SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights March 26, 2015

Top Story of the Week

Over 45 per cent executives commit to embedding sustainability throughout business in 2015
(Monday - March 16, 2015)
Source: Eco-Business - Embedding sustainability is top priority for 2015: Just over 45% of our respondents stated that embedding sustainability throughout the organization is a top priority for 2015. The second highest priority is creating a culture of...

Featured Commentary

Op-Ed: Winston Churchill: the ESG community must fight climate change with massive stewardship push (part 1)
(Friday - March 13, 2015)
Source: Responsible Investor - As you have been seeing and experiencing, anthropogenic climate change is disrupting how we live. Continuing to act as though it is not a major challenge that has been worsening year upon year offers our children and theirs the...

Op-Ed 2: Winston Churchill: the steps responsible investors must take to prevail on climate change
(Saturday - March 14, 2015)
Source: Responsible Investor - Returning to the unconventional stewardship, which I called for in for my first article, I urge you to follow the guidance of Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Speaking at...

Sustainability in Focus

10 Steps to Sustainability Success
(Friday - March 20, 2015)
Source: Globe Street - Every year in the United States commercial organizations spend over $350 billion on energy, and it's estimated that more than $70 billion is wasted due to inefficient buildings, outdated lighting, underperforming HVAC systems and...

How businesses can engage consumers in their sustainability stories
(Friday - March 20, 2015)
Source: The Guardian - Communicating simple, inspiring stories of efforts to tackle complex social and environmental issues is an ongoing challenge for today’s businesses. Somewhere amid the cacophony of sustainability communications, consumers are...

This is just a sample of some of the articles from this weeks SustainabilityHQ Highlights.  You can view the full Highlights by using the following links. Sustainability | ESG, Highlights for the Week of March 26, 2015