Or, Maslow’s hierarchy and why employers need to get over themselves and provide meaning at work. Summary There is an increase in people’s expectations and needs for their work to have meaning, and their employers to be doing more for society than increasing the bottom line. This is not restricted to Gen Y – it increasingly […]
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Student startup connects local farmers with city dwellers
This startup goes to farmers who have excess produce, and links them to local (likely well-heeled) suburbanites who want to eat local food. Great match, satisfies a need, stops waste, and reduces the environmental hazards of moving food. Good luck to them. A model that surely could be replicated in a lot of places. See […]
Edinburgh universities support low-carbon startups
In Edinburgh, the town’s 3 main universities are collaborating to help support SMEs with a low-carbon focus. 200 products and services have emerged in the last 5 years. See original article …
30 years guarantee on a t-shirt. How’s that for sustainability?
Following on from Patagonia’s lead, a number of startups are now creating clothing designed not to be thrown away every season. One brand even has a 30 year guarantee! Fantastic to see clothing sustainability. See original article …
What ONE Value Will Your Company Be Remembered For?
Summary Many companies have articulated a set of values. Their role ranges from covering stains on company walls to actually defining how the company does things. In most companies, one value reigns supreme. What that value is depends mostly on how the company is led and the authenticity of that particular value. Sometimes it is a value that […]