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The Timeless Responsibilities of Leaders

By: Alex Pollock

June 26, 2013

As I write this blog, the business press is again filled with details of corporate America responding to decreased profits by significantly reducing its headcount. The now familiar cycle takes another turn..profits down, headcount cut, stock price up, employee morale dashed.

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Adaptation to Sea Level Rise Should Begin Today

By: NAEM Staff

June 24, 2013

John Englander discusses his best-selling book, "High Tide on Main Street," and what businesses can do to begin preparing for sea level rise today.

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- Q&A
- Making the Business Case
- 2013
- Risk Management
- Climate Change
- Change Management
Leveraging the Power of HR to Create a Sustainability Culture

By: NAEM Staff

June 6, 2013

Building a sustainable organization is as much about changing behaviors and shaping culture as it is about developing green products.

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- 2013
- Sustainability Strategy
- Organizational Design
- Making the Business Case
- Integrating Sustainability
- Employee Engagement
Identifying the Sustainability Risks Along Your Supply Chain

By: NAEM Staff

April 2, 2013

When it comes to reducing waste, water use and energy consumption along your supply chain, where do you even begin?

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- Integrating Sustainability
- Supply Chain
- Human Rights
- Risk Management
- Global Standards
- 2013
Aligning Environmental Metrics with Business Performance

By: Howard Brown

August 16, 2012

In spite of all of this progress, environment and business are still viewed as separate topics with separate (albeit more closely related) goals. The actual intersection at which good environmental and business practices become one - the point at which they become truly aligned - has eluded us.

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“Not On My Watch”: How Sandy Stash Found Career Success by Leading Change in Challenging Environments

By: NAEM Staff

July 31, 2012

A petroleum engineer by training, Sandy Stash was one of the first women to work as a drilling engineer and drilling rig foreman at ARCO locations across North America. Today she is the Global Senior Vice President of Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Operational Assurance at Talisman Energy.

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- Management Systems
- 2012
- Q&A
- Women's Leadership
- Safety Culture
- Safety
- Leadership Advice
- Career Advice
Leadership and Management: "It Takes Two"

By: Kelvin Roth

July 6, 2012

Learn about practicing both leadership and management, and discover the importance and necessity for an individual to have both in order to maximize effectiveness and efficiency.

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The Art of Selling Environment, Health and Safety

By: Kelvin Roth

June 1, 2012

We know that EHS programs don’t succeed without senior management support. But to gain this support, you must know how to sell your program, find out how by reading this post.

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- Leadership Skills
- Team Development
- Sponsored
- Safety Culture
- Making the Business Case
- Employee Engagement
The Most Important Weapon in the Sustainability Toolbox

By: Bruce Klafter

May 23, 2012

What is the most important skill sustainability professionals need to do their job? An understanding of lifecycle analysis? The ability to calculate a greenhouse gas inventory? A command of climate science?

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Aligning Sustainability Goals, Vocabulary

By: Sandy Nessing

May 21, 2012

The first was that suppliers and utilities are in agreement that sustainability is a bottom line business issue. Suppliers and utilities said that if making changes to business practices improves their return on investment, they wouldn’t hesitate to do it. The second theme was the need for more consistency around the definition of sustainability.

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