Naked Men in Locker Rooms and Why I Think SMART Objectives Can Undermine Sustainable Behavior

kevin moss — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:14:38 -0400

SMART Objectives are a
popular management tool in business and have been for some time now. If you are
not familiar with the concept, SMART is an acronym for Specific, Measurable,
Achievable, Realistic and Timebound. Typically, SMART objectives are metrics
cascaded through an organization that set objectives for individual employees.
They are used to manage performance and contribute towards determining pay and
bonus.

IT Going Green – a Comparison of Corporate and Personal Attitudes and Actions

kevin moss — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:42:25 -0400

This is my second post on the results of a survey of the
views of IT professionals on Green IT that BT conducted in June 2009.

I see a strong indication from our survey respondents that
companies that take a strong position on climate change actions and policy are
able to influence the views of their employees in the same direction.

Isn’t the Healthcare debate a CR issue too?

kevin moss — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:42:13 -0400

The healthcare debate is raging. The nation hasn’t been quiet about it
– not the people, the hospitals, insurers or doctors. In fact, many of
us viewed this week as the President addressed Congress
and urged for healthcare reform. But one group has been quiet. The
absence of comment on the healthcare debate within our Corporate
Responsibility community is notable.

Look at a typical
corporate responsibility issues list and it potentially includes

Guest Post: Xerox - 5 Steps to Sustainability Success

kevin moss — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:58:59 -0400

Patricia
Calkins is vice president, Environment, Health and Safety at Xerox
Corporation. She is responsible for policy and strategy development and
strategic implementation of all EH&S and sustainability programs at Xerox worldwide. Calkins is also a member of the external advisory board for the University of Michigan’s Center for Sustainable Systems and a member of the board of trustees for the Nature Conservancy Central and Western New York Chapter.

The role of Metrics and ROI in Corporate Responsibility

kevin moss — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:48:21 -0400

“Metrics,
metrics and more metrics. In many ways metrics drive the success of
business. Multiple variables can be condensed to the common denominator
of dollars and cents, pounds and pence. Many business failures could
have been avoided for want of a business case.

Should We Pick Our Customers?

kevin moss — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:53:28 -0400

I have been thinking for some time about
companies including sustainability credentials in picking who they want as
their customers.

I know, I know, readers who are
sustainability practitioners are thinking now that they would get laughed out
of town (or the office) if they went out to the sales force and told them not
to do business with certain companies. But bear with me on this.

GE’s sustainability initiatives

kevin moss — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:45:58 -0400

Yesterday I attended an
outreach event, organized by AccountAbility
and GE, to bring together NGO stakeholders to provide input on GE's
continually developing sustainability initiatives. I was one of a couple
of other corporate attendees invited to provide input. I tried to do my
part, but I think that I also learned just as much on behalf of BT as my GE
colleagues no doubt learned for their company. It was an excellent event
and something more companies should do.

Comment on Node ant

kevin moss — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:15:41 -0400

I applaud this list. Most of all because it doesn't focus on environment as an isolated discipline. Rather the courses highlighted put environmental issues within the context of business, of tourism, of food, of clothing. As someone who has a job title that includes the letters CSR, I am frequently asked by soon to graduate students how they can get into CSR or green jobs.

Comment on Node ant

kevin moss — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:03:14 -0400

This is a great list and an important one. But we should all also be aware that the environment is not going to be saved just by jobs that carry a green label any more than our economy depends only on people with 'finance' in their job title. It is going to be saved by all of us incorporating sustainability principles into our everyday jobs. Everyone has a green collar on their 'uniform'.

Solar Installation - how long does it take?

kevin moss — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:56:21 -0400

I am often asked how long it took to build our solar installation in El Segundo

The
installation has approaching 3000 modules, a combination of a raised
tracking system over the parking lot and fixed panels on the roof. It
will produce just short of a 1 M KW hours of clean electricity per year.