#83 – LINKING FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE TO ECOLOGICAL RESULTS WITH GREEN BONDS – KELLY EISENHARDT

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Kelly EisenhardtWith the rapid expansion of sustainability programming over the last decade, companies have been challenged to find ways to finance and measure the return on investment for sustainability projects. Most funded programs have been company or government sponsored. For many years, the lack of measurement for financial performance has kept the investment banking community away from financing these efforts. Continue reading →

#83 – COLLABORATION + SUPPLY CHAIN = SECURITY – STUART ROSENBERG

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Stuart Rosenber pixConsumers think little of the security and technology needed to bring goods to market.  Almost daily, cargo thieves are aiming at freight which is worth upwards to millions of dollars.  The targets run the full gamut from food, drinks, electronics, home products, building materials, clothing, auto parts, and pharmaceuticals. Continue reading →

#83 – VALUE OF BACKFILLING A RISK REGISTER – T. DAN NELSON

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Let’s say Pete’s company has been in business for over thirty years. Now ISO 9001:2015 comes out requiring risk-based thinking. Does that mean Pete must therefore engage in formal risk management, and that management must use a risk assessment tool to provide evidence of risk-based thinking? Continue reading →

#81 – POOR EXECUTION IS A MAJOR RISK – JOHN AYERS

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John Ayers pixMost large companies and many smaller companies have extensive policies, procedures and processes for risk management.  ISO-9001-2015 places a lot more emphasis on risk and policies and processes to deal with it.  In spite of these risk requirements, poor QA and management execution accounts for a majority of project failures.  Let me give you one example with the lessons learned. Continue reading →