News!
A selection of news, book reviews, articles, etc.
Green Doesn’t Mean Lean Adelaide Now, The Advertiser, October 11, 2011. “ENVIRONMENTALLY sustainable business practices can help cut costs and give firms an edge…”
PRiMEtime is launched! September 29,2011. PRiMEtime is a blog that will bring together and share best practices on how to mainstream sustainability and responsible leadership into management education globally. The blog will serve as a platform to share and discuss inspirational activities that promote the development of responsible leaders. PRiMEtime will be a joint initiative of the PRME Secretariat and Giselle Weybrecht, author of The Sustainable MBA.
Five Questions on Teaching Sustainability for… September 2011. “A dynamic speaker, Weybrecht will speak at GMAC’s European Conference, October 10-11 in Madrid. She shared her perspective in an interview with Graduate Management News.”
Indian Edition Now Out! The Indian Edition of The Sustainable MBA: The Manager’s Guide to Green Business has been published by The Times Group Business Series and is available to purchase across the region.
London Leaders Speaking Tour September 26, 2011. Giselle was chosen as a London Leader for 2011-12. Over the upcoming school year she will be doing a speaking tour across businesses and business schools in London focused on raising awarness with students and staff about sustainability.
Radio Adelaide (Australia) September 5, 2011. “What role do you think big business can play in saving our planet? Giselle Weybrecht is a business person and a “Greenie”, and she believes the businesses can help save our environment.”
Green Dialogues India, April 5, 2011. Author interview and book review. “…But significant importance is now being attached to the role of corporate in managing their environment and to incorporate ‘sustainability’ principles…”
The Business of Branding Giselle worked with CarringtonCrisp on their long-running study, The Business of Branding. This year’s research study will have specific set of questions relating to sustainability.
Visiting faculty Tecnologico de Monterrey, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Feb22-March4 2011. Courses on operations, organizational behaviour, strategy and entrepreneurship and public lectures with business leaders.
A growing thirst for water management by Sarah Murray February 7, 2011. Quoted several times “A lot of content on sustainability is still very general. They give definitions of what sustainability is and a little about what is happening in the corporate world…”
Ecolibris Green Book of the Week, Book Review January 19,2011. “The first thought I had in mind when I read this book was that I wish this book would have been published 10 years ago when I was an MBA student. Since that can’t happen, I can only wish every current MBA student will get to read it before and upon graduation.”
Book Review November/December. The Sustainable MBA presents a clear, straight-forward education in sustainability to anyone who is interested in the topic but doesn’t know where to begin.
Green Business by Giselle Weybrecht (by invitation), October 2010. Managers and employees at all levels are placing greater emphasis on sustainability.
How green is your MBA? by Giselle Weybrecht, September 9, 2010. Programs struggle to get green thinking into executive education.
How To Make Business Schools Teach Green by Giselle Weybrecht, July 16 2010. “Most of them have been very tentative about CSR until now. Accrediting bodies may be the way to change that.”
Sustainability? Zzzzzzzzzzz, Some green business ideas that won’t put you to sleep (interview with author). July 21, 2010. “Meanwhile, Giselle decided to take matters into her own hands. She takes readers through an easy-to-follow step-by-step process of going green.”
Mike Scialom meets Giselle Weybrecht, a new kind of green goddess, who is promoting the money-saving aspects of doing the right thing. (interview with author) July 2010
8 Ways to Bring Sustainability Into Any Job by Giselle Weybrecht, May 19 2010. “Even if you don’t have a job title that has the word green or sustainable in it, there are countless ways to bring sustainability into your job.” Also available in Portuguese.
Top 10 trends in sustainable business by Giselle Weybrecht, April 28, 2010. “Sustainability is taking the business world by storm. It seems that every day a new company is getting on board in an incredible range of different ways…”
A sustainable profit: How to make an MBA green by Angela Neustatter, April 8 2010. Full page feature article on the project in the paper.
10 Ways to Turn Any MBA into a Sustainable MBA by Giselle Weybrecht, April 5 2010. “In order to make sustainability the norm, we need to educate the next generation of business leaders in sustainability issues.”
Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles: My kind of town by Giselle Weybrecht, March 28 2010.
Radio interview by Blair Stein on ‘Midweek’ Ottawa, Canada on March 24, 2010 (see archives)
Book review:Outlook Business India, How to Go Green March 20 2010. “The best part about the book is that it has brought what would seem a dry subject to life. At the outset, the writer promises to provide the knowledge and tools to help you “green” your job and organisation. The book delivers on that and does much more”…
Green is the new way to manage, Sunday Times, March 21 2010
CA Magazine, Book review, March 1 2010 “This is a book that can be read straight through or used as a resource to consult on specific topics. Either way, it’s a practical aid to managers and professionals at all levels.”
Net Impact Featured Author Interview March 2010. “This groundbreaking book…is full of useful tips and advice for those looking to apply sustainability to their job, whatever job or business that may be” Liz Maw, Executive Director.
Global Business School Network, Book review by CEO Guy Pfeffermann, February 22 2010 “his is an excellent book, even broader in scope and substance than the title suggests. Indeed, while a lot of the content has to do with “green”, most of it is relevant to any business, especially “green” or not.”
Global Focus, The Business Magazine, EFMD, Jan 2010. Article on how business schools have a key role in preparing the next generation of business leaders to make sustainability the norm by Giselle Weybrecht. Also available in Chinese and as an audio file.
Career options in the field of sustainability by Giselle Weybrecht Feb 15, 2010
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