Insights on Sustainability and ESG Strategy for Private Companies
The State of Corporate Sustainability: Key Takeaways from Q1 2025
While public sentiment and increased scrutiny are swirling around public organizations, companies in the private markets continue to double down on their sustainability and ESG strategies. Rather than reacting to headline-driven pressure or public backlash, organizations are emphasizing first principles: focusing on the ESG initiatives that are material to their operations and long-term value creation.
How to Run an Effective Sustainability Committee: From Structure to Action
Establishing a sustainability committee is a critical step for integrating and seeing success from environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles into your organization. However, its effectiveness depends on how well the committee operates, who is involved, and how priorities are selected and executed.
Webinar Recap: 2025: A Changing ESG Landscape
The point of the webinar “ ESG in 2025: A Reality Check from Industry Professionals” was to share insights into how ESG has changed following the 2024 election and early signs of the Trump administration. Using both direct insights and crowdsourced opinions from professionals, the webinar covered key ESG trends, how we got to where we are and what the future will look like.
5 Proven Strategies to Reduce Scope 3 Emissions in Your Business
When B2B companies tackle Scope 3 emissions within their supply chain, focusing on clear strategies for engagement, support, and accountability can help achieve meaningful progress toward sustainability. Scope 3 emissions—those indirect emissions from sources outside an organization’s direct control, like suppliers, product use, and logistics—often comprise the bulk of a company’s carbon footprint.
Building Trust: The Role of Sustainability Policies in B2B Relationships
Building trust is essential in any business relationship, but in B2B environments where partnerships can last for years and even decades, it’s particularly crucial. Increasingly, companies in these sectors are finding that a robust sustainability policy can serve as a foundational tool in building and maintaining this trust.
Getting ESG Questions from Customers or Investors? Here's What to Do
Are you one of the companies experiencing an inbound rush of ESG-related requests? Are you seeing new ESG questions as part of the RFPs you’re filling out?
Private companies and the SEC’s proposed climate rule
On March 9, 2023, Eliza Erskine and Claire Veuthey hosted Kyra Ferber to talk about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (“SEC”) proposed climate-related disclosures. The following is a summary of Kyra’s presentation and our discussion that followed.
How You Can Implement The Triple Bottom Line
Implementing the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) means your company is considering profit, people and the planet in its activities. Read on to learn about how to build it into your business and the benefits of including Triple Bottom Line thinking in your strategy.
How Blue Dot uses Swag to Align Values with Impact
We’ve got a new blog series on values alignment as a superpower! What companies, trends, ideas are unlocking the values of companies to create more significant change? First up, we’re looking at the values engagement around swag. That’s right, branded merchandise and employee gifts. T-shirts, water bottles, the stuff you pile on employees to make them feel part of the team.