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Sustainability

  1. Credit Union Social Responsibility: A Sustainability Road Map

    • Coro Strandberg, Principle, Strandberg Consulting
    • Apr 26, 2010 1 Comment
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    Now updated with never before seen archival footage of Chief Research Officer, George Hofheimer—Video after the jump

    How can credit unions tap into social responsibility? In Credit Union Social Responsibility: A Sustainability Road Map, author Coro Strandberg, a former chair of Vancity Credit Union, uses dozens of compelling examples and financial institution case studies to explain the myriad forms a credit union’s social responsibility can take. As a ROI-driven strategic guide, this report is full of practical implications.

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    categories » Marketing, Consumer Behavior and Market Research, Podcasts and Videos, Strategy, Sustainability

  2. Green: Tools and Ideas to Connect Credit Union Members to the Green Movement

    • Coro Strandberg, Principle, Strandberg Consulting and Denise R. Gabel, Chief Innovation Officer, Filene Research Institute
    • Apr 5, 2010 No Comments
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    Some say we are in overshoot, humanity’s ecological footprint is exceeding the earth’s biological capacity by 20%, according to estimates. It is calculated that if everyone consumed at the average rate of North Americans, we would need 4.5 planets to sustain us. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, prepared by over 1,360 experts worldwide to analyze the consequences of ecosystem change for human wellbeing concluded that 60% of the earth’s ecosystems are in decline. Collectively we have to ask ourselves how we can live within our means?

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  3. Back to the Future

    • Stuart Hart, PhD, Samuel C. Johnson Chair in Sustainable Global Enterprise, Johnson School of Management, Cornell University, Monica Touesnard Managing Director, Learning Labs Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, Cornell University
    • May 22, 2008 No Comments
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    The idea of integrating sustainability into credit union’s core strategy has been swirling around Filene for years. It wasn’t until one of our Filene Fellow introduced me to Stuart Hart (Cornell University) and Monica Touesnard that I felt that Filene could dig deeper into this proposition. Listen to Hart and Touesnard perspectives on the project:

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    categories » Innovation, Podcasts and Videos, Strategy, Sustainability

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