Diana Rivenburgh's blog

Corporate Knights named Danish pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk number one in its eighth annual Global 100 list of the most sustainable large corporations.  In selecting the 2012 Global 100,  Corporate Knights tapped into top sustainability research firms to identify the top 10 percent of 3,500 companies, then ranked these on 11 indicators representing v

Apple continuously reinvents itself, its products and every industry it touches.  Yesterday’s announcement (watch video) establishes Apple as the leader in educational tech.  With iBooks, textbooks can now be easily updated with the most current content and delivered with audio, video, interactive note ta

We teach our clients how to first shift perspectives before they can alter the direction of their businesses towards sustainable success.   Oprah Winfrey understands the tremendous power of perspective.  She saw a different future for poor girls in South Africa when she opened the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in 2007 in Henley-On-Klip.  On Saturday, 72 of the first 75 girls enrolled will graduate and head to universities in South Africa and the U.S.

Breakfast in Canada

I woke up New Year’s Day in Mont Tremblant, Canada, in the beautiful home of friends from the U.K.  As I walked into their open, light-filled kitchen, I saw my 5 friends sitting at a large dark wood table surrounded by a wall of windows revealing snow covered trees and mountains. 

Breakfast in Canada

As it has for the past eight decades, Time magazine selected its person of the year for 2011.  This year’s designation doesn’t go to a person at all.  Time selected “The Protester.”

Can a drink build a better planet and inspire others? Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) thinks so.  Last week CCE brought together internal and external stakeholders to give a taste of the company’s endeavor to “deliver for today and inspire for tomorrow. ” 

Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) just launched their latest sustainability plan setting forth the company’s new sustainability vision, commitments and targets.  CCE’s vision states:  “We will deliver for today, growing a low-carbon, zero-waste business, and inspire and lead change for a more sustainable tomorrow.”

Committed to growing their business sustainably, CCE’s Strategic Priorities combine achieving results in the present, demonstrating leadership in the industry and redefining the future:

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) S&P 500 report released on September 19, 2011 reveals that for the first time in the CDP’s ten year history the majority of US companies are reporting strategies for climate change.    The CDP’s report analyzed information from 339 of the largest US corporations and was written by global professional services firm PwC.   Highlights of the findings include:

I was honored to be the lead-off speaker for Georgia Tech’s
IMPACT Series.  Sponsored by the College of Management, the IMPACT Series provides an opportunity for students alumni and the Atlanta business community to learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and notable business and non-profit leaders.  

NIKE announced last week an “unwavering” commitment to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from its supply chain by 2020.  Achieving this goal requires working with brands, material suppliers, the chemical industry, NGOs and others to find innovative solutions.