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Skeptical Science on a Skeptical Scientist: Patrick Moore on climate change

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Is there really a debate as to whether humans are contributing to Global Warming? This will take you some time, so if you are looking for a couple quick sound-bites, skip this entire post, and absolutely, skip the videos. Dr. Patrick Moore was recently pointed out to me as a qualified scientist and a active skeptic of Global Warming. Read about Moore on Wikipedia. He was an active founder of Greenpeace, but left the greenie…

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Chris McKnett: The investment logic for sustainability | Talk Video | TED

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Chris McKnett: The investment logic for sustainability | Talk Video | TED: Chris McKnett gives a wonderful talk on investing and the idea that all investors should start looking at ESG (economic, social and governance). The economic is obvious, profits. Social is the impact to people in general, and governance is corporate social responsibility (CSR). Generally the research shows that there is no downside to being socially (and environmentally) sustainable. But in the long term,…

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Dell Wants Employees To Work From Home – Business Insider

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Dell Wants Employees To Work From Home – Business Insider: Dell is following a “Do Good” plan for 2020. Remote work, packaging and shipping. Working with supply chain and customers as well. Looks pretty GOOD!:-) As it pertains to telecommuting… Dell seems to be saving a lot and doing “Good” as well. Telecommuting and other initiatives are outlined in Dell 2020 Legacy of Good Plan. Here’s a calc and additional info on Telecommuting savings: http://www.globalworkplaceanalytics.com/calculator So…

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Sustainability Business Success Hinges on CEO Mindset Change · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader

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Sustainability Business Success Hinges on CEO Mindset Change · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader: “Some 67 percent of CEOs in the study believed business is not doing enough to address global sustainability challenges. . .  While 84 percent believed business should lead the way in addressing those challenges” Sustainable Leaders… Seems like something that Hall and Knab were talking about in their 2012 article/chapter. For businesses and business leaders (CEOs) not to take an active…

WME Honorees | World’s most ethical Companies.

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WME Honorees | Ethisphere™ Institute: Check it out. This is the list of the world’s most ethical companies. There is a huge presence of US firms. One reason would be because there simply are so many US firms. It seemed that all were publicly traded, so they already are doing a lot of reporting and now are probably doing social responsibility reporting. But it is interesting to see. Look at the companies in the various sectors. The…

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Pres Obama steps out to wave down the run-a-way climate train!

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It was a little bit of a surprise that Obama stepped up as forcefully about taking on climate change as he did. Check out this post by Peterman at Huffington: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-peterman/state-of-the-union_b_2674448.html Many environmentalists are going to complain that this is not enough, but it really is better to start late than even much much later. As Peterman shows, it looks like we are aiming for 6+ degrees C, not the 2+C that many people were…