sustainability is just, GOOD business

Triple Bottom Lion is the official blog for the Center for the Business of Sustainability at the Smeal College of Business.

we will never share your personal information

Recent Posts

Smeal Sustainability Advisory Board Profile - A Q&A With Uma Moriarity

Dr. Amaya Spoke on Sustainable Urban Logistics at Smeal's Recent Sustainability Research Seminar

Lara Fowler to Speak at Penn State's Sustainability Leadership Forum

Post playlist...by month

Erik Foley

The Weekender: the comprehensive business case for sustainability

The Weekender features a longer form publication or multimedia production from a reputable source. We select articles or things to watch...

Erik Foley

Step 4: Crunch the Numbers (Part 2 of 2)

1. Calculate Return on Investment (ROI) As we have been restating, you must constantly be checking with your organization to use the...

Erik Foley

Step 4: Crunch the Numbers (Part 1 of 2)

Finally, I get back to this....the business case for sustainability. People talk about it all the time but few know what it really...

Erik Foley

Step 3: Construct the Case

Finally, I get back to this....the business case for sustainability. People talk about it all the time but few know what it really...

Erik Foley

Step 2: Knowing Your Audience and the Business Case Graveyard

We are learning how to build a business case for sustainability in five steps: Prepare Know your audience Construct the Case Crunch the...

Erik Foley

Step 1: Preparing Your Case on a Sustainability Platform

We are learning how to build a business case for sustainability in five (not easy at all) steps: Prepare Know your audience Construct the...

Erik Foley

Five Steps to Building Your Business Case for Sustainability

Happy International Business Case Week! (I made that up...) As you will recall, I promised last week that I would detail a process for...

Erik Foley

What do we mean by a "business case" for sustainability?

Image credit: Cool Choices Happy Friday. I am pretty fired up about this whole business case thing.... Mountains have been written and...

Erik Foley

Happy 2018 and Must Read Interview with Unilever CEO Paul Polman

5 Minutes with Paul Polman Insightful excerpts from a Financial Times (Dec 2017) interview with Unilever CEO Paul Polman (full interview)...

Erik Foley

Keynote: The 8 Dysfunctions of Sustainability

An excerpt from a recent keynote in New York: Dive in for more insights and to subscribe. "Sustainable development" was born from a...