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New Reports Say Sustainable Investment Can Stabilize Global Water Risk, European Economy
This week, non-profits Ceres and WWF published resources that provide guidelines for how strategic investment at the private and public level can help avert environmental and economic crises felt the world over. The reports also present compelling ar... View More
What Makes a Board Fit for the Future?
Any regular follower of SB knows that most companies must transform their business models if they are to start helping - rather than hindering - society's transition to a sustainable future; and this year will only see expectations grow, with the lau... View More
Survey: Millennials and Women Leading the Sustainable Investing Charge
Seventy-one percent of active individual investors describe themselves as interested in sustainable investing, and nearly two in three (65 percent) believe sustainable investing will become more prevalent over the next five years, according to a new ... View More
Report: Global Sustainable Investing Market Surpasses $21 Trillion
The global sustainable investment market has grown “substantially” in the past two years with assets reaching $21.4 trillion by the start of 2014, according to a new report by the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA).The Global Sustainab... View More
Beyond Incremental: Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan Takes Innovation to Scale
Once companies tackle the low-hanging fruit of operational improvement — carbon footprints, energy-efficiency retrofits and waste reduction — they are ready to address deeper sustainability challenges. ... View More
Citi Launches $100 Billion Initiative to Combat Climate Change
Citi announced a commitment to lend, invest and facilitate a total of $100 billion within the next 10 years to finance activities that reduce the impacts of climate change and create environmental solutions that benefit people and communities. Citi's... View More
Kuli Kuli Shines Through in Crowded ‘Superfood’ Market
The Oakland-based social enterprise sources its key ingredient, moringa, from women’s cooperatives in West Africa in an effort to help those communities move away from dependency on food aid and towards nutritional and economic self-sufficiency. ... View More
For Leaders, the Return on Investment on Humility Is Huge
If there is one aspect of coaching executive leaders that few truly understand well, it is the nature of humility. If you have been born and bred as an alpha-adult - commanding, controlling, dominating - and this is your leadership style, the very wo... View More
Danone, Unilever Among 6 Major Companies With Comprehensive Deforestation Policies
Only six major companies and one investor — Danone, Unilever, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Kao Corp., Reckitt Benckiser Group, and financial services giant HSBC — have comprehensive policies in place to protect tropical forests, according to a ... View More
How Cryptocurrency Is Lifting Hope for South Africa's Women
Digital currency, aka cryptocurrency, is shaking up the financial industry’s entrenched institutions, and now its potential for doing good is dawning — as it enables accountability and financial sovereignty one mobile click at a time.Stellar, a n... View More
Closing the Loop on Recycling: Unilever, P&G Aim to Give Communities Greater Access to Recycling Programs
Regardless of where we live, we’re neighbors — sharing this grand global space, and thus all of its sustainability challenges and opportunities.Therefore, we believe we also share in the responsibility to develop solutions, and to work togeth... View More
Study: Businesses Strengthening Sustainability Through Collaborations
A growing number of companies are turning to collaborations — with suppliers, NGOs, industry alliances, governments and even competitors — to become more sustainable, according to new research by MIT Sloan Management Review, The Boston Consulting... View More
Shell Endorses Shareholder Resolution That 'Boldly Questions Its Own Business Model'
Last week, Royal Dutch Shell’s board of directors ratified a shareholder resolution that commits the oil giant to investing in a low-carbon future. The resolution called for the company to commit to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, invest in ... View More
Solomon to Sustainability Laggards: Catch-Up Will Become Harder to Play
Joel Solomon, a pioneer in social venture capital, is chairman of Renewal Funds, Canada’s largest organization in the sector.With $98m in assets under management, Renewal Funds invests in organic food, responsibly made products and environmental in... View More
Delivering on Profit and Purpose – a Job for the CFO?
Back in 2012, a Deloitte study remarked how chief finance officers (CFOs) were ‘coming to the table’ in matters relating to board-level sustainability. The CFO role has evolved to the point where it is now widely perceived as an enabler for susta... View More
WRI Guide Helps Companies Report Emissions From Low-Carbon Electricity Purchases
The World Resources Institute (WRI) has unveiled new guidance for companies to measure emissions from purchased electricity.The first major update to the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard responds to the rapid growth of renewab... View More
Report: 5 Most Pressing Global Risks Create 15 Sustainable Growth Opportunities
Business leaders globally have strong confidence in their own ability to turn sustainability challenges such as water scarcity and fossil fuel dependency into new business opportunities, particularly in the manufacturing and finance sectors in emergi... View More
All Capitals Are Unequal, But Some Are More Unequal Than Others
“Price is what you pay, value is what you get”Warren BuffettMoving beyond one-dimensional capitalism“All capitals are unequal, but some are more unequal than others.”This was a thought that popped into my mind after a number of real-life and ... View More
Canadian City Moves Toward First Closed-Loop Organics Waste Management System
The Canadian city of Surrey has chosen Iris Solutions to build what the city claims will be the first closed-loop, fully-integrated organics waste management system in North America.The Surrey Biofuels Processing Facility will process 115,000 tons of... View More
