August 20th, 2009
by Will Sarni
I was recently in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, for a client retreat to discuss corporate sustainability strategy and enjoy a few days of vacation. It was a great visit to a wonderful place.
The reason I wanted to say a few words about Lunenburg is that the town is an example of how the environment and business are intimately connected.
The tie between Lunenburg and sustainability is that it’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site and for more than 200 years was the reigning center of the cod industry. Hundreds of schooners set sail every year to deliver salt cod around the world.
The …
Tagged: agriculture, environment, natural resource, supply chain, sustainabiliy, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Posted in Business, Sustainability
April 13th, 2009
by Will Sarni
I participated in a panel discussion titled “Communicating the Business Value of Sustainability” at the Food Processing Environmental Conference in San Antonio a couple of weeks ago.
Tim Carey from PepsiCo (Director, Sustainability) participated on the panel and presented “Sustainability in a Recession: Keys to Performance in a Capital-Constrained Environment.”
Tim presented a very clear and concise case for aggressively pursuing a sustainability strategy in the “middle” of this economic downturn.
His key theme was that during the recession it is essential (yes, essential) to leverage sustainability to drive innovation and increase resource efficiency. Why, you ask, would this be critical during a …
Tagged: business value, PepsiCo, resource efficiency, supply chain, Sustainability
Posted in Business, Sustainability
