This past week, CR Magazine and NYSE Euronext co-sponsored the CR Commit Forum 2011 in New York City. The agenda was packed with valuable sessions that addressed a wide range of CR (Corporate Responsibility) and sustainability topics, issues, and challenges. Over the next several weeks, I will share insights and information from the Forum.
One of the predominant issues that struck me was the plethora of terms and definitions used to define the CR/sustainability space. Martin Reeves, senior partner and managing director at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), discussed this in his keynote presentation, stating that the “concepts are treacherously fuzzy.” He presented a powerful visual: a word cloud that contained more than 40 words and terms used by respondents of the 3rd Annual Sustainability Global Executive Survey, conducted by MIT’s Sloan Management Review and BCG. Read More
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