Sustainability MBA Is Not an Oxymoron

I have just returned from a weekend participating in the[ Marlboro College MBA in Managing for Sustainability](http://gradschool.marlboro.edu/academics/mba/) program. It was a rich and rewarding experience, reminding me of my past experience at The [Bainbridge Graduate Institute](www.bgiedu.org/) which offers a similar program. These two programs and a handful of others carry the mission to transform business as the creator, not destroyer of sustainability. An ambitious goal, but a critical one. The students at Marlboro and now at many other schools of business are joining hands within [Net Impact](http://www.netimpact.org/) which calls itself “a global network of leaders who are changing the world… Read More

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The Consultants Relief and Retirement Act

No, this is not a new government program to get us out of the recession. It’s the Walmart plan to create a Sustainability Index. Greenbiz ran an [article](http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2009/09/24/walmart-sustainability-index-means-big-business) discussing the need that this program will create for most of the Walmart suppliers that have yet to carefully assess their footprint and social beneficence. That amounts to some 90,000 firms world-wide. The article estimates that only about 10% of the impacted firms have already done some of the work or have the resources to comply. Consultants are already jumping to get business from these firms. > Walmart’s sustainability assessment offers both… Read More

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Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall

This time of year in New England is full of contrasts. One day the leaves are green and the next bright red. We are up in Maine for the last time until next May. Yesterday when I put my boat to bed for the winter, the ocean simply glittered and the air was crisp as a Macintosh apple (A real one). It was one of those days that makes leaving so hard. Today it has been pouring without a constant stream. The dampness permeates everything. Our cottage can’t hold its own against a combination of late autumn cold and downpours.… Read More

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