Inspired insights on accelerating, leading and transforming solutions for a sustainable world
Coro writes frequently on a host of sustainability topics. Her insights are infused with the latest trends emerging from her own research and her work with clients in many sectors. Every post includes pragmatic tools you can use and links to more than 100 downloadable publications and resources so you can go deeper. Coro believes it’s important to share her knowledge and “tales from the trenches” with as many people or organizations as possible, with the goal of encouraging and attracting others who want to make a difference in their own work or communities.
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Manager, Sustainability, City of Surrey
I go to Coro when I need unbiased strategic advice and expertise. There are very few people in the sustainability sphere I can reach out to who can offer both strategic and practical guidance. Coro fills a pretty unique need. She is highly attuned to best practices in sustainability and provides important insight on where sustainability is going. She liberally shares her work and her network with me.
Coro’s Blog Topics
Implementation and Integration
Sustainability integration and departmental / functional sustainability (e.g. procurement, HR, finance, marketing, etc.) research and inspiration.
Leadership Strategies
Social purpose, transformation, social innovation, and strategy development trends, research and commentary.
Social Sustainability
Social and community sustainability research, trends and insights.
Sustainable and Social Finance
Sustainable and social banking, finance, investments, insurance and credit union research, trends and insights.
Sustainable Associations
Sustainable industry, professional, business and trade association insights and tools.
Sustainable Boards
Sustainable boards and CSR governance trends and best practices.
Blog
Transitioning to an inclusive, low-carbon and circular economy: how associations can help
Even as society is coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, other social and environmental indicators continue to spiral out of control. Sectors, professions, occupations and the associations that represent them are key to putting society on a sustainable course, but they must act now.
The corporate boardroom is being transformed—for a good purpose
Leading organizations, companies and boards are coming to realize that to be truly successful, they must articulate and maintain their purpose in playing a role in the social good. They see that business can be—must be—a force for good to ensure the planet and those on it can thrive into the future. Society is demanding it, and the world’s largest investors have found that corporate social purpose is a driving force behind long-term sustainable value.
Social Infrastructure: Construction Projects as a Force for Good
Society is at an inflection point. The intersecting crises of climate change, rising inequality, and systemic racism are driving organizations to rethink their roles in society as they mobilize their resources, reach, scale, and influence to help put humanity on a sustainable course.
Corporate social purpose: the podcast!
I pivoted to thinking about social purpose for the corporate world five years ago and have been championing it ever since because I truly believe it is essential for organizations, humanity, and our planet, to survive, and thrive, in the long term.
Shaking Up Boardrooms and Society: The World’s First Purpose Governance Playbook
Most boards operate on a 50-year-old definition of corporate governance in which the singular purpose of the firm is profit generation for shareholders. But that is changing, and this article sets out why and how.
The Social Purpose of Associations: A Call to Action to Serve the Greater Good
The intersecting crises of the pandemic, soaring inequality, the climate emergency, and the urgent need to combat systemic racism create a burning platform for organizations everywhere – including and especially associations – to reconfigure their mandates to serve the greater good. There is no better time than now as society recovers from the COVID shutdown.
