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Author Bob Willard

Bob Willard

Bob Willard is a leading expert on quantifying and selling the business value of corporate sustainability strategies. Willard applies his business and leadership experience from his 34-year career at IBM Canada to engage the business community in proactively avoiding risks and capturing opportunities associated with environmental and social issues.

Willard has authored three books: The Sustainability Advantage, The Next Sustainability Wave, and The Sustainability Champion’s Guidebook. In addition, his two DVDs, two spreadsheets, numerous webinars, and extensive Master Slide Set provide capacity-building resources for champions of sustainability. They provide quantified business justification for embracing sustainability strategies and proven guidance on how to transform organizations to sustainable enterprises. Willard holds a BSc from McGill University, and an MEd and PhD from the University of Toronto.

He serves on the advisory boards of The Natural Step Canada, Learning for a Sustainable Future, and Durham Sustain Ability. Willard is a member of the Education Alliance for a Sustainable Ontario, the Durham Region Roundtable on Climate Change, and the International Society of Sustainability Professionals.

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12 Trillion Reasons to Be a More Sustainable Company

Bob Willard
May 3, 2017
Business and Sustainability, sustainability metrics
It's a tool that supports a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis to justify whether the journey toward the SDG targets will reap rewards.

3 Recent Reports on the Unsustainable Income/Wealth Chasms

Bob Willard
February 1, 2016
Ethics, Business and Sustainability
There has been, and always will be, a wealth gap between the rich and the poor. It’s the degree of this disparity that is the issue.

Bob Willard: “I’m Screwing Up as a Sustainability Champion.”

Bob Willard
July 30, 2015
Business and Sustainability, Culture and Leadership
I’ve decided to change tactics and lead with a “burning platform” of environmental and social risks rather than the "carrot" of business opportunities.

CSR on Steroids: 28 Environmental and Social Goals that Define a “Future Fit Company”

Bob Willard
November 14, 2014
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We are uneasy about the pace of progress towards flourishing human societies and thriving economies on our finite planet - so we created the Future Fit Benchmark.

Bob Willard: The Planet Can’t Wait for Incremental Change

Bob Willard
October 21, 2014
Business and Sustainability
The CSR movement has fallen far short of what is necessary to avoid dangerous tipping points in climate instability, biodiversity loss, and other threats to ecological and social systems. We need a rigorous, science-based, and measurable description of a truly sustainable business.

Another Radical Sustainability Idea: Pay Employees at Least a Fair Living Wage

Bob Willard
June 12, 2014
income inequality, Ethics, Business and Sustainability, Social Impact
A living wage would not only have a positive effect on employee well-being, which improves productivity and reduces employee turnover; it also would increase the buying power of citizens, which is good for the economy and the company itself.

Pay your damn taxes! Are Sustainability Rankings Missing Something?

Bob Willard
June 8, 2014
Ethics, Business and Sustainability
The crumbs of social support that corporations provide through their CSR initiatives don’t make up for the tax cake that they are withholding from governments. Basic social services are jeopardized because corporations are not paying their fair share of taxes.

Should oil and gas companies be excluded from sustainability rankings?

Bob Willard
March 2, 2014
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3 reasons why inclusion of oil and gas companies in sustainability rankings don’t pass the gut check.
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