LeadershipHQ Magazine 3rd Edition September Issue | Page 24

Green
Leadership
Resourcing for the Future
In this article, the Waste to Opportunity Enterprise’s, Dr Georgina Davis, highlights the value
of environmental leadership and
discusses if environmental leadership can be characterised as a
‘leadership skill for the new millennium’.
So what is Environmental Leadership? It can be defined as ‘environmental excellence in a compa-

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ny’s operations, products and/or
services, and stakeholder support’.
An element of sustainability in my
view is also appropriate and, is itself, a critical leadership challenge
and not simply a technological
challenge as is often claimed. Successful leadership includes knowing about, and understanding the
range of social, environmental and
economic forces that impact on
a company and its stakeholders,

both internal and external. Organizations are being confronted
with increasingly complex operating situations and, for many, contemporary environmentalism has
become an integral part of organizational strategy.
So what are the benefits? Certainly, views on the environment have
changed from compliance to competitive advantage, resulting in ben-