A Global Community & Resource Centre for Sustainable Business
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Started Feb 21
As members of this site will know, the team at Earthshine has been researching sustainable business practices over the last two years. The project has successfully unearthed some interesting and…Continue
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Started Jul 31, 2011
Welcome to "globalsustainablebusiness.org" the project website and online community established to share the learning and outputs arising from our Global Research Project "In Search of Sustainable…Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Steve Prior Apr 26, 2012.
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Michael Townsend posted a blog postMichael Townsend is the Founder and CEO of Earthshine Solutions, is passionate about promoting the benefits of sustainable business, and author of The Rough Guide to Sustainable Business (forthcoming).
Michael is an engineering graduate and MBA. A business transformation leader with over twenty-five years experience in a range of sectors. Michael has developed “best in class” performance for a range of organisations, including Norwich Union (Aviva) Insurance, Barclays Bank, BAA, British Airways, Mace, The Home Office and Gazeley.
Michael established Earthshine in 2006, to help organisations deliver sustainable business success, through integrating business & sustainability performance to impact on the top/bottom-line, and make the transition to a sustainable, low carbon world.
Earthshine has been working with organisations large and small across UK, Europe and North America, including Aviva, DWP, Life Technologies, LoyaltyOne, Myrtha Pools, Rough Guides, Triodos Bank, Wilson James, and others.
Earthshine established a major not-for-profit global research project in 2009 to help businesses accelerate the transition to a sustainable, low carbon world by improving awareness of best practices and the positive business case for change. Essentially this project aims to make sustainability easy for business to do, and show that it delivers financial results - a ‘no brainer’. More information on the project can be found at The Sustainable Business Lab.
Michael is a regular writer for Sustainable Business magazine and Huffington Post in UK, along with a variety of blog sites and Twitter. Today, he is focused on making The Rough Guide to Sustainable Business one of the most influential books in its field.
Outside the business environment Michael enjoys family life, country living, reading, listening to music and pursuing his lifetime hobby of playing drums, most recently with rock band "The Wishing"!
In Part 3 we explored the need for new organisational formats for our businesses. In the fourth part of our Sustainable Business Strategy series, Mike Townsend delves into ownership models and asks: Can we really be sustainable without addressing the thorny issue of ownership?
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Posted on May 21, 2013 at 6:46
In Part 2 we explored a synthesis for how business might develop truly integrated sustainable business strategies. In Part 3, we examine the business-operating formats that will enable us to deliver sustainable success.
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent…
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In Part 1 we considered the need for a truly integrated approach to business strategy. This time out we explore a synthesis for how business might adapt its traditional approaches – and rediscover its strategic self.
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 8:30
In my last series for 2degrees, I looked at how Capitalism itself might evolve, in order to create a framework within which sustainable business can become a practical reality.
In this new five-part series, I drop down a level, to explore the development of genuinely sustainable business strategies – from the compelling need, through an…
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Regina Buono said… Thanks for your welcome, Michael. I look forward to getting involved in this community. I'm also working on a move to London, and I am hoping to establish some new contacts in Europe.
Kind regards,
Regina
Anna Handschuh said… Thanks Michael for sharing this list - I knew several of them. I was working for Triodos for instance. I am missing Patagonia - why they are not on the list? Without intention?
Best, Anna
Anna Handschuh said… Hi Michael,
sorry, that it took some time for me to respond. Thanks much for your message - I will check out everything and come back to you.
Indeed I hope to find interesting business cases for my PhD about dematerialized business models (reuse, sharing, recycle....), which is quite challenging to find.
Best wishes,
Anna
Bart King said… Thanks for the message, Mike. I'm very interested in perusing the Information Centre. I write case studies and papers for clients, and it's always useful to see how others structure these kinds of documents. Till soon, Bart.
Arend de Jong said… Hi Michael, thanks for your message. I look forward to exploring the lab more and am sure we'll be in touch sometime in the future. Cheers, Arend
nancy dufrenne said… Jacquie Matthews said… Thanks again for your time this afternoon, it was a really useful conversation. I am looking forward to having a look around the site, and joining in where I can.
Warren Cathro said… Thanks Michael, I'm about halfway through the Life Technologies case study. Very comprehensive! Cheers, Warren
Kevin Jones said… Thanks Michael, great to be on board! Look forward to being part of the SBL community. I'll start by getting familiar with the site and reviewing the Case Study section as you suggested. Best regards, Kevin.
Steve Prior said… Hi Michael
It would be good to have a chat and possible meeting at some point.
Warmest regards
Steve
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