Presidio Graduate School (PGS) and Pinchot University, the two universities most distinguished for their sustainability management programs, announced they've joined forces, with San Francisco-based PGS acquiring metro Seattle-based Pinchot. Using "sustainable" in the...

I was excited to partner with GreenBiz on its 2016 State of the Profession Report. This year’s report finds salaries are up, budgets are up and headcount is up. All encouraging and good news. Many years ago, I had made some weak attempts at a salary survey. GreenBiz’s...

Two years ago, I convened a group to talk about their transitions out of long-term sustainability roles. They shared advice on navigating a successful career as well as a smooth transition out. All of them were leaving sustainability leadership roles with the...

Millennials, and what makes them tick, is part obsession, part mystery, for HR professionals today. But they aren’t so easily defined; this demographic needs to be more nuanced if we are to understand them better. PwC Chief Purpose Officer Shannon Schuyler’s talk at...

It’s always a pleasure when I can speak with a kindred spirit — someone similarly passionate about sustainable business and its application in the workplace. I found this in a recent conversation with Simon Pickard, director for international programs at the Academy...

Human resource professionals long have been concerned with improving employee well-being, but haven’t always had the ability to reliably measure and prove the return on investment in such programs. But now, with increasingly sophisticated technology and improved...

I’ve been thinking about the relationship between COP21 and the sustainability jobs market. COP21 has been covered extensively here at GreenBiz and other publications, but there’s been little discussion of how it might affect the outlook for sustainability...

Resilience, according to my dictionary, is defined as "adapting to adversity." I had the opportunity to reflect on this definition at this year’s BSR conference in November (my 19th!), themed "Resilient Business, Resilient World." Read more here in the latest GreenBiz...

Any successful CSR program produces positive returns to employees. We’ve all seen research showing how a company’s sustainability program creates a more satisfied and committed workforce. We intuitively understand how this happens: If you feel engaged in your...

Question: What do you get when you apply psychology to sustainability leadership? Answer: Steve Schein’s new book, "A New Psychology for Sustainability Leadership: The Hidden Power of Ecological Worldviews." In developing the book, Schein interviewed 75 executives —...