From Leave No Trace to Leave It Better: A Scoutmaster’s Playbook for Regenerative Business
I spent this past weekend tent‑camping with our scouts—our last nights in tents before we switch to cabins for winter. Two new youth came out for their very first campout. They learned how to tie knots, light a fire, and cook outdoors. When I arrived at the site, in the afternoon, the fire pit was…
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Understanding the Differences Between CSDDD and CSRD: The Critical Role of Project Managers in Measuring Impact
The EU now has two powerful levers pushing companies toward responsible conduct and transparent reporting: CSDDD (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive): do the work—identify, prevent, mitigate, and remediate adverse human-rights and environmental impacts across your value chain. Entered into force July 25, 2024; Member States must transpose by July 26, 2026; obligations phase in from…
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It’s Time to Count More Than Carbon: Growing the Business Handprint
This is a bit of a read, but I promise it is worth it. We need to keep shrinking our footprint. But we need, just as urgently, to grow our handprint—the measurable positive we leave behind. That is the sentence I keep coming back to when I look at business in 2025. Most companies have…
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Greenghosting: The worst form of hypocrisy
We’ve had greenwashing, greenlighting, greenlabelling, greenhushing, greenshifting, and greenrinsing. Each one its own tactic to dodge accountability while cashing in on the sustainability trend. But now, there’s a new kid on the block — and it’s worse than the rest. I call it Greenghosting. Greenghosting is when an organization positions itself as a sustainability thought…
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Why “Green” Still Matters.
When we launched GPM officially back in 2011, the “G” stood for Green. That choice wasn’t accidental, and it wasn’t branding fluff. It reflected a conviction: that the work of project management must fundamentally account for ecological realities. At that time, professionals used “green” and “sustainable” almost interchangeably. In some countries, “green” was the preferred…
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The 80/20 Rule Is the Missing Lever
Stop trying to boil the ocean. Focus where impact concentrates. This is a bit longer of an article but I find this to be fascinating… Sustainability has a prioritization problem. In too many projects we tack on a dozen green KPIs, scatter them across a dashboard, and hope the aggregate adds up to “responsible.” It…
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- From Leave No Trace to Leave It Better: A Scoutmaster’s Playbook for Regenerative Business
- Understanding the Differences Between CSDDD and CSRD: The Critical Role of Project Managers in Measuring Impact
- It’s Time to Count More Than Carbon: Growing the Business Handprint
- Greenghosting: The worst form of hypocrisy
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