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From Food Trash to Treasure

Success

Did you know that a large portion of perfectly good food gets wasted before it ever gets the chance to be consumed? An estimated 30%-40% of the American food supply is pitched into landfills. According to the 2024 Food Waste Index Report , most of it stems from households. Unfortunately, we waste a lot of food.

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Sustainable Leadership: Incorporating Recognition into Long-term Business Strategies

Vantage Circle

A restaurant chain awards managers who cut food prices. This leads to purchasing fewer eco-friendly ingredients which are low in quality and shorter shelf life, producing greater food waste. It makes sustainability enjoyable and rewarding by appealing to intrinsic motivators such as competitiveness, achievement, and social influence.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

Success

Every year, the SUCCESS Women of Influence awards shine an exciting spotlight on remarkable women who transcend boundaries, inspiring and transforming lives across diverse industries and communities. These women are the unsung heroes, the trailblazers who’ve left an indelible mark, both personally and professionally.

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Milan proves to be the perfect setting for an optimistic BCO conference

Workplace Insight

So many factors influence, surrounds and support good office design, from fostering a sense of belonging and community to wellbeing and nature and they were all on the table at Milan.”

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Why Volunteering in Your Community is Important

Success

Yet most charitable organizations are smaller and local, including: Food banks, soup kitchens and homeless shelters Programs for veterans and their families Education and youth programs Environmental conservation groups Animal welfare organizations These local groups are often underfunded and understaffed. Volunteering helps the organization.

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Op-Ed: The Human Case for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

Great Place to Work

The government can’t (and shouldn’t) do it alone. Much of the public expects businesses to take an active role in addressing social issues, viewing the media and government as divisive forces in society. Businesses leaders have an outsized influence in daily life in America far beyond the products and services they deliver.

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Power, Privilege & Controlling the Narrative: Vested Interests in ‘Mental Health’

Mad in America

In the sense that everything is influenced by politics in one way or another yes, therapy is political. His entire social existence was so saturated with these power dynamics and vested interests that its possible he was blind to the influence they had on his perspective. Is therapy political? Mental health is also political.