An Inside Look at Business Sustainability in the Larger Community

Blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company
Mar 26, 2012 12:00 PM ET
Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner of Taiga Company

Taiga Company blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Compa…

 

The link between business sustainability and a thriving business community is more visible today than at any time in recent past.  Our sustainability consulting continuously probes the questions:  "How does a business define its role in the community?" and "How does it know if it’s succeeding?".    Leveraging a real world example from Environmental Leader’s 2012 Insider Knowledge Report, we examine Intel Corp’s view on community engagement.  Defining the larger community as the “Fourth Stakeholder”, Intel warns of the business sustainability risk that comes from disregarding the greater community needs related to the supply chain, human rights, and environmental causes. Click here to continue reading An Inside Look at Business Sustainability in the Larger Community.   Home to one third of the earth's trees, the Taiga is the largest land-based biosphere and encircles the globe. Its immense oxygen production literally changes the atmosphere and refreshes the planet. It is this continuous renewal that has shaped Taiga Company's vision to drive similar change in the business world. Taiga Company seeks to be the "oxygen for your business".