Today, I have the pleasure of introducing not one, but two, Longsworths. Meet sisters Annie and Amy. Annie (the one on the right in the accompanying photo) joined Saatchi & Saatchi S as CEO a year ago. Amy is a Managing Director in PwC’s Sustainable Business...
GB Talent Show: How Walmart associates put the 'U' and 'I' into sustainability
Walmart has taken seriously the task of making the global supply chain more sustainable, but also helping its own associates make sustainability-conscious choices in their lives. The tale of Walmart’s personal sustainability initiative for employees began in 2007,...
GB Talent Show: Confessions of a VERGE Virgin
VERGE has been dangled in front of me for a couple years, but I didn’t take the plunge until last month, for VERGE SF. Like many things in life, I didn’t get what all the hype was about until I experienced it for myself. I thought it may be just another sustainability...
GB Talent Show: Andy Ruben: Breaking out of the big-box
Prior to co-founding yerdle, a startup launching today, Andy Ruben held several roles over a decade at Walmart, including serving as its first head of sustainability, from 2004 to 2007. I am fascinated with Ruben’s transformation from corporate giant to entrepreneur....
GB Talent Show: From HR to HR: How human resources policies improve human rights
The Fair Labor Association (FLA) is one of the best-known organizations supporting and promoting fair labor conditions inside factories. FLA’s Participating Companies include mostly apparel and footwear companies such as Adidas, HandM, Nike and Patagonia. This...
GB Talent Show: Transitions: Christy Consler mixes things up at Jamba Juice
Christy Consler recently took the position as SVP, HR, Communications and Corporate Responsibility at Jamba Juice. Her previous role was at Safeway as VP Sustainability and prior to that she was in charge of Leadership Development. At both companies, her role...
GB Talent Show: What should you call a company’s sustainability leader?
Despite my frequent conversations about leadership in sustainability, I often wonder who is the leader? What is the leader? And how is the leader defined? Read more in the latest GreenBiz Talent Show post.
GB Talent Show: Why sustainability pros need to attack from the middle
Embedding sustainability is a term I have jousted around for a decade. What kind of embedding is working today? How has the embedding work shifted? Certainly in the past two years, we have seen significant shifts from external to internal drivers. Employee engagement...
GB Talent Show: Consulting across the for-profit/nonprofit divide
People often assume that nonprofit jobs have greater impact than private-sector jobs due to motives focusing more on impact than profits. Mike Wallace is director of the Global Reporting Initiative’s Focal Point USA. Its mission around corporate transparency is...
GB Talent Show: Life after MBA: Getting a dream green job
Nate Springer recently landed a job in Advisory Services at BSR. I sat down with Nate to get his perspective as a sustainability jobseeker who finally landed his dream job. Read more in the latest GreenBiz Talent Show post.