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Welcome to the 2nd annual Sustainable Brands special edition of Issues in Focus: The New Metrics of Sustainable Business.
In 2011, this month-long series of written features and video content, guest-edited by HIP Investor, showcased the leaders and innovators of sustainable business using "new metrics" — metrics that have largely been ignored by Wall Street, despite creating top-line revenue and bottom-line profit improvement, as well as mitigating potential future risks.
This month, we are delighted to share with you the latest in leading-edge thinking, action and results of new metrics that link to sustainable business value, from thought leaders and change makers from a variety of industries. We will showcase metrics focused on what the Global Reporting Initiative calls "Sustainability Context" — namely, real-world limits and thresholds, such as the capability of our global society and enterprises to use less than one earth's equivalent of air, water, land and other shared natural resources.
This month's guest editors: R. Paul Herman, Nick Gower, Bill Baue
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Leveraging CDP Data to Drive Business ValueAccording to the 2011 Carbon Disclosure Project Report, companies in the Carbon Disclosure Leadership and Performance Index delivered approximately double the total return of Global 500 companies between January 2005 and May 2011, suggesting a strong correlation between good climate change disclosure and higher financial performance. This session from last year's New Metrics conference details how best in class companies such as Diageo and Hess are using analytics provided by the CDP Reporter Services program to assess and maximize their return on investment from cost-saving greenhouse gas reduction activities and strategic business opportunities.
CSRHUB is a corporate social responsibility (CSR) ratings tool that allows managers, researchers, consultants, academics and activists to track the CSR and sustainability performance of major companies. CSRHUB aggregates data from more than 125 sources to provide its users with a comprehensive source of CSR information on nearly 5,000 publicly traded companies in 65 countries. CSRHUB is a B Corporation and is offering Sustainable Life Media readers a 40% one month membership discount when they subscribe with discount code “SLMFRIEND40”.
Call for Content!
Our editorial Issue in Focus for June will examine how brands are activating sustainability. We invite you to share stories of how your organization is driving behavior change to encourage more sustainable consumption. Check out our call for content and find out about sponsorship opportunities!
