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What We're Reading - Celebrating Earth Day and Sustainability
By: Larissa Piper
04/23/2012 - Over the weekend, we celebrated Earth Day, a day where Americans join together to celebrate what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement. If you follow our blog on a regular basis, you're aware that sustainability is a frequent conversation topic with our…
Standing Up for the St. Louis Green Business Challenge
By: Julie Layton
04/18/2012 - I'm proud to report that this year Standing Partnership is taking on the St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association St. Louis Green Business Challenge for the first time! In reflecting on our sustainability work on behalf of clients, the newly rejuvenated Green Team decided…
Infographics Show the Sustainability Story
By: Andrea Mollett
03/28/2012 - We all learn in English class to "show, don't tell" and "a picture is worth a thousand words." That direction is still true today, and may explain the growing popularity of infographics as tools to illustrate a narrative. Information graphics, or infographics, are not new.…
Sustainability Defined -- Beyond Green Business
By: Christi Dixon
03/20/2012 - We've been engaged in some lively coffee talks lately about the topic of sustainability. Generally, marketers and communicators tend to glom onto the environmental aspects of sustainability... making sure that "green business practices" are widely publicized and celebrated. Is that the only definition? In manufacturing…
GRI Sustainability Report Tips
By: Kristin Gumper
02/27/2012 - Annual report season is upon us. Many of us communicators who write annual reports are diving right into the strategic planning part of the process. If you are, I hope you're considering a sustainability report instead. Why? Because studies show that sustainability reports - or…
St. Louis Greenprint Report Highlights Economic Sustainability for Region
By: Christi Dixon
12/20/2011 - Last week's launch of the St. Louis Greenprint 2012: An Action Plan for Growing Our Region's Green Economy heralds a tremendous opportunity for the St. Louis region. Following the lead of Silicon Valley, Denver and Portland, St. Louis is now considered an early mover…
Embracing GRI Sustainability Reporting: What is GRI?
By: Kristin Gumper
12/06/2011 - As we head into the holiday season, December marks an important time for Standing staffers. We're reflecting on our 2011 performance and identifying goals for the coming year. We're also counting our blessings and thinking about the ways we can give back. In 2011, I…
What We're Thinking: Sustainability Tips
By: Nick Sargent
08/25/2011 - Sustainability isn't just a value we help our clients communicate; it's something many members of the Standing Partnership team embrace in our own lives. Earlier this summer, my wife and I purchased a used push reel lawn mower for handling our small south St. Louis…
Three Ways NGO Tracking Can Help Your Sustainability Reporting
By: Nick Sargent
07/21/2011 - The social evolution of the business world is transforming the way organizations manage complex communications and marketing issues. Like never before investors, neighbors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other stakeholders are taking a more active role in shaping the way companies do business. Earlier this week…
What We're Reading: Sustainability Report Edition
By: Ashlyn Brewer
02/18/2011 - Many companies produce annual reports that share financial data, but a growing trend is to produce annual sustainability reports that benchmark an organization's progress on key environmental indicators. Here's some of the most interesting stories we've read this week on the topic: 1. Sustainability reporting…
