Sustainability It is personal
We have highlighted these internationally active companies since they have three key things in common:
- strong Swedish roots and heritage – the founder of each company was Swedish – and the companies still have a main office in Sweden;
- they get up close and personal with their customers at that most visceral level of basic needs – shelter, warmth, sustenance and attractiveness
- Sustainability is a part of their successful business strategy, and of their business operations
Our focus in this article is on their third common characteristic: Sustainability. We shall look briefly at what Sustainability means, at its Wicked nature and at the Personal Responsibility that lies at its core.
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NEWS AND RESOURCES
The Boardroom Issues Filter is a tool designed to give all decision makers a clear process for reaching considered and appropriate courses of action.
The Sustainable Development Goals:
Solution / Seduction - A Wicked Look at
Goals 8 and 12
What makes us human? Is it what we value? If we were to ask ourselves to come up with a quick review on what we value, what would we list?
Today, you probably woke up on an IKEA bed between IKEA cotton sheets, and used any number of their kitchen products to get breakfast fixed. It is also possible that you dressed with something good from H&M.
As individuals - whether business leaders or not - living Sustainably is easier when you understand that active Responsibility
is at the heart of Sustainability, and Personal Responsibility pulses at its core.
“I’m the creative director. My role is to develop the brand and make sure that we in every detail should be able to breath, smell and taste Nudie Jeans core values”, says Maria Erixon, Co-founder and Creative Director of Nudie Jeans.