Category: Envisioning the sustainable future

Health is too important to be left to health professionals. Every company should have its own CWO – Chief Wellbeing Officer. The responsibilities of the CWO: MAXIMIZE health & well-being of employees (reduces insurance costs, increases efficiency, increases attractiveness as employer). MAXIMIZE health promotion of products and services, that is to say maximize the health…

A report from last year by the World Bank analyses how best to achieve good social and environmental practices in global supply chains. One unanimous demand from participants in report, underlined by Peder Michael Pruzan-Jorgensen at the Swedish partnership for Global Responsibility seminar in Stockholm 18th November, was for increased Public Sector Engagement. Ironically, it…

A good example of across the board cooperation towards sustainability is demonstrated by the South African Wine Growers voluntary agreement. This case was presented by Peder Michael Pruzan-Jorgensen at the Swedish partnership for Global Responsibility seminar in Stockholm 18th November. We have been unable to find a web reference to check details but the principles…

Sustainability rating is increasingly becoming a factor for investors. ZKB are pioneering the development of sustainability index to compare countries. To our mind, rating is a good way to make it clear to everyone how important sustainability is, and in simple terms, what needs to be done. And, that many times SIMPLE SOLUTIONS are available.…

Ensuring sustainability through the supply chain will help your company minimize risks, improve operational performance and efficiency and improve competitiveness. However, those companies intending to face the challenge of sustainability throughout their supply chain may find the task insurmountable. For example: what do they need to consider before embarking on the task, what approaches are…

Reflections on Visit to Porena: teaching sustainability You may not remember, but the visit to a “visualised” sustainable city included a trip to the school. We were told that the ability to understand sustainability is inbuilt in the human. Provided children get to interact with their environment before the age of 10 it will be…

Clearly, more effective products and techniques exist out there, but they are sometimes difficult to find. Who has the time to track it all down? Reactual is an organization of specialists and enthusiasts who are devoted to researching the most effective ways of producing the necessities of life. Their METAEFFICIENT guide aims to bring that…

Ekotopia is a centre for sustainability situated just outside Aneby, 3,5 hours drive south of Stockholm. Designed originally as a place where sustainability principles were both practically demonstrated and developed, it is now developing into a conference centre and regional support centre. It offers top of the range lecture facilities with overnight accommodation, small meeting…

Tapescript: Please note: these exercises are done by people sometimes with expertise in the subject matter and sometimes without. The aim is stimulate your own thoughts and innovative powers and to get you involved in sustainability. We take no responsibility for the feasibility any of these ideas unless we have entered extensive verification and testing.…

Got a lot of feedback on removing roads from urban areas. You might want to take a look at TODs (Transportation Oriented Design) and PODs (Pedestrian Oriented Design) community development. One use of P.O.D The book Pedestrian Pocket Book is a good start to this concept. It is fairly similar to ideas of Radiality. It…