WholeWorks Connects brings forward the most current, relevant experiences and thinking in the field of sustainability—and especially how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors materially impact business results. Learn from our alumni, advisors, and thought leaders in the field. Here you’ll find perspective, advice, and information in their posts; invitations to events; and book excerpts from the latest publications—or the classics—in the field. You can search for people or topics in the search bar below or check the category drop-down menu.
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Detroit Free Press Op-Ed: “Sharing environmental, social impacts with investors isn’t ‘woke’. It’s good business.”
Detroit Free Press publishes Op-Ed by Laura Asiala and Neil Hawkins: “Sharing environment, social impacts with investors isn’t ‘woke.’ It’s good business.”
Are you ready for the new Sustainability Standards? WholeWorks Covers the Essentials
WholeWorks CSO Laura Asiala and CEO Matt Mayberry ask ‘Are you ready for the new sustainability standards?’ They show how to bring sustainability into the core of business operations by focusing on material environmental, social, governance (ESG) issues, using the Strategic Value Creation Map to ‘connect the dots’ between ESG initiatives, value creation and impact across the triple bottom line.
ISSB Sets the New Standard for Sustainability: The Not-Just-The-Numbers Reporting Requirements
The International Sustainability Standards Board publishes 2 international standards, requiring firms to disclose sustainability (environment, social, governance—or ESG) issues that will materially impact company performance. In this post, WholeWorks CSO Laura Asiala outlines the standards and their implications.
Integrate Sustainability in your Organization; WholeWorks Online Professional Certification Program Teaches, Coaches Leaders & Professionals
WholeWorks Strategic ESG: Creating Sustainable Value Professional Certificate Program combines online learning with a virtual business simulation to accelerate leaders and professionals to integrate sustainability into all areas for which they have expertise and authority. Alumni leave with an expert-coached, peer reviewed project. The next program runs Oct. 2-Nov. 12, 2023. Registration is due by Sep. 22, 2023.
The Sustainable Value Creation Map: Connecting the Dots between ESG, ROI, and the Triple Bottom Line
WholeWorks’ Sustainable Value Creation Map helps leaders connect sustainability to their business strategy and results—and to positive social, environmental, and economic impact. It shows the potential cause-and-effect linkages between ESG initiatives and ROI. Mapping these linkages and making them explicit is a key step to making sustainability a core part of business operations.
