Comments on: Oil sands make the most sustainable corporations list http://prizmablog.com/2010/01/31/oil-sands-make-the-most-sustainable-corporations-list/ Making projects more bankable, credible & sustainable Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:31:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mehrdad Nazari http://prizmablog.com/2010/01/31/oil-sands-make-the-most-sustainable-corporations-list/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Mehrdad Nazari Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:20:54 +0000 http://prizmablog.com/?p=148#comment-318 Just came across this interesting blog entry by Warren Levyon CSRwire which seemed very relevant to this blog: The difference between CSR and sustainability? Grandchildren. BP and Goldman Sachs illustrate a crucial difference between corporate social responsibility and sustainability. Sustainability must be an impact yardstick, a lagging measure of the cumulative, aggregate and long-term effect of everything we do. CSR is an activity yardstick, a leading indicator of contributions that, though positive, can co-exist with unsustainable behavior that eventually will overwhelm any good that’s done. See full CSRwire blog here: http://csrwiretalkback.tumblr.com/post/671353212/we-need-a-grandchildren-standard Just came across this interesting blog entry by Warren Levyon CSRwire which seemed very relevant to this blog: The difference between CSR and sustainability? Grandchildren.

BP and Goldman Sachs illustrate a crucial difference between corporate social responsibility and sustainability. Sustainability must be an impact yardstick, a lagging measure of the cumulative, aggregate and long-term effect of everything we do. CSR is an activity yardstick, a leading indicator of contributions that, though positive, can co-exist with unsustainable behavior that eventually will overwhelm any good that’s done.

See full CSRwire blog here:
http://csrwiretalkback.tumblr.com/post/671353212/we-need-a-grandchildren-standard

]]> By: Silvio Barone http://prizmablog.com/2010/01/31/oil-sands-make-the-most-sustainable-corporations-list/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Silvio Barone Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:19:19 +0000 http://prizmablog.com/?p=148#comment-47 Dear Mehrdad, Very good point . Another interesting information : investments in Latin America ... http://www.linktv.org/video/4544/ecuador-the-tribes-vs-chevron-texaco Best wishes from Brazil Silvio Barone Director of Strategyc Partnerships BARCA - Brazilian Actions / Resilience, Climate Adaptation Dear Mehrdad,

Very good point . Another interesting information : investments in Latin America …

http://www.linktv.org/video/4544/ecuador-the-tribes-vs-chevron-texaco

Best wishes from Brazil

Silvio Barone

Director of Strategyc Partnerships
BARCA – Brazilian Actions / Resilience, Climate Adaptation

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