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ISC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization committed to developing the next generation of communication and media leaders required to create green jobs, foster environmental restoration and improve quality of life in the communities they touch.

Polls

To what extent are your peers familiar with the concept of sustainability?
 

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Sustainable Advertising Partnership

Sustainable Advertising Partnership

Demonstrate your company’s leadership in addressing climate change and sustainability! Foster the widespread growth of sustainable business practices and transform the ways in which energy, m...

Taming the Paper Jungle

Taming the Paper Jungle

How to increase the sustainability of your workplace with eco-effective communication and collaboration workflows. Improve operational efficiency and effectiveness — while enhancing your susta...

Outreach and Education

ISC actively develops and participates in conferences, seminars, workshops and publications focused on the media supply chain practices of public and private sector organizations. ISC staff, advisors and fellows also develop curricula and conduct training focused on sustainable communication in partnership with academic organizations, government agencies and business enterprises.

Research and Analysis

We provide research and analysis for organizations of all types and sizes. ISC staff, advisors and fellows have decades of experience in sustainability, environmental management, lifecycle analysis, carbon footprinting, total cost accounting, lean six sigma, value stream mapping, opinion research, supply chain management, operations management, training and education.

Fellowship and Mentoring

ISC supports the career development of young scholars and professionals through programs providing mentoring, internships, scholarships and fellowships that build capacity and essential human capital for the widespread adoption of sustainable communication media technology and business practices.

Articles

The Green Report Part 2: Is Your Green Sustainable?

Increasingly it seems that just about every organization or product is claiming to be “green.” Even if your company is not planning to address becoming greener this year, your customers, your competitors and your government probably are, but supply chain professionals and regulators are also growing increasingly skeptical of unsubstantiated “green” claims and wary of brands that fail to address sustainability in a transparent & systematic manner.

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Factoids

Since 2006 the forest products industry has lost more than 181,000 jobs, or roughly 14% of its workforce.

100 million Americans read a daily print paper, and 115 million on Sundays.

Climate change lobbyists now outnumber members of Congress by more than a 4 to 1 margin.

Blogroll

  • Attention Philanthropy 2009
    WorldChanging Team: At Worldchanging, one of our three main missions is to practice attention philanthropy. Attention philanthropy is a gift of notice. In a noisy world,...