Recent data from McKinsey shows companies with robust sustainability practices were more potent in these five areas: "top-line growth, lower costs, fewer legal and regulatory interventions, higher productivity, and optimized investment and asset utilization." For private companies, these sustainability outcomes are driven by and for the interest of employees and the executive team. But it's unwise to discount the role of private investors, advisors and other stakeholders in company growth, innovation and sustainability.

Are you budgeting for sustainability in 2021? If not, you’re missing out on a significant competitive advantage.

With all investments, company leadership focuses on ROI. Luckily with sustainability, there is significant data to show ROI in crucial areas like employee engagement, profitability and customer satisfaction. Let’s review some of the returns you can expect to see from a sustainability investment for 2021.

Photos of the west coast sky are terrifying examples of climate change in action. The prevalence and intensity of wildfires are now visible in a visceral way. If you saw those photos and feared for your life and your children's lives, you're not alone. 

Employee engagement is one of those areas that's never "done." It's relentless and an ongoing task for founders and HR teams. So what can companies do to help increase employee engagement? What's a strategy that aligns with current employee engagement tools and increases engagement? Sustainability.

While silence or ignorance is comfortable, it’s no longer an option. It’s never been an option for millions of Black Americans and we stand beside them as they continue to make their voices heard. Change is necessary and long overdue. As a business, we create change with our dollars and our voice.

Here are the steps we are taking to help dismantle the existing system:

This is the final blog on corporate sustainability policies! Today we’re covering best practices, how to get employees to follow policies and how to share your corporate sustainability policies internally and externally.

This guide can be used to write any singular resource reduction policy as part of your corporate sustainability strategy.

It’s been a month since my previous Covid-related update and I’m eager to continue our conversation now that we’ve settled a bit into our new realities.

I wanted to share a few thoughts and updates on how we at Green Buoy are processing this overwhelming moment and our plans for business in the foreseeable future. I’m writing this March 17, 2020, and coronavirus has come in full force. People are social-distancing, worried about getting sick, seeing family members fall ill and contemplating impending economic collapse.