Foresight NEXT Professional Development Program (Sustainability Courses)

Foresight NEXT is a unique program that combines interactive seminars and dynamic speakers with engaging site visits. This program is designed to help professionals integrate sustainability into their companies’ operations. This approach delivers the judgment, economics, strategies and communication necessary to affect positive change.

A Cure for Green Blindness

Here is an article from Dr. David Suzuki on our lack of green vision, probable causes and perhaps even a cure. Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author, and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. This article was written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Communications Specialist Jode Roberts.

Environmental Sustainability Journey by Pfizer (Video)

Kingspan's Sustainability Journey (Video)

The Dow Sustainability Journey (Video)

PLANTERS Presents 'The Sustainability Journey: African Cashew Farmers' (Video)

Coca-Cola Sustainability Journey: Brian Kelley, Chief Product Supply Officer, Coca-Cola (Video)

Unilever Sustainability Journey: Go Big or Go Home

Unilever's efforts are extraordinary if for no other reason than the sheer scale of its sustainability ambitions. By 2020, the company, with annual revenues exceeding $63 billion, plans to cut its massive environmental footprint in half through its Sustainable Living Plan.

Bluehorse Associates Sustainability Journey: Doing It for the Money

Bluehorse is a pioneer in the sustainability metrics field and they understand how bottom line concerns are driving sustainability. They specialize in delivering ground-breaking tools that provide decision makers with clear, usable information for their business and products.

Berg Engineering Consultants Ltd. Sustainability Journey: Be Proactive

Green is also growing in the building sector. As reported in the Daily Herald Business Ledger, The green market was 2 percent of nonresidential construction starts in 2005; 12 percent in 2008; and grew to 28-35 percent in 2010. By 2015, an estimated 40-48 percent of new nonresidential construction will be green. Experts say green building will support 7.9 million U.S. jobs and pump $554 million into the U.S. economy over the next four years.

Aramark Sustainability Journey: Training a Workforce

Securing qualified employees is amongst Aramark's key sustainability initiatives. Aramark has launched an Environmental Internship Program designed to meet a growing need for employees who have a practical understanding of environmental initiatives plus fundamental business knowledge.

PPR Home's Sustainability Journey: Innovative Metrics Shed Light on Supply Chains

PPR Home is the parent company of some of the world's biggest luxury and sporting brands, including Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, and PUMA, are embarking on one of the world's most ambitious green accounting programs. PPR Home has announced that it will adopt a group environmental profit and loss statement (EP&L) by 2015.

United Natural Foods, Inc. Sustainability Journey (Video)

Auckland Airports ongoing sustainability journey (Video)

UNFI Sustainable Journey (Video)

GM Sustainability Journey: Death and Resurrection

The old General Motors (GM) died three years ago but like a phoenix from the ashes it has been reborn. GM declared bankruptcy in 2009 but in 2011 the company once again laid claim to being the world's largest automaker. GM said that it sold 9.025 million vehicles in 2011 putting it ahead of Volkswagen which had sales of 8.015 million in 2011.

Kodak Sustainability Journey: Fear of Corporate Death as a Catalyst for Change

Eastman Kodak Co. is a good example of a striving to survive with the help of sustainability. Companies relate to sustainability in different ways, but whether they are trying to maintain the position of their brand or trying to resurrect themselves from the dead, engaging sustainability is a competitive necessity and ultimately a matter of survival.

HP and Dell Sustainability Journeys: The Choice Between Manufacturing and Recycling

HP and Dell are each taking different approaches to sustainability. One is emphasizing removing toxic compounds from manufacturing the other is focused on recycling through take back programs.

Toshiba International Sustainability Journey: Bold Strategic Moves

Toshiba has made a bold strategic decision that has completely changed its product mix. Once a leader in incandescent lighting, the company is now betting on LED technology as the future of lighting. As revealed in a recent press release, Toshiba completely abandoned production of incandescent lights in March 2010 and in favor of LED lighting. Toshiba is the first major lighting manufacturer to proactively discontinue the production of incandescent lights.

Samsung Sustainability Journey: Be First

Samsung has a green vision that is only getting greener. Like LG Inc., Samsung is also part of South Korea’s Green Technology Center (GTC) research center and the company is already a leader in energy-efficient products.