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Ecological leadership

August 5th, 2009 · No Comments

By Tim Sanders
Saving the World at Work

Psychology Today just ran an article featuring Saving The World At Work. It quoted me talking about the upcoming responsibility revolution and how it would transform the business landscape.

The article quotes Dr. Daniel Goleman (author of Ecological Intelligence) talking about the requisite need for ecological leadership, both in its development and distribution.

Read: Ecological Leadership For Sustainabile Companies

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Think global, act local: Local loyalty pays!

July 10th, 2009 · No Comments

By Tim Sanders
Saving the World at Work
This post originally appeared Sept. 23, 2008

Here’s an excerpt from Saving The World At Work that relates to the value of supporting local companies, even when a global cost cutting opportunity comes up.

The Law of the Long View says if you commit to your partners, you’re committed for the long haul. It’s your job to stick with them even if a short-term reason to change arises.

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Let’s go from Green to Blue

June 17th, 2009 · No Comments

By Tim Sanders
Saving the World at Work
This post originally appeared january 9, 2009

I am a huge fan of Adam Werbach (former President of the Sierra Club). Back in 2004 he declared that “environmentalism is dead” and in 2006 he went to work for Wal-Mart. Crazy guy? Not loyal? Hardly. He’s a rock star in my book (literally).

In April of 2008, Webach gave a very important talk at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. The content of the talk is aligned with my thinking. He believes (as I do) that we have to go beyond saving the planet to focusing on humans (as the planet will likely go on without us).

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Adopt a weekly eco-innovation

June 4th, 2009 · No Comments

By Tim Sanders
Saving the World at Work
This post originally appeared May 24, 2008

Whether you are a company, or just an individual, you must continually innovate to maximize your green-ness. The best way to do this is by focusing on a single weekly innovation. Think about everything you do as you do your workaday, and isolate areas where you can reduce your impact on the planet.

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Green up your meetings

May 26th, 2009 · No Comments

By Tim Sanders
Saving the World at Work
This post originally appeared Sept. 24, 2008

Frequently, corporate meetings are held in remote locations that require mega travel by attendees. Truck loads of paper and a mountain of waste is generated (from full color Power Point print outs to bottled water). When regulations go after carbon emissions, the meeting industry will be under scrutiny by the business managers at companies around the country.

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Make recycling your last resort

May 12th, 2009 · No Comments

By Tim Sanders
Saving the World at Work
This post originally appeared Sept. 3, 2008

If you feel a little bit green every time you remember to put your waste paper in the recycle bin, I’ve got bad news for you. It’s not good enough. Recycling is only “a little less bad” than pure wasting. It takes carbon based fuels to recycle paper. Only a small percentage of paper, for example, is converted back into usable paper. Every time you recycle, you actually suck technical nutrients out of a product, lowering its quality. In the book Cradle To Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Braungart, call this “downcycling.” What do you think recycled recycled paper would feel like? How thin and easily torn would it be?

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Take a trip with Miles The Can

May 4th, 2009 · No Comments

By Tim Sanders
Saving the World at Work

There’s a great new video on YouTube called Miles The Can.

It tracks the journey of an aluminum can as it gets reborn over and over again. The story behind it is powerful: We need to realize how much energy is wasted for convenience.

If you liked The Story of Stuff, you’ll enjoy Miles The Can — a gift from The Natural Step organization.

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Reframing Earth Day into Save The Humans Day

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

By Tim Sanders
Saving the World at Work

I believe that we should repackage being green into a quest to preserve the living environment for future generations. Save the humans!

Here’s the bottom line: The planet will not implode, it will eventually become a terrible place for humans to live. New species, such as insects, will rise to power at some point, likely driven by climate change and pollution.

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Promote wellness at work

April 13th, 2009 · No Comments

By Tim Sanders
Saving the World at Work
I think that company wellness programs are MONEY.
They create healthier employees and reduce insurance claims.  Many companies find that the few year return on investment is three or four to one!
They are also a source of innovation and and leadership at work.  When ex-Sierra Club president Adam Warbach helped [...]

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Using work as a platform to influence: The NBA

April 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

By Tim Sanders
Saving the World at Work

Basketball is going from orange to green.

This week, led by all-star Steve Nash, NBA is having it’s first green week. To honor this, league officials have conducted what I call “the green re-imagine” exercise. Re-imagine your entire business operation as if green were the law OR the defining element of quality in the eyes of your customer.

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Saints and sinners: a theory

March 30th, 2009 · No Comments

By Tim Sanders
Saving the World at Work

In the next few years, we are going to see two kinds of companies emerge from this mess: Saints and Sinners.

A very recent survey indicates that CEOs are less popular than politicians — a sign of things to come. In my book, Saving The World At Work, I predicted that the Responsibility Revolution would reshape branding as we know it.

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Wear your green on your sleeve (label)

March 24th, 2009 · No Comments

By Tim Sanders
Saving the World at Work

Even during these tough economic times, big brands are still investing in green.

They need to. This is the future, long after this recession is gone. As more and more reports about the impact of global warming roll in (such as the recent one predicting flooding in DC when ice caps melt), the panic will increase — along with a feeling of personal responsibility to be more conscious in how we buy, etc.

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