On February 15 at the Al Marooj Rotana in Dubai, I will moderate a panel of sustainability and corporate responsibility leaders at the Sustainable Leaders Forum.

I am excited to announce that I am on my way, for the first time, to Dubai, United Arab Emirates and the Gulf region. I’m looking forward to meeting sustainability professionals!

GM has turned a corner, and the company is improving its performance at many levels from water stewardship, its supply chain management and overall design process.

Accor, a leading hotel chain that owns a bevy of chains including Motel 6, is ramping up their corporate social responsibility efforts. Employee engagement and water stewardship are among the initiatives.

When you are really good at what you do, others want you to do their work for them.Hence the best of the worst PR pitches GreenGoPost.com received during 2011.

Corporate social responsibility is ramping up in the Gulf. QNB Group, a leading Doha bank, has been working with the under privileged in and beyond Qatar for over 10 years.

Leon Kaye will join journalist Aman Singh and UPS’ Scott Wicker for a Holiday Twitter Chat about how to be environmentally conscious, responsible and yes, enjoy this time of year.

Avon’s CSR report, released earlier this week, touts a bevy of achievements and promises to address issues including deforestation, governance and philanthropy.

Panasonic’s goal is to be the world’s number one green innovation company in the electronics industry. To that end, the environment will be the locus of the company’s business activities and will bring forth innovation.

GreenGoPost.com and Leon Kaye will be in East Asia for two weeks, exploring the latest and greatest in both nations. We’ll view the latest in rail, clean energy, recycling and having a little bit of fun on the side, too.