Corporate Responsibility Quotes

“When the principles of permaculture are applied to business on a global scale, business will be a producer of profit for individuals and for the whole earth.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Permaculture is an even higher standard than ESG. Whereas ESG is a compartmentalized approach to evaluating businesses, permaculture is a holistic approach to evaluating businesses.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Employees need to feel trusted and respected at work. Everyone at the company should feel that trust and that respect.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Honest accounting is a really important part of corporate responsibility. Let's just be honest and transparent with the numbers. No inflating, no exaggerating, no reconfiguring... Just pure numbers that tell the honest truth about the companies financial reality.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Permaculture economics offers a regenerative future, where businesses thrive without destroying the planet.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“Embracing permaculture economics means recognizing the intrinsic value of the natural world.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“In the Permaculture Economics model, businesses enhance ecosystems, rather than degrading them.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“In regard to the health of planet Earth, business should be a value adder. The sum of global business activity should actually add value to natural ecosystems.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“The best supply chain is one that has no beginning and no end; and decentralized points of access and distribution.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Nature's principles guide permaculture economics, ensuring abundance and resilience.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“The permaculture economics approach fosters community-driven entrepreneurship, benefiting people and the planet.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“The Permaculture Economics paradigm shift prioritizes well-being over growth, aligning with humanity's true needs. Growth is still extremely important, just not more important than well-being.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“Permaculture economics empowers local resilience, reducing dependence on distant supply chains.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Permaculture economics promotes adaptive, responsive systems, like nature's evolution.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“By working with nature instead of against it, we reduce risks and build robust, thriving enterprises. That's the permaculture way.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“If diversity and inclusion initiatives are approached as a form of charity, it will result in some people benefiting at the expense of others. Instead, diversity and inclusion should be approached as a way to expand capacity and as a hedge against risk. If you look at nature, that’s what diversity does… expand capacity and hedge against risk.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth, Business Essentials

“The greatest things in civilization were all made possible by the wise stewardship of Capital. And all of the problems of the world have as their root cause a misuse or waste of capital. Therefore the primary concern for every business and every human endeavor, is the wise stewardship of Capital. And this is especially true for every Chief Sustainability Officer.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Implementing Green Infrastructure on the company’s properties is one of the simplest ways to improve its ESG performance.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“The ability to make risk scenario simulations is a profoundly helpful to company leadership to engage in risk management.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“The ability to make risk scenario simulations is a profoundly helpful way for company leadership to engage in risk management.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“While directly serving their customers, companies should indirectly serve the interests of society by taking responsibility for the holistic impact of their activities. Its simply a more broad view of value creation. This is what ESG is all about.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Permaculture economics promotes diversity, just like nature's ecosystems, and this contributes to long-term prosperity.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“By mimicking nature's efficiency, we can minimize waste and maximize resources.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Permaculture economics prioritizes fairness, justice, and equity, like nature's balanced ecosystems.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“In the Permaculture Economics system, technology serves people and the planet, not just profit.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Nature's beauty inspires creative innovation, driving regenerative entrepreneurship.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Corporate responsibility, like personal responsibility, is actually more empowering than it is restricting – but in each case, it takes a certain level of wisdom to see that.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Companies that adapt thrive in uncertainty, those that don't risk extinction.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“While directly serving their customers, companies should indirectly serve the interests of society by taking responsibility for the holistic impact of their activities. Its simply a more broad view of value creation. This is what ESG is all about. With this perspective, the goal is still Profit — Profit for all stakeholders, to varying degrees and in varying capacities of course. This holistic view of profit produces what I call Multiplicative Value Effects, or, win-win scenarios as opposed to win-lose scenarios where the prerequisite of a companies win is a loss for societal stakeholders.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Nature's cyclical processes inspire permaculture economies, eliminating waste and pollution.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.