Big Stories of 2015 - What Were Your Choices? Lots of Headlines About Sustainability Last Year

What’s on your list of the top stories of the year just behind us – 2015?  Our Top Story this week is a look back at the Top 10 Business Stories of 2015 by Andrew Winston.  You may know him as the author of “Good to Gold,” a business bestseller.  His commentary was published in Harvard Business Online, and republished by Sustainable Brands in its “The Next Economy” series.  We present it here for your reading.

Andrew Winston’s list is a recap of big business stories – like the VW diesel engine emissions scandal – that also reflect the big news for those of us working in the sustainability field.  Climate change, Pope Francis’s encyclical, news about large companies’ sustainability journeys (old and new economy firms like Apple, Google, Dow, Amazon, GM, Owens Corning), the UN Sustainable Development Goals, renewable energy, Wall Street embrace of sustainable investment, consumer interest in sustainable products…and more.
There are interesting perspectives offered about the events of January-December 2015 and what they mean to us as we enter the new year.  Author Winston says “This year will go down as the time we began, in earnest, to make some important and deep changes in ‘business as usual’.”

We second the motion.  Here at G&A Institute we’re having great conversations with folks in the corporate community and in the capital markets.  The managers involved in sustainability activities are passionate about their work – it’s a calling – and encouraged by the move away from “business as usual” and on to new things, many with “sustainability” and “responsibility” branded over all them.  We’d like to hear from you – what do you think about the events we’ll see in 2016?

This is just a sample of some of the articles from this weeks SustainabilityHQ Highlights.  You can view the full Highlights by using the following links. Sustainability | ESG, Highlights for the Week of January 13, 2016

This is just a sample of some of the articles from this weeks SustainabilityHQ Highlights.  You can view the full Highlights by using the following links. Sustainability | ESG, Highlights for the Week of January 07, 2016 - See more at: http://3blmedia.com/News/2016-Hopeful-Year-Sustainability-Innovation-Technology-Experts-Share-Their-I-Hope-List#sthash.Xn61Nt6W.dpuf This is just a sample of some of the articles from this weeks SustainabilityHQ Highlights.  You can view the full Highlights by using the following links. Sustainability | ESG, Highlights for the Week of January 07, 2016 - See more at: http://3blmedia.com/News/2016-Hopeful-Year-Sustainability-Innovation-Technology-Experts-Share-Their-I-Hope-List#sthash.Xn61Nt6W.dpuf