THE CORPORATE CITIZEN | ISSUE 46 - This article explores the immediate and long-term community needs to help populations rebound from a traumatic event or natural disaster, as well as best practices for developing disaster relief and preparedness strategies.
Creating a More Sustainable Operation

Keywords: energy, green house gas (GHG) emissions, metrics, reporting, water, waste
When senior leaders turn their attention inward to how their companies sustainably run operations, they need tactics for measuring and developing environmental sustainability efforts throughout the value chain. There’s no wisdom in the particular order you dig into these areas—like energy, water, and waste—just that you think about them strategically to ensure these activities are more efficient, profitable, and innovative.
What follows is an excerpt from “The Executive’s Guide to 21st Century Corporate Citizenship,” by Dave Stangis—vice president of corporate responsibility and chief sustainability officer for the Campbell Soup Company—and the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship’s executive director, Katherine V. Smith.
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