Ellen Quoted in Businessweek article about MGM’s CSO
I was pleased to be interviewed by Verne Kopytoff for this Businessweek article on MGM’s. Neon lights, slot machines, and flat screen TVs at MGM’s (MGM) U.S. casinos gobble up enough electricity to...
View ArticleGB Talent Show: How Walmart associates put the ‘U’ and ‘I’ into sustainability
Walmart has taken seriously the task of making the global supply chain more sustainable, but also helping its own associates make sustainability-conscious choices in their lives. The tale of Walmart’s...
View ArticleInterviewed in Forbes: The Changing Tides of Sustainability Talent
The Changing Tides of Sustainability Talent: It’s Not About Being Indiana Jones A career in corporate social responsibility or sustainability can be thrilling. It seems nothing ever stays the same....
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GB Talent Show: Meet the Sustainability Sisters
Today, I have the pleasure of introducing not one, but two, Longsworths. Meet sisters Annie and Amy. Annie (the one on the right in the accompanying photo) joined Saatchi & Saatchi S as CEO a year...
View ArticleGB Talent Show: How to succeed a chief sustainability officer
Last week, Weinreb Group published its updated list of chief sustainability officers. While we identified eight new CSOs, we also identified two second CSOs: Ezra Garrett from PG&E and Shawn Heath...
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Weinreb Group Updates the CSO List for 2013
Weinreb Group is pleased to share the updated CSO List attached here. Two years ago, this list was included in ourreport CSO Back Story. This new list shows a 30% increase yet the total number of 35...
View ArticleGB Talent Show: Sustainability internships serve up new opportunities at Aramark
Aramark, a food service and facility management firm, knows that setting up a solid sustainability internship not only can attract bright, young talent for that short stint, but can keep them on as...
View ArticleGB Talent Show: CSOs and the city: No longer an anomaly
There are all types of chief sustainability officers (CSOs) out there. In addition to the corporate CSOs that I have researched, there is a growing number of chief sustainability officers at cities,...
View ArticleGB Talent Show: Nest, AECOM add human factor to clean tech innovation
At the recent Cleantech Forum San Francisco, I was surrounded by buyers (investors) and sellers (cleantech startups) from all over the world, including Hong Kong, Sweden, Canada and Ecuador. With...
View ArticleGB Talent Show: Turncoats? Moving from Greenpeace to the corporate world
I love talking to the iconoclasts who make drastic career changes, like those who leave a grassroots nonprofit for the halls of a corporation. That’s what Jonathan Wootliff and Danny Kennedy did when...
View ArticleGB Talent Show: The 5 definitions of sustainability recruiting
Many people don’t immediately connect “sustainability” and “recruiting,” but putting these two powerful concepts together can yield several business benefits. Sustainability recruiting can have a...
View ArticleGB Talent Show: Motivating employees, with or without money
What initiatives can human resources create to motivate employees? What do you want your employees to do — to stay, to work harder, to become brand ambassadors? And finally, do financial or...
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Weinreb Group releases report on the Pioneers of Sustainability
Weinreb Group released a report today entitled Pioneers of Sustainability: Lessons from the Trailblazers . Authors Ellen Weinreb and James Epstein-Reeves interviewed Paul HawkenRay AndersonMichael...
View ArticleGB Talent Show: How to follow the paths of sustainability trailblazers
Sustainability pioneers do not rest on their laurels. They consistently and passionately work toward long-term improvement, and they are powerful examples of persistent boldness and conviction,...
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GB Talent Show: 5 job search tips from a skydiving sustainability director
Samantha Joseph is director of corporate responsibility and sustainability at Iron Mountain, a data and records management company. I recently had the opportunity to talk to her about her job search...
View ArticleGB Talent Show: Is ‘agile leadership’ the next sustainability buzz phrase?
Conference season is here. During this time of reconnecting with colleagues, the top question I receive is: “What are the newest trends in the job market?” Read more here in the latest GreenBiz Talent...
View ArticleGB Talent Show: Why are there no women ‘sustainability pioneers’?
When the Weinreb Group released our latest report, “Pioneers of Sustainability: Lessons from the Trailblazers,” the outpouring of feedback regarding the gender imbalance of the Six Pioneers surprised...
View ArticleGB Talent Show: Owens Corning CSO shares the value of a sustainable ‘handprint’
Frank O’Brien-Bernini is the vice president and chief sustainability officer at Owens Corning, the world’s largest manufacturer of fiberglass and related products. We spoke recently about his evolving...
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GB Talent Show: Meet the father-daughter green team
Last year I shared a story of sustainability sisters Annie and Amy Longsworth. Today, I’d like you to meet father-daughter duo Hal Hamilton and Margaret Henry. Hal is the founder and co-director of...
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GB Talent Show: Former Shell executive weighs in on ethical leadership
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart started his career at Shell in 1966 and eventually advanced to a 10-year tenure as managing director of the Royal Dutch Shell Group starting in 1991. That would put him in the MD...
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