Lighting the Way for A Brighter Future for Family Business…

TRANSFORMING LEGACY FAMILY ENTERPRISES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Pramodita Sharma, Sanjay Sharma, and Caroline Seow see profits reimagined by sustainably-minded enterprises in the Family Firm Institute‘s weekly online publication, FFI Practioner

In this article, Sharma et al. reveal the different conditions that leverage innovation and harness sustainable growth across family businesses for the long term and across generations.

A step in the right direction…

THE ONLY WAY FORWARD: MULTIGENERATIONAL COLLABORATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Dean Sanjay Sharma speaks with Tharawat Magazine‘s Lee Hoverd about the benefits of co-creation and circularity at the core of sustainable family businesses

After 16 years in senior corporate management, Sanjay Sharma realized the conventional business model of profits over environmental stewardship and social equity was deeply flawed. His commitment to changing the status quo led him to academia. Today, he’s the Dean of the Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont, which is recognized worldwide for its leadership in sustainable business higher education and research.

Close connections with stakeholders deliver a healthy serving of business growth…

STATE GARDEN: PEOPLE, PLANET, PRODUCE

Third generation President & CEO of State Garden, Inc., Mark DemIchaelis speaks with Tharawat Magazine‘s Tony Sekulich about how his family has grown a sustainable business powerhouse across four generations

DeMichaelis with his daughter, Olivia, a member of the fourth generation and the inspiration behind State Garden‘s flagship brand, Olivia’s Organics.

From a humble start as a wholesale vegetable cart in Boston’s famed produce market, State Garden now operates in a sprawling 170,000 square feet processing center located 5 miles north in the city of Chelsea. Renown across the community for their responsible business practices, dedicated family employees, and robust relationships across all stakeholders, State Garden is keeping large-scale vegetable production green for the planet and the future.