Sustainability Project

Hey everyone,

I had a really exciting meeting today with an organisation called CEVEDES. They are the Venezuelan chapter of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Their focus is on helping Venezuelan businesses to become more environmentally sustainable.

This is a really hot topic in business today. People are realising that we cannot continue the way we have for years. Businesses must understand their impact on the world and the environment and work actively to minimise or correct any potential damage. People really care about this. From a purely public relations point of view, showing responsibility in this area is vital. From a commercial viewpoint, sustainability means efficiency, which is what companies want. Their bottom-line improving. From the perspective of human resources, employees are happier if they know their company is doing good. There are so many reasons for companies to develop strong sustainability policies and to act on them.

The question is, how can they do this?

This is where CEVEDES and AIESEC come in. We can work together to educate young people about this topic, create a platform for dialogue between businesses and students, and bring tangible results to business through projects and issue-based exchange.

Please read more about this topic on the WBC web site. If there is a group of members interested in this issue, there is a huge potential here to form a PBoX. CEVEDES and AIESEC are working together. They will be playing a big part in our event in Valencia in October. And we have several more ideas in the pipeline.

The question is now, just how far do you want this to go?

Please get in touch with me if you want to learn some more about how we can work with CEVEDES this year and into the future.

This cannot happen without you.