{"id":1156,"date":"2012-12-21T20:30:39","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T01:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2012-12-21T20:30:39","modified_gmt":"2012-12-22T01:30:39","slug":"sustainability-dardens-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability: Darden&rsquo;s Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"has-dropcap\">A<\/span>ctions speak louder than words. In 2008, Darden committed itself to an initiative in environmental sustainability. Our goal was to be a leading business school for teaching and research in sustainability by 2013 and waste and carbon neutrality by 2020\u2014our aspirations were embraced in the tag line: <i>Sustainability: How we live and how we learn<\/i>. Lots of enterprises make general claims in favor of sustainability. But talk is cheap. Actions are expensive. Where does Darden stand on behalf of its aspirations? Let me give you a quick summary of our progress.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><u>AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS<\/u><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 <a href=\"http:\/\/mooreschool.sc.edu\/about\/sustainableenterprisedevelopment\/pageprize.aspx\">Grand prize winner of the Page Prize for Sustainability Issues in Business Curriculum<\/a> for <i>Innovation for Sustainability <\/i>academic concentration (2012). <\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbiz.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/23\/olin-ross-stanford-named-among-top-16-schools-green-mbas?page=0%2C1\">Top 16 Green Business School<\/a> by The Princeton Review\/Entrepreneur Magazine (2011) <\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 #3 globally in Corporate Social Responsibility by the <i>Financial Times (2011)<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Three Darden faculty, Ed Freeman, Greg Fairchild and Mike Lenox are winners of the prestigious <a href=\"http:\/\/aspencbe.org\/awards\/pioneers\/past_winners.html\">Aspen Institute Faculty Pioneer Award<\/a> for sustainability teaching and research impact. (2009, 2001) <\/p>\n<p><u>CURRICULUM <\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=clG32ObivqA\">This four-minute video<\/a> provides an overview on sustainability coursework. <\/p>\n<p>Darden offers 17 elective courses that include sustainability and ethical leadership, and which count toward the <i>Innovation for Sustainability <\/i>concentration. <\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/registration.darden.virginia.edu\/Course\/Info\/Abstracts_New\/8463-0910.htm\">Business and Sustainability<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"http:\/\/registration.darden.virginia.edu\/Course\/Info\/Abstracts_New\/8203-0910.htm\">Business Ethics through Literature<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/registration.darden.virginia.edu\/Course\/Info\/Abstracts_New\/8330-0910.htm\">Business-Government Relations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. <a href=\"http:\/\/registration.darden.virginia.edu\/Course\/Info\/Abstracts_New\/7610-0910.htm\">Creative Capitalism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. <a href=\"http:\/\/registration.darden.virginia.edu\/Course\/Info\/Abstracts_New\/8427-0910.htm\">Entrepreneur as Change Agent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>6. <a href=\"http:\/\/registration.darden.virginia.edu\/Course\/Info\/Abstracts_New\/8448-0910.htm\">Faith, Religion and Responsible Management Decision Making<\/a><\/p>\n<p>7. <a href=\"http:\/\/registration.darden.virginia.edu\/Course\/Info\/Abstracts_New\/8705-0910.htm\">Leadership and Diversity through Literature<\/a><\/p>\n<p>8. <a href=\"http:\/\/registration.darden.virginia.edu\/Course\/Info\/Abstracts_New\/8403-0910.htm\">Leadership and Theater: Ethics, Innovation and Creativity<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.darden.virginia.edu\/web\/MBA\/Academics\/Curriculum-Electives\/Areas\/Ethics\/\">video<\/a>) <\/p>\n<p>9. <a href=\"http:\/\/registration.darden.virginia.edu\/Course\/Info\/Abstracts_New\/8704-0910.htm\">Leadership, Values and Ethics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>10. <a href=\"http:\/\/registration.darden.virginia.edu\/Course\/Info\/Abstracts\/971-0708.htm\">Markets in Human Hope<\/a><\/p>\n<p>11. <a href=\"http:\/\/registration.darden.virginia.edu\/Course\/Info\/Abstracts_New\/8306-0910.htm\">Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>12. <a href=\"http:\/\/registration.darden.virginia.edu\/Course\/Info\/Abstracts_New\/8060-0910.htm\">Sustainable Innovation &amp; Entrepreneurship<\/a> (required course for Concentration) <\/p>\n<p>13. <a href=\"http:\/\/registration.darden.virginia.edu\/Course\/Info\/Abstracts_New\/8070-0910.htm\">Sustainability In-Depth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>14. <a href=\"http:\/\/registration.darden.virginia.edu\/Course\/Info\/Abstracts_New\/8430-0910.htm\">Systems Design &amp; Business Dynamics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>15. Brazil- S\u00e3o Paulo, Amazon, Rio de Janeiro <\/p>\n<p>16. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darden.virginia.edu\/web\/MBA\/Global-Opportunities\/Global-Business-Experiences\/Israel\/\">Israel: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Israel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>17. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darden.virginia.edu\/web\/MBA\/Global-Opportunities\/Global-Business-Experiences\/South-Africa\/\">South Africa: Proudly South Africa \u2013 Leadership &amp; Organizational Change \u2013 From Apartheid to BEE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>FACULTY <\/u><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/files\/2012\/12\/clip_image002.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px;border-left: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top: 0px;border-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"clip_image002\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image002\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/files\/2012\/12\/clip_image002_thumb.png\" width=\"494\" height=\"372\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><u>RESEARCH <\/u><\/p>\n<p>Darden is home to the 14-university <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corporate-sustainability.org\/\">Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability<\/a> (ARCS). Professor Mike Lenox is President of ARCS and Erika Herz is the Managing Director. <\/p>\n<p>Curriculum development is strengthened by four other research entities that conduct sustainability and ethics research: <\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darden.virginia.edu\/web\/batten-institute\/initiatives\/sustainability\/\">The Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corporate-ethics.org\/\">The Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darden.virginia.edu\/web\/IBiS\/\">The Initiative for Business in Society<\/a> (IBiS) <\/p>\n<p>4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darden.virginia.edu\/web\/olsson-center-for-applied-ethics\/\">The Olsson Center for Applied Ethics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>OPERATIONS: Progress Toward Zero Waste, Carbon Neutral by 2020 <\/u><\/p>\n<p>Darden has reduced waste to landfill by 32% and energy use 13% relative to 2007 baseline. Approximately half of Darden\u2019s waste is now composted. <\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/files\/2012\/12\/clip_image003.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px;border-left: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top: 0px;border-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"clip_image003\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image003\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/files\/2012\/12\/clip_image003_thumb1.png\" width=\"495\" height=\"452\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><u>LOCAL FOOD SOURCING <\/u><\/p>\n<p>Darden sources up to 60% local produce during the height of the growing season. To increase this, in 2011 Darden Hospitality provided interest-free capital to construct a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darden.virginia.edu\/web\/Media\/Darden-News-Articles\/2011\/The-Inn-at-Darden-Enhances-School-Programs-and-Encourages-New-Business\/\">2,600 square foot hoop-style greenhouse<\/a> at Appalachia Star Farm in Nelson County near the School. <\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><u>DARDEN SOCIAL MEDIA RESOURCES <\/u><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Follow Sustainability at Darden on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/dardensustain\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Listen to <a href=\"http:\/\/media.darden.virginia.edu\/podcasts\/Series.asp?SER_ID=5\"><i>The Darden GreenPod<\/i><\/a>, interviews with sustainability scholars and business leaders. <\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darden.virginia.edu\/html\/standard.aspx?menu_id=72&amp;styleid=2&amp;id=17736\">Sustainability@Darden<\/a> web site <\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/sustainability\/\">Sustainability at Darden Blog<\/a>: <i>How We Live and How We Learn <\/i><\/p>\n<p><u>CONCLUSIONS<\/u><\/p>\n<p>These data suggest that Darden has been making a serious investment of time, talent, and treasure in pursuit of its sustainability goals. We\u2019ve made solid progress, gauged by activities and outcomes. And sustainability enjoys broad support in the Darden Community. For us, sustainability is a matter of works, not mere words.<\/p>\n<p>Yet there is more work to do. This update reports milestones, not a destination. Our momentum on behalf of sustainability presages continued progress, which my colleagues and I look forward to reporting over the years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actions speak louder than words. In 2008, Darden committed itself to an initiative in environmental sustainability. Our goal was to be a leading business school for teaching and research in sustainability by 2013 and waste and carbon neutrality by 2020\u2014our aspirations were embraced in the tag line: Sustainability: How we live and how we learn. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.10 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sustainability: Darden&rsquo;s Progress - Robert F. Bruner<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 21, 2012 - Actions speak louder than words. In 2008, Darden committed itself to an initiative in environmental sustainability. Our goal was to be a leading business\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Robert F. Bruner - Sustainability: Darden&rsquo;s Progress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"December 21, 2012 - Actions speak louder than words. In 2008, Darden committed itself to an initiative in environmental sustainability. Our goal was to be a leading business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Robert F. Bruner\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-12-22T01:30:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/files\/2012\/12\/clip_image002_thumb.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bob Bruner\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bob Bruner\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/sustainability-dardens-progress\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/sustainability-dardens-progress\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bob Bruner\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cf87f53e8194b3f8eb27b00eb3b83090\"},\"headline\":\"Sustainability: Darden&rsquo;s Progress\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-22T01:30:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/sustainability-dardens-progress\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":553,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/sustainability-dardens-progress\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/files\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/clip_image002_thumb.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/sustainability-dardens-progress\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/sustainability-dardens-progress\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/sustainability-dardens-progress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sustainability: Darden&rsquo;s Progress - Robert F. Bruner\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/sustainability-dardens-progress\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/sustainability-dardens-progress\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/files\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/clip_image002_thumb.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-22T01:30:39+00:00\",\"description\":\"December 21, 2012 - Actions speak louder than words. In 2008, Darden committed itself to an initiative in environmental sustainability. Our goal was to be a leading business\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/sustainability-dardens-progress\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/sustainability-dardens-progress\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/sustainability-dardens-progress\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/files\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/clip_image002_thumb.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/files\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/clip_image002_thumb.png\",\"width\":494,\"height\":372},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/sustainability-dardens-progress\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sustainability: Darden&rsquo;s Progress\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Robert F. Bruner\",\"description\":\"Darden School of Business\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UVA Darden School of Business Bob Bruner Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/files\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/darden_mngrm_shrt_h_rgb_200x500-01.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/files\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/darden_mngrm_shrt_h_rgb_200x500-01.png\",\"width\":1042,\"height\":417,\"caption\":\"UVA Darden School of Business Bob Bruner Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cf87f53e8194b3f8eb27b00eb3b83090\",\"name\":\"Bob Bruner\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\\\/brunerblog\\\/author\\\/bob-bruner\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sustainability: Darden&rsquo;s Progress - Robert F. Bruner","description":"December 21, 2012 - Actions speak louder than words. In 2008, Darden committed itself to an initiative in environmental sustainability. Our goal was to be a leading business","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Robert F. Bruner - Sustainability: Darden&rsquo;s Progress","og_description":"December 21, 2012 - Actions speak louder than words. In 2008, Darden committed itself to an initiative in environmental sustainability. Our goal was to be a leading business","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/","og_site_name":"Robert F. Bruner","article_published_time":"2012-12-22T01:30:39+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/files\/2012\/12\/clip_image002_thumb.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Bob Bruner","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bob Bruner","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/"},"author":{"name":"Bob Bruner","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/#\/schema\/person\/cf87f53e8194b3f8eb27b00eb3b83090"},"headline":"Sustainability: Darden&rsquo;s Progress","datePublished":"2012-12-22T01:30:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/"},"wordCount":553,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/files\/2012\/12\/clip_image002_thumb.png","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/","name":"Sustainability: Darden&rsquo;s Progress - Robert F. Bruner","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/files\/2012\/12\/clip_image002_thumb.png","datePublished":"2012-12-22T01:30:39+00:00","description":"December 21, 2012 - Actions speak louder than words. In 2008, Darden committed itself to an initiative in environmental sustainability. Our goal was to be a leading business","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/files\/2012\/12\/clip_image002_thumb.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/files\/2012\/12\/clip_image002_thumb.png","width":494,"height":372},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/2012\/12\/sustainability-dardens-progress\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sustainability: Darden&rsquo;s Progress"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/","name":"Robert F. Bruner","description":"Darden School of Business","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/#organization","name":"UVA Darden School of Business Bob Bruner Blog","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/files\/2022\/01\/darden_mngrm_shrt_h_rgb_200x500-01.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/files\/2022\/01\/darden_mngrm_shrt_h_rgb_200x500-01.png","width":1042,"height":417,"caption":"UVA Darden School of Business Bob Bruner Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/#\/schema\/person\/cf87f53e8194b3f8eb27b00eb3b83090","name":"Bob Bruner","url":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/author\/bob-bruner\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.darden.virginia.edu\/brunerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}