Shaping the future of sustainable business – Achieving the skills to guide green business at the dawn of the new decade
Sustainability challenges businesses of all shapes and activities around the world to rethink their missions and to re-structure their operations, core business priorities and communication channels. Pressures on business to achieve a triple bottom line balance force them to make decisions that simultaneously consider and advance green operations and green business as a whole. “Becoming […]
The Centre for Sustainability (CSE) as a GRI Training Provider in Greece, Launches GRI Training September 21 – 22, 2010
The Centre for Sustainability (CSE) has been selected by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) as a GRI Training Provider in Greece. Through this collaboration, CSE is offering Certified GRI Training in Greece for the effective publication of CSR/ Sustainability Reporting in alignment with the new GRI G3 Guidelines. The onset of this collaboration includes the […]
Open CSE Roundtable Discussion in Washington D.C. Focusing on Sustainability and Green Marketing
“Green Marketing vs. Green Washing: Even good intentions in marketing are being met with lawsuits and regulatory fines.” The Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) is proud to present its 4th unique Sustainability Roundtable event in collaboration with the Sustainable Business Network of Washington (SBNOW), titled “Green Marketing vs. Green Washing: Even good intentions in […]
Voice America interviews Nick Andrews on, “Building Stakeholder Engagement”
Nick Andrews, Managing Director of the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) in North America, was welcomed to participate on the Voice America program, on August 25th to discuss how sustainability relates to greater trust in business. Before business can begin to rebuild the economy, greater trust with consumers and society must be developed. On […]
Gimme Some Truth: Green washing versus Sustainability
Nikos Avlonas President of the Centre for Sustainability & Excellence (CSE) North America and John Friedman, co-Founder of Sustainable Business Network of Washington (SBNOW) discuss ‘Green washing vs. Sustainability’ in continuation to a successful Roundtable on Green Marketing held in September in Washington, D.C. Both experts discuss green washing in relation to organizations’ desires to […]
CSE Joins the UN Global Compact Leaders’ Summit Pushing the Envelope of Global Business
The United Nations Global Compact hosted its tri-annual Leaders’ Summit in New York, USA on June 24th. Chaired by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the UN Global Compact Leaders’ Summit brought together more than 1,000 selected leaders from all sectors to enhance the role of responsible business and investment. Contributing to the formation of Sustainability trends […]
The Center for Sustainability (CSE) has created an innovative strategy for Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy and scorecard at the European Investment Bank (EIB)
The Center for Sustainability (CSE) recently completed the CSR Strategy and innovative CSR Scorecard for the European Investment Bank (EIB). CSE, with its specialized knowledge and years of experience, designed an innovative and advanced tool to record the performance of the organization on issues of corporate social responsibility (CSR Scorecard). This tool is associated with […]
CSE Managing Director, Nikos Avlonas, Speaks on Carbon Footprint Strategy & CSR at the 7th CSR Summit, Dubai
Nikos Avlonas, one of the founders and Managing Director of the Centre for Sustainability & Excellence (CSE) gave a speech on Carbon Footprint Strategy and CSR this past week at the 7th CSE Summit in Dubai organized by IIR Middle East. Addressing the issues and challenges of climate change, Mr. Avlonas discussed the importance of […]
(Ros) Return on Sustainability: Gaining Benefits from a Comprehensive Sustainability Strategy
The Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) third Sustainability Roundtable in Chicago The Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) proudly hosted its third Sustainability Roundtable event on Thursday, March 25, 2010 in Chicago. The event featured key presentations from CSE partners, such as the Green Exchange (GX) Business Community and the Chicago Manufacturing Center (CMC), […]
Open Sustainability Roundtable: “Measuring & Addressing Environmental Impacts throughout the Entire Life Cycle and Supply Chain”
As Sustainability integrates further into an organization’s core, key questions are now being asked to the suppliers that make up its value chain. The benefits of achieving Sustainability in a company’s supply chain include reduced risks, enhanced efficiencies, and greater shareholder return. However, to achieve these benefits, a dynamic and robust system must be in […]