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Finding Joy in Sustainability
A message from Rosalinda Sanquiche, lead trainer for North America At CSE, we enjoy in expanding sustainability around the world. We believe that corporations have the most immediate influence. We focus on practitioners who are intrapreneurs – the ones who have passion. Meeting passion with passion is part of the joy. We count […]
Big Apple, Windy City and Golden Gate City Rivaling for Sustainability Firsts!
This close to Fair Trade Day – May 11 – it’s good to see cities in North America trading best practices for sustainability. The City that Never Sleeps is also the city that draws enough energy to run a small country. Neon signs, subways, concert and sports venues are the showy energy drains. Outdated infrastructure, […]
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 & […]
Top Five Trends in Sustainability for 2019 – EU Edition
By Nikos Avlonas & Rosalinda Sanquiche Centre for Sustainability and Excellence Years of research, international observation, working with corporate intrapreneurs and social entrepreneurs and leading programs around the world – we feel confident looking toward the future! 2019 will be a continuation of trends, growing in momentum. This year will also see the rise […]
Top 5 Trends in Sustainability for 2019
By Nikos Avlonas, CSE President, and Rosalinda Sanquiche, CSE North America. Years of research, international observation, working with corporate intrapreneurs and social entrepreneurs and leading programs around the world – we feel confident looking toward the future! 2019 will be a continuation of trends, growing in momentum. This year will also see the rise of […]
CSE Celebrates a Successful Year and Our Vision for 2019
We are sincerely grateful for our success in 2018. The corporate community is awake to the many opportunities for a better world by engaging in sustainable practices. The Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) is pleased to be part of this inevitable shift! We are thankful for the many newly trained sustainability (CSR) practitioners certified with our CSR-P […]