Six Earth Day Considerations for the Modern Corporation

The Center for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) had much to celebrate on Earth Day. Like many companies with Sustainability at its core, CSE is continuously growing and improving. Below are six trends which helped make CSE the success we are on Earth Day. Leadership – CSE’s founder Nikos Avlonas and all management are committed to […]
Four Creative Ways to Strengthen Corporate Sustainability

In April 2019, CSE completed a successful month-long push offering four kinds of in-person training in Toronto and Seattle. Sustainability training helps professionals improve their skills and update their knowledge in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Tangible results include building the business case for sustainability; understanding the importance of stakeholder engagement; and leveraging use of standards […]
New York City Confronts Global Food Challenges: SDGs #2, #3 and #11

Of all the dumb sustainability challenges, food security and hunger may be the dumbest. Ask Komal Ahmad, founder of Copia PBC. The company using technology to “solve food waste and end hunger at scale” is proving so successful that they are hiring. New York City is meeting this challenge head on with a combination of […]
Investors are connecting Climate Change to SDGs – Are you ready, New York?

Chief Financial Officers are plagued with sustainability demands. Investors are calling for robust corporate sustainability reporting (CSR). Stakeholders are pressing companies to go beyond the standard ESG (environment, social, governance) approach. Sustainability in Finance is a topic critical to New York. One of the most challenging long-term risks, particularly from investors’ viewpoint, is climate change. […]
CSE Promotes Executive Sustainability Education in NYC

The Centre for Sustainability and Excellence has a long-standing history in New York City of providing Sustainability Education to global FT 500 corporations and executives. Over the past 10 years, more than 6,000 executives from leading organizations including Google, NASA, Coca-Cola, Timberland, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, L’Oréal, ExxonMobil, Hartford, T–Mobile, Procter & […]