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. ...READ»
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 ...READ»
“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 ...READ»
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 ...READ»
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 ...READ»
Reducing impact on climate change is a challenge many
corporations are trying to tackle. Many organizations are up for the
challenge but many are unsure of where to begin among the myriad of
activities on the table.
Due to ...READ»
Reducing impact on climate change is a challenge many
corporations are trying to tackle. Many organizations are up for the
challenge but many are unsure of where to begin among the myriad of
activities on the table.
Due to ...READ»
I’ve been thinking a lot about legal issues and the impact on CSR. As I’ve written my past two posts, CSR Debate and Legal Doesn’t Equal Sustainable, there has been yet another issue that has come to mind.
If the legal ...READ»
I have just returned from a meeting for the World Resources Institute Green Power Market Development Group that BT hosted at our headquarters in El Segundo, CA.
The group, of which BT is a member, is a collaboration of leading ...READ»
The 2008 results of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index came out on September 6th. BT is the Global Super Sector Leader for the Telecommunications sector of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. For eight years running. And it is a grand ...READ»
I am always suspicious of companies that quote their "emissions avoided" as the primary measure of their environmental achievements, i.e., "If we hadn’t done this or that then our emissions would have been so much ...READ»