Let's Huddle Up at the Spring Conference!
Imagine 200 professionals breaking into small discussions. Engage in promising ideas and approaches and share common challenges. In the process, solve problems and build community! Use the tool below to:
- Share your ideas for discussion (optional)
- Vote for two discussion topics in which you’ll participate at the conference. (Use one vote per discussion, please.)
Submission Rules:
1. Be concise. Keep the title short, and expound in the description field.
2. Identify yourself in your submission using “Proposed by:” in the description.
3. Also indicate if you’re interested in facilitating the discussion, using “Facilitated by:” in the description .
4. These are not presentations – they are discussions among all participants! No presentation equipment will be provided (i.e. projectors.)
Propose your topic and/or vote below- but registered conference attendees only, please.
21 results found
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Collaborative Leadership vs. Hierarchy: a more sustainable management model?
True collaboration between leaders and employees contributes greatly to employee engagement, reduces employee turnover and builds happy, sustainable teams. Hierarchy is no longer a sustainable model for running a business.
Proposed by Hardy Hasenfuss, Facilitated by Hardy Hasenfuss2 votes -
Linking Social Responsibility and Sustainability into Strategic Thinking
What if social responsibility and sustaining effective processes were part of an organization's culture and strategic thinking? Marketing your brand would allow people to know not only what you do, but who you are and where your values and beliefs align within the organization...
1 vote -
Promoting CSR activities to the public
We all are doing the right thing: in the community, for the environment, for sustainabilty. While doing "good", how do we share that message to end consumers and businesses?
2 votes -
greenwashing and RECs/Vers
Is the concept of purchasing renewable energy credits or emission offsets valid .... or just a form of greenwashing?
1 vote -
Healthcare - Value; Concerns; Creative Solutions;
As we get closer to the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act what are the values businesses hold regarding healthcare for their employees; what are the concerns and what are some of the creative solutions businesses have to keep costs in line.
3 votes -
Chamber of Commerce Green Committees - How to effectively assist member businesses with their sustainability endeavors.
As Chambers strive to assist their members and build their local economies, many small businesses are looking for guidance in building a stronger sustainable community. Green Committees are popping up in many chambers and struggling with ways to engage members. While large businesses have internal programs, many small companies do not have the time or means to implement sustainable strategies. Chambers are trying to find the right approach to take - with much trial and error. A round table, brain storming session would be great to discuss this as a group.
1 vote -
Supply Chain CSR & Sustainability Information Requests
Are you the Requestor or Requestee? How do you manage and respond to requests from customers? How much is too nuch - i.e., a burden on small and medium size businesses? What do Requestors do exactly with the information they get back? Where is this all headed?
1 vote -
Climate Change as a Real Business Risk
While the national debates surrounding fossil-fuel divestment and the Keystone XL pipeline earn the most attention in columns and talk shows these day, the deeper underlying desire among many shareholders is for the United States to become serious about the real risks of climate change. And to do something about it — or, at least, to form a consensus on the policy and economic strategies needed to primarily reduce atmospheric carbon.
Proposed by: Vincent Perelli. Comment: What about Mike B. of Climate Counts to Facilitate this Huddle-Up?
5 votes -
Aligning CSR programs to workforce engagement best practices
Sustainable organizations are built by a loyal and engaged workforce. How do you get there? What ways can you create that sense of ownership and commitment to CSR from all levels in the organization? What examples of CSR programs can be implemented that will create and support employees in their everyday work, which in turns leads to higher productivity, greater job satisfaction, and better outcomes for all?
1 vote -
What are the opportunities and challenges in trying launch new sustainability programs?
How do you engage employees? How do you find the greatest leverage point?
Submitted by George Parmenter
5 votes -
What are the opportunities small businesses can take from large sustainability leaders?
With more limited funding, how can small businesses find ways to focus on sustainability?
Proposed by: Mike Bellamente
1 vote -
What does sustainability mean to your company and how do you get everyone engaged?
What are the challenges in getting traditional business environments to consider the softer side of sustainability? How can we best measure our progress?
Proposed by: Amy Hattan
4 votes -
Leveraging our sustainable practices for public education and guest education
Each day when we welcome guests to our bed and breakfast, we give them an orientation to public areas and amenities. This includes the various kinds of compost and recycling. As we describe the vermiculture (worm farm) in our utility room, the woodland verge compost, the scraps for neighbors' pigs, returning egg cartons to the farmer, saving can tabs for charity and cans for another charity, upcycling materials to a crafter who makes beauty from scraps and how single stream recycling really works... they often start getting excited about what they can do at home or at work. Each person…
1 vote -
Considering the environmental and social life cycle impacts in the supply chains of your products.
Beyond CSR, a truly sustainable company considers all of the impacts of its products from raw material extraction, transport, manufacture, distribution and disposal. Environmental LCA is an established technique that is becoming easier for smaller businesses to apply. Social issues like child and forced labor, low wages, excessive working time, and occupational hazards affect workers worldwide. How can we measure and then improve these impacts?
2 votes -
Linking Sustainability to Corporate Branding
Per this article, "the bulk of companies that invest in sustainability communications are unable to drive revenue growth or reap any business benefits from their efforts because they fail integrate them into the corporate brand, according to a report from independent analyst firm Verdantix. Rethinking Sustainability: Brand Risks and Opportunities is based on an analysis of how 80 firms link sustainability with corporate branding. Verdantix identifies five communications strategies companies typically take: purists, explorers, advocates, reactionists and nothingists.
Submitted by: Vincent Perelli, NHDES, Facilitated by: Paul Booras, Boloco
12 votes -
How to promote corporate culture to front-line staff as a consumer-facing differentiator
Values-driven consumers align via affinity with a brand, product or organization. Do our front-line staff communicate corporate values? Should we expect them to? How can we train and support them to do so as a competitive differentiator?
1 vote -
Connecting CSR activities to increased revenue
As a component manufacturer it can be challenging to connect increases in revenue with additional CSR expenditures. How have other organizations identified or experienced top line growth as a result of an increased focus on CSR?
4 votes -
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9 votes