To be fair, I have never been a big fan of nuclear power. I am not overly concerned about a meltdown in a plant in the United States…we did come close…but so far so good. And even with the failures in the Ukraine and Japan, I have a reasonable degree of confidence in plant operations […]
Every time that I write a blog post that deals with sustainability, I wonder if I am writing comments that resonate with business leaders. For many years, it appeared that there was a dichotomy between those that practiced sustainability and those that were of the opinion that those of us in the environmental field were […]
Mr. Buffett has started his own investment house…i(x) Investments in order to focus investments on issues such as clean energy, sustainable agriculture and water scarcity…while as he stated, looking for that sweet spot. What a fascinating concept…invest in what people need, do so in a way that helps to create new, more sustainable companies, and, […]
First, let’s give credit where credit is due. To Unilever’s credit, their CEO Paul Polman is trying to turn a company around that one can equate to the turning of an aircraft carrier. It is a slow process. Without going into the great detail of what the company is doing, the most important aspect of […]
Office parks and dinosaurs. What a great tag line for the article…it is so clear that the suburban office park was, and has, become a dinosaur. The Merck headquarters is now vacant. This huge piece of property has no one to use it. This type of office park was never sustainable. It was away from […]