Category Archives: Leadership and Sustainability
Landstrips and Sustainable City Development
It is a common misconception that sustainability in air travel is just about curbing CO2 emissions from airplanes. Of course this helps but the aviation industry’s responsibilities are far wider than this. The sector is responsible for about 2 per … Continue reading
Categories: Climate Change, Leadership and Sustainability, News, Transport
Management needs to move from the present to the future and from theory to practice
A few weeks ago I witnessed one of many encouraging signs that educational institutions, traditionally centered around management and finance, are beginning to take some of the most pressing global challenges more seriously. One of Sweden’s leading institutions for training … Continue reading
Categories: Business School, Interviews, Leadership and Sustainability, News
Rio+20: What are you waiting for?
Ahead of the Rio+20 Summit I would like to share three thoughts of mine that may inspire you to take action. 1. In Europe we can save energy, become independent of fossil fuel – and create new jobs. But how can we … Continue reading
Categories: Brazil, Leadership and Sustainability, News, Rio+20, Sustainable Cities
No Plan B for the Planet
It’s worrying me that it is so difficult to build understanding between national governments. We are all developing nations and need to understand how conditions are different depending on where we live on our planet. Mayors in cities seem to … Continue reading
Categories: Interviews, Leadership and Sustainability, News, Political Governance
Why politicians and economists are left behind
John Elkington asks in the Guardian if innovation and new business models can do the same for sustainability in the 21st century? The biggest problem and challenges businesses, politicians and NGO:s have – Our society is not aligning the human and natural … Continue reading
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, News, Political Governance
Stockholm +40: the first concrete step for the Rio + 20
I spent three days this week attending the Stockholm+ 40 conference. We were a pretty eclectic group, formed of politicians, business people, young thinkers and legislators from many countries but with one common goal: to try and progress in this … Continue reading
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, News, Okategoriserade, Rio+20
Stockholm+40 – Sustainable Solutions on the Agenda
On 23-25 April 2012 Sweden’s Ministry of Environment and Ministry for Foreign Affairs opens an international conference, Stockholm+40 - Partnership Forum for Sustainable Development. The discussions, which will attract a number of the world’s leading political figures, mark the 30th anniversary of the … Continue reading
Ranking and awards to Sweden’s top sustainability figures
“You do not just get respect, you earn it”. This quote represents a core part of the values-based mission that led to the formation of Respect in 2000. Twelve years later and an increasing number of individuals are earning respect … Continue reading
Categories: Leadership and Sustainability, News
Worlds most ethical companies – 145 companies on the list
Award recognises exceptional ethical leadership across continents and industries LONDON - Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced today that it has been recognised by the Ethisphere Institute, the leading business ethics think-tank, … Continue reading
Categories: Ethics, Leadership and Sustainability, News
The climate issue is about more than activists on the streets
The disappointing failure of our national governments to agree on a climate treaty has prompted the return of protest and more traditional forms of activism that have drawn people onto the streets. The threat to our planet remains as serious, … Continue reading
