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TEDxRSM: Ralph Thurm on ‘how to move from a global suicide pact to a thriving econonmy’
TEDxRSM: Ralph Thurm on ‘how to move from a global suicide pact to a thriving econonmy’ 16DEC November 2013 saw the first edition of TEDx at the Rotterdam School of Management. I was invited to speak due to my ideas about ThriveAbility that I am also teaching at...
Leaving the ‘cuddly corner’ – New column published in Forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften (in German)
Leaving the ‘cuddly corner’ – New column published in Forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften (in German) 05NOV This new column of ‘Der T(h)urmblick’ looks at our distorted picture of what we call ‘innovation’. Looking at it from a sustainability perspective, much of what we...
Transition from GRI 3.1 to G4 – 10 reasons why there is no time to waste!
Transition from GRI 3.1 to G4 – 10 reasons why there is no time to waste! 03SEP – By Ralph Thurm, A|HEAD|ahead, and Nick de Ruiter, Sustainalize – The Global Reporting Initiative published their G4 Guidelines in May 2013, but at the same time announced that G3/G3.1...
Context, please! Ralph’s column in edition 3/2013 of ‘forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften’
Context, please! Ralph’s column in edition 3/2013 of ‘forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften’ 18JUL Here’s the pdf of the (German) article ‘Kontext bitte’ of the ‘forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften’, edition 3/2013. FNW_2013_03_Thurm Why is Novo Nordisk’s newest integrated annual...
GRI G4: A Gateway to Meaningful Sustainability Reporting?
GRI G4: A Gateway to Meaningful Sustainability Reporting? 18JUL [This blog was first published on CSRwire Talkback on June 11, 2013; http://www.csrwire.com/blog/posts/883-gri-g4-a-gateway-to-meaningful-sustainability-reporting]. On May 22nd, GRI published the...
Elephants in the glasshouse – contextualizing sustainability and integrated reporting
Elephants in the glasshouse – contextualizing sustainability and integrated reporting 06JUN Cutting fluff out of reporting by looking at some of the root causes of the sustainability challenges may help stakeholders to better understand in how far the majority of...
Embedding ThriveAbility – Workshop in Perpignon, June 28-30, 2013
Embedding ThriveAbility – Workshop in Perpignon, June 28-30, 2013 15MAY The ThriveAbility Consortium (founded by Renaissance2, A|HEAD|ahead and 5 DEEP) are happy to announce the second ‘Embedding ThriveAbility’ workshop in Perpignon, taking place June 28-30. A...
Closing the context gap: sustainability reporting is failing us
Closing the context gap: sustainability reporting is failing us 02MAY This article was first published on the Guardian Sustainable Business Blog on April 9, 2013. Sustainability reporting has only shown which companies are “less bad” when what we really need is a...
Reforming sustainability reporting: for and against
Reforming sustainability reporting: for and against 11APR This blog was first posted on the Guardian Sustainability Business Blog on March 11, 2013. I am posting a copy of the blog and a collection of responses as soon as the response window for comments has closed on...
When is sustainable also value-adding? New column of ‘Der T(h)urmblick’ published in forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften
When is sustainable also value-adding? New column of ‘Der T(h)urmblick’ published in forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften 05APR The newest column in forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften is covering the question in how far solutions that are called to be sustainable really add...