Per this article on a Bain & Company and EcoVadis study of 100,000 companies, of which 80% are private, ESG activities (sustainability, diversity and employee satisfaction) correlate with stronger financial performance and growth for private companies: Companies with more women on the executive team have better financial results.Companies that rank in the top 25% [...]
Workers around the world want their employers to put more attention against environmental impact; and are willing to put their money where their mouths are. Per this Honeywell Survey 91% of respondents would forgo job perks if the cost was reinvested in reducing their workplace environmental impact 26% would sacrifice some of their pay if [...]
Gym For The Brain (https://www.gymforthebrain.com/), a Florida-based brain/body enhancement center that includes high-altitude EWOT (exercise with oxygen therapy) and six other enhancement tools, recently renewed its Edenark Group ISO 14001 environmental sustainability certification (which includes a wellness component) through 2023 and has decided to celebrate Earth Month (April) and Mental Health Month (May) by providing [...]
97% of large companies have sustainability departments; but many have internally-constructed, non-global-standard-aligned, non-scalable, non-3rd-party-audited, sustainability programs. Many of these programs were created to ‘look good’ but not designed to survive the stress test of external accountability. SMEs have it worse. Less than 1% of SMEs have sustainability programs of any kind. As consumer/client (B2B and [...]
Leading Peers asked Edenark Group CEO, David Goodman, to give this masterclass webinar on Using Sustainability Certification to Differentiate. We hope you find it beneficial for future decisions for your organization. Should you have questions, please contact us here.
As we have reported for some time, and as this article explains, if you are part of a supply chain, prepare for your clients to conduct due diligence audits to confirm your environmental sustainability commitment and compliance. Just saying you are sustainable is not going to satisfy the compliance audits by your clients, as they [...]
Gym For The Brain (https://www.gymforthebrain.com/) a Florida-based brain/body enhancement center that includes high-altitude EWOT (exercise with oxygen training) and six other enhancement tools, has renewed its environmental sustainability commitment by extending its Edenark Group ISO 14001 sustainability certification through 2023. The Edenark Group ISO 14001 is the world’s premier environmental sustainability certification program and allows [...]
As this article explains, the seismic changes to people’s lives wrought by COVID, the climate emergency and the cost-of-living crisis have all reshaped the demands employees are making on the companies they work for. Per a 2020 study, 83% of workers believed their employer was doing too little to address climate change and 65% of [...]
Another news service, Financial Content, has picked up the story of 5AM Global, d/b/a BREATHE! Convention, pursuing the Edenark Group ISO 14001 environmental sustainability certification. Consumers want to hear that your company is a good corporate citizen and the media wants to talk about it. What are you currently doing in your company that consumers [...]
As we have commented on in the past, there is a difference between what is happening at the company operating level due to ESG versus the political football surrounding how the financial markets have packaged and sold “ESG” funds. This article is not about ESG funds. It is about the impact of ESG for companies, [...]
