full blog – Lavery/Pennell http://laverypennell.com Profit + Sustainability Wed, 20 Jul 2016 08:26:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.4 Paris Agreement supports sustainable innovation http://laverypennell.com/paris-agreement-supports-sustainable-innovation/ http://laverypennell.com/paris-agreement-supports-sustainable-innovation/#respond Tue, 15 Dec 2015 11:56:26 +0000 http://laverypennell.com/?p=2136 Resource efficiency, supply chain efficiency, the circular economy, the sharing economy, forests and renewable energy will all benefit from the Paris Agreement.

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]]> Circular economy creates office furniture savings http://laverypennell.com/circ-econ-office-furniture-savings/ Fri, 31 Jul 2015 08:37:39 +0000 http://laverypennell.com/?p=1898 You can now buy as-new remade office furniture for less than half the new recommended retail price, thanks to the circular economy.

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]]> Building disruptive new businesses http://laverypennell.com/building-new-bus-models/ Mon, 27 Jul 2015 07:30:29 +0000 http://laverypennell.com/?p=1889 This video offers practical lessons on how to create a disruptive business, with details on building a circular/remanufacturing business.

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]]> 3 big differences between sustainable innovation and regular innovation http://laverypennell.com/sust-vs-regular-innovation/ Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:03:45 +0000 http://laverypennell.com/?p=1875 Sustainable innovation differs substantially from regular innovation. Read what a group of leading innovation and sustainability experts had to say on the subject.

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]]> Profitable Sustainability: Oxymoron or New Opportunity? http://laverypennell.com/profitable-sustainability-oxymoron-or-new-opportunity/ Thu, 26 Mar 2015 08:19:08 +0000 http://laverypennell.com/?p=1444 Many commentators believe that sustainability harms profitability; we have found the opposite to be true - good sustainability programs add significantly to profits.

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]]> Building an Economy that Works http://laverypennell.com/economy-that-works/ http://laverypennell.com/economy-that-works/#respond Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:51:47 +0000 http://laverypennell.com/?p=1358 The Next Manufacturing Revolution and the New Industrial Model are cited as evidence for and quantification of the benefits of 'An Economy that Works'.

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]]> http://laverypennell.com/economy-that-works/feed/ 0 New Report on Remanufacturing http://laverypennell.com/new-report-remanufacturing/ http://laverypennell.com/new-report-remanufacturing/#respond Tue, 09 Dec 2014 08:47:46 +0000 http://laverypennell.com/?p=1350 The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing and Sustainable Resource Groups released a report presenting the economic, social and environmental potential of remanufacturing.

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]]> http://laverypennell.com/new-report-remanufacturing/feed/ 0 Transforming sustainability from cost centre to profit centre http://laverypennell.com/cost-to-profit-centre/ http://laverypennell.com/cost-to-profit-centre/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:26:51 +0000 http://laverypennell.com/?p=1341 Sustainability teams in leading global companies are re-inventing themselves to move from squeezed cost centres to vital profit centres.

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]]> http://laverypennell.com/cost-to-profit-centre/feed/ 1 Latest developments and untapped opportunities in resource efficiency http://laverypennell.com/resource_efficiency_update/ http://laverypennell.com/resource_efficiency_update/#respond Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:55:02 +0000 http://laverypennell.com/?p=1336 Recent developments and emerging themes in the field of non-labour resource efficiency.

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