Growing a sustainable business

Are you in this for the long-term?

Sustainability is about measuring—and managing—the social, environmental, and economic effects of business activities. But, unlike past business trends, the world at large is taking this "triple bottom-line" approach seriously.

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Solving the tech waste problem: For businesses across the United States, yesterday’s technology has become tomorrow’s problem. The millions of computers, printers, and other gadgets that are commonplace in any office—and that we steadfastly rely on to conduct business—can become threats when we discard them.

Communications review: A journal for telecom, cable, satellite, and Internet executives - May 2007
Our quarterly journal for telecom execs showcases some of the best global practices and leading-edge thinking regarding management and financial issues in the communications industry. It features sustainability and features articles on investing in the future, a winning combination, a different view, attracting the right tallent, and includes interviews from Didier Lombard, Chairman and CEO, France Telecom; Alex Arena, executive director and group CFO, PCCW; and Julio Linares, general manager for coordination, business development and synergies, Telefonica.
A sustainable framework for achieving transparency in the health industries - April 2007
Transparency is having a transformative effect on the health industry. This report looks at transparency from three separate viewpoints: the health industry, government and non-health sectors, such as transportation and financial services.
HealthCast 2020: Creating a sustainable future - December 2006
The health systems of nations around the world may be unsustainable if unchanged over the next 15 years. Creating a sustainable strategy for the future depends on organizations. abilities to learn and customize workable solutions within a societal context. This PwC report identifies transferable lessons within seven key features that will create systems that are built to last.
How to move your company to sustainable Sarbanes-Oxley compliance: From project to process - July 2006
A sustainable approach to Sarbanes-Oxley requires integration into a company's daily operations. Embedding compliance firmly in ongoing operations will require an organizational structure with clear accountability, an efficient operating structure and an enabling technology structure
Global forest, paper & packaging industry survey 2006 - July 2006
Now in its 9th year, the survey provides an insight into the major companies, issues and events shaping the industry. This year’s survey summarises the 2005 publicly available year-over-year financial information of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Top 100, the 100 largest forest, paper and paper-based packaging companies in the world, ranked by sales revenue. It also includes summarised results in the key forest products-producing regions, plus an overview of the 19th annual PricewaterhouseCoopers global forest and paper conference held in May 2006 in Vancouver, Canada.
Shaping the debate: World Economic Forum 2007: Davos - January 2007
To help participants prepare for their meetings, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) assembled a briefing pack called "Shaping the debate" designed to provide essays that highlight popular thinking, compare different perspectives, and provide key data for the main topics of the program. During the Forum, this material was made available via KnowledgeConcierege, an interactive website open only to participants at Davos.
Global entertainment & media outlook: 2006-2010 - June 2006
PricewaterhouseCoopers' seventh annual edition of this market-leading entertainment and media industry forecast, known as "the industry bible", includes in-depth analyses and 5-year growth projections for 14 industry segments, and is the only major E&M forecast to cover every global region: US, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Canada. The entertainment and media industry is now into a solid growth phase that we predict will continue over the forecast period, with only a minor slowdown near 2010. Worldwide entertainment and media spending will reach $1.8 trillion in 2010, driven by digital distribution channels, slowing losses to piracy, and a booming Asia Pacific market.

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