 2011. New Global Rulers: The Privatization of Regulation in the World Economy. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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Djelic, M.-L., & Sahlin-Andersson, K. 2006. Transnational Governance: Institutional Dynamics of Regulation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Re: Competitor Collaboration

David Maurice — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 09:18:51 -0000

I was somewhat surprised when seeing the percentage of the limited value in collaboration. I recall working in a system of care that included multiple systems. When left alone; the various providers in their respective disciplines did not provide the greater wrap around services for the youth, adult and or family. I found myself exerting an enormous amount of energy by initiating all the connectedness within a "wrap around model." I felt a great deal of mastery in collaboration and a good case outcome. My blind side is reflective of the collaboration as it conventionally exists. In measuring the results; any collection of individuals are called to interact with other providers in the system of care. Realistically, time restrictions cause a barrier to the "extra time and energy," that is understood as a "luxury" with collaboration looked at as a "well, after I meet with my clients in my system," ...then "I will provide and communicate with other providers in the Global treatment plan." the added global approach. (wrap around). Systemically; the need for collaboration is considered (not admitted) the secondary goal.

Re: Get More From Your Environmental Management Systems

suman verma — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 02:01:28 -0000

I could never even imagine that the environmental management system can actually have such important role in the SCM. That's what NBS is all about, Introducing new yet informative stuff. Thanks for this post. I am gonna surely try the concept with my business(holisol logistics) in order to benefit the same.

Re: Find New Revenue through Reverse Supply Chains

suman verma — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 01:35:41 -0000

Generating enough revenue is the prime objective of any business. Same is the case with the SCM. I mean Reverse supply chain is a good alternative opted by the various MNCs these days and if beneficial there is no harm proceeding with the same. There is a scope for betterment in the supply chain business and hence its important to adapt the same for various organizations.

Re: Opportunities for Researchers

Maggie Delmas — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 17:44:45 -0000

Postdoctoral research position at UCLA

UCLA is looking for postdoctoral researchers for the year 2017-2018 to conduct social science research on climate change at the Center for Corporate Environmental Performance (CCEP) http://www.ioe.ucla.edu/ccep/ in the Institute of the Environment.
CCEP projects focus on areas such as energy efficiency, corporate social responsibility and corporate performance, greening supply chains, and Eco-Labeling.

The candidate will work with Professor Magali Delmas and other professors at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and the Anderson School of Management.

Relevant disciplines are economics, business strategy, organizational behavior, and operations management but others can be considered. Preference will be given to candidates with strong quantitative analytical skills.

The postdoc program is through the NatureNet Science Fellows program in collaboration with the Nature Conservancy (www.naturenetsciencefellows...). Postdoctoral researchers at UCLA will develop social science research in the area of corporate sustainability and or/energy conservation and climate change.

The NatureNet Science Fellows program offers additional benefits to postdoctoral researchers such as working with a Nature Conservancy mentor and training in science communication and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

If you are interested, please follow the Nature Conservancy guidelines and state that you are interested in working at the Center for Corporate Environmental Performance at UCLA.

See guidelines at: http://www.nature.org/scien....

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted by November 30, 2016 to https://www.naturenetscienc...
Accepted candidates will be notified by February 28, 2017. Funds are available for fellows to start on approximately July 1, 2017

Magali Delmas
Professor of Management, UCLA
www.environment.ucla.edu/de...
310-825-9310
President ARCS www.corporate-sustainabilit...

Re: Competitor Collaboration is More than a Trend

Dieter Wentzel Ⓥ — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:04:13 -0000

Collective responsibility is crucial during our next steps, as we walk into the sixth mass extinction event... thank you for addressing sustainability...

Re: Making Systems Thinking More Than a Slogan

Francisco Garfias Campos — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 11:23:14 -0000

Great synthesis, thanks. We must share to everybody, create consciousness and take action.

Re: Making Systems Thinking More Than a Slogan

Luis Ibarra — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 21:32:05 -0000

prof. Sterman could do a good job teaching systems thinking to Maduro and these crazy Venezuelan militarists. They really know how to ruin a oil producer country.

Re: Do Firms That Put “Family First” Perform Better?

Tennie Troosper2 — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:26:24 -0000

It was great to stumble upon this post. Thanks for the info, you made it easy to understand. I just filled out NJ DPMC-27 with an online software. It looked much better typed than hand-written. I used http://goo.gl/cuauTS

Re: Opportunities for Researchers

Aishwarya — Fri, 06 May 2016 07:25:51 -0000

Hi I am a PhD student from India and exploring this topic keeping India as my study sample for my thesis. Can anyone help me in finding the right themes for research under this topic. KLD has also come up ESG scores for Indian companies. I will be happy to use this data in my research and test these scores in the Indian context.

Re: The High Returns of Social Capital

orethameader — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 18:56:11 -0000

Timely suggestions . I am thankful for the facts . Does anyone know if my company could find a sample a form copy to complete ?

Re: B Corps: To “B” or not to “B”

Jim Bowes — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 06:18:48 -0000

One of the things I like best is that the process also helps you improve your business. For entrepreneurs who may not have MBAs advice/templates for creating manuals and guides for employees is something that helps the business in ways the founders did not know. It provides positive encouragement not finger pointing. The process in itself can provide insight itself. And what a great opportunity for authentic story telling as your company progresses on its journey.
certification is a goal but the beauty of B Lab is that they are promoting good business first, certification (the earning model) second or third which in my eyes shows they are practing the very principles they are promoting.
My guess is that B thinking will become a standard part of how companies will start-up as the fundamentals are just sound business practices.

Re: Fashion Foes Form Alliance to Detox Manufacturing Process

Tim Ragan — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:15:13 -0000

Great to see companies getting together to start working through how to detox the supply chain; sustainable answers lay one level up in reconfiguring the industry association layer from marketing/promotion to industry-wide oversight/compliance. This is further explored in Chapter 2 of our short book "Through the Detox Prism" (http://www.amazon.com/Throu....

Re: Stakeholder Awareness of CSR Strengthens Firm-Stakeholder Relationships

NBSteam — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 13:36:54 -0000

Hi jymi,

Here are three articles that help outline CSR benefits as well as further details:

1) http://nbs.net/knowledge/sm...

2) http://nbs.net/knowledge/im...

3) http://nbs.net/top-10-csr-r...

The Integrate Sustainability section of our Make the Case site is also a good resource for this: http://makethecase.nbs.net/

Hope this helps,

Tara