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Women lead the world’s most sustainable cities

Corporate Knights

Following Hidalgo’s lead, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante made the 15-minute city a central plank of her campaign for re-election last November, presenting the proximity to libraries and recreational and cultural facilities as an antidote to youth disengagement and rising gun violence. You have to blend priorities.”.

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Owens Corning's Frank O'Brien-Bernini Reflects on His 38+ Year Career With the Company

3BL Media

It isn’t easy work, but it’s incredibly important and I’m proud of my colleagues, past and present, for their dedication and persistence. For 16 years, in our annual sustainability reports, we have said “we need to do more, faster.” Never has there been a time when this was more evident.

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Moving From Sustainability Talk to Action

3BL Media

Using water for hydrogen presents a public policy issue related to water usage priorities, including human consumption versus industrial consumption, irrigation or hydrogen production, climate justice (whose water rights are we tapping into?) Why is this a triple-bottom-line issue?

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Subaru and Social Impact Leaders Honored at Inaugural FutureCast Awards in New York

3BL Media

FutureCast 2023 was a must-attend event for CEOs, CMOs, DEI and ESG leaders, social impact founders, HR and talent development professionals, accessibility advocates, and organizations committed to a triple bottom line – people, planet and profits.

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How Businesses Can Invest in Our Planet

3BL Media

As a business, we make decisions every day on where we choose to invest, and that investment should advance the triple bottom line of sustainability. For a business, it should mean using the power of business to advance sustainability , and for us it means doing exactly that in the built environment and beyond.

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Top 20 Chief Sustainability Officers of Europe Announced by Futur/io

3BL Media

Known as the creator of the "Triple Bottom Line" conceptPeople, Planet, and ProfitJohns visionary approach has become a fundamental part of business strategy worldwide.

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Sustainability Jargon Dictionary

Carlos Sanchez

Sustainability – meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Triple bottom line – is a framework or theory that recommends that companies commit to focus on social and environmental concerns just as they do on profits.