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How a Social Entrepreneur Builds a Future out of Beirut’s Past

Sometimes a region’s diversity can also be its greatest burden, as the past twenty years have proven in the Balkans, […]

Leon Kaye

January 21, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Save Money, Eat Better: Walmart: Announces New Healthy Food Initiative

This morning in DC, in cooperation with First Lady Michelle Obama, the Let’s Move program and the Partnership for a […]

Leslie Back

January 20, 2011

Finance

Social Entrepreneurship in Bosnia: A Brilliant Mozaik

The civil war that tore apart the former Yugoslavia from 1992 to 1995 may be a distant memory to those […]

Leon Kaye

January 20, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Vestas Launches "WindMade" TrustMark for Wind Energy

Ever wanted to know whether the product in your hand was manufactured using wind energy? Danish turbine manufacturer Vestas wants […]

Nick Aster

January 19, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Institutional Food You Can Stomach

Bon Appétit Management Company, an institutional food service company, has 400 locations in 31 states, 10,000 employees and $550+ million […]

Ali Hart

January 19, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Interview with Kenneth Westrick, Founder and CEO of 3Tier

Fresh out of Masdar’s Smart Grid panel here at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, Kenneth Westrick of […]

Nick Aster

January 19, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

HBR Spotlights Smart Philanthropy

There has been a lot of discussion about the difference between philanthropy and corporate social responsibility. The line between the […]

Andrea Newell

January 19, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Video Interview: Numi Tea CEO Ahmed Rahim

In talking with businesses and entrepreneurs I am almost always asked these two questions: Is there a green industry or […]

Bill Roth

January 19, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Book Review: Managing the New Frontiers, An Introduction to the Fundamentals

By: Susan D. Harper Managing the New Frontiers, An Introduction to the Fundamentals, by Jonathan T. Scott, goes beyond introducing […]

TriplePundit

January 19, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Has FIJI Water Jumped the Shark?

FIJI water has gotten so much flack lately, I’m starting to feel sorry for them. On one hand they’ve been […]

Nick Aster

January 18, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Sustainability at Monsanto: Oxymoron?

Monsanto, known and sometimes criticized for their role in the proliferation of genetically modified crops in the US and the world, has […]

Josh-Gelfand

January 18, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Top Five Trends for Green Data Centers in 2011

Last year, Triple Pundit took an in-depth look at how companies are greening their data centers. Now, it’s time for […]

Kathy Siranosian

January 18, 2011

Finance

The (BoP) Project: Turning Wasted Vegetable Oil into Fuel for Africa

By Jonathan Kalan, Founder of The (BoP) Project. This is the second installment from The (BoP) Project, a journey to […]

TriplePundit

January 18, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Altruists in Action: The Role of NGOs & Non-Profits in CSR

The following is a guest post by our friends at CSRHub (a 3p sponsor) – offering free sustainability and corporate […]

CSRHub

January 17, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

World Future Energy Summit Kicks Off in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, UAE, may be overflowing with oil, but the Emirate is also brimming with ideas and commitments to a […]

Nick Aster

January 17, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Spruced Down: Going to the Mountaintop and Saving It

A 12-year battle with Big Coal over the future of one of the largest West Virginia mountaintop removal coal mines […]

Bill DiBenedetto

January 17, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Southwest Takes Off With Fuel Saving Landing Program

Southwest Airlines is one of American business’ great success stories of the past twenty years.  From its origins as a […]

Leon Kaye

January 17, 2011

Finance

Climate Capitalism and Biofuels Ready to Break Out in 2011

  By: Boyd Cohen, CO2 IMPACT Our “addiction” to highly polluting and emitting fossil fuels presents serious challenges to achieving […]

boyd

January 17, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

How the Science of Behavior Change Can Help Environmentalists

By Les Robinson The same questions about behavior change seem to come up again and again. Here are some answers […]

TriplePundit

January 17, 2011

Finance

Productivity in an ADD world: 3 Simple Tips

How many employees does it take to switch out some LED bulbs? Well….it depends on how many other windows they […]

Scott Cooney

January 14, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Mitsubishi to Sell Electric Vehicles at Appliance Stores

2011 is being hailed as the year that electric cars finally (re)emerge as a contender for the hearts, minds, and […]

Paul S

January 14, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

House Continues to Delay Clean Air Act Safeguards

By Dan Lashof, Director of NRDC’s climate center (Originally published on NRDC’s Switchboard Blog. Since taking control of the House […]

TriplePundit

January 14, 2011

Finance

Peer to Peer Meets Venture Capitalism at Hub Ventures

One of the biggest challenges to starting a new company is being alone (or with your business partner!) day in […]

jennifer boynton

January 14, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

What Our Crystal Ball Says – 7 Predictions for CSR in 2011

By Susan McPherson, Fenton January is a good time to reflect on the year past and to think about trends […]

TriplePundit

January 14, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

SSV West: Head in the Eco-Cloud

Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV) recently held their second Annual Water Summit titled SSV WEST (Water Energy Smart Technology) at Stanford […]

David Lewbin

January 14, 2011

Finance

GLOB's Non-Toxic Paints Offer Artists a Safe Alternative

Have you ever noticed that arts and crafts paint labels don’t list the ingredients in their products? Arts and crafts […]

Kara DiCamillo

January 14, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Masdar Digital Dialogue, Live from Abu Dhabi – Wednesday

I’ll be covering the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi next week – an honor and a privilege for […]

Nick Aster

January 13, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Barilla First Pasta Maker to Move Towards Cage-Free Eggs

Pasta.  Few things are as satisfying as a bowl of noodles drowning in sauce or drizzled in butter or olive […]

Leon Kaye

January 13, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Battery Swapping Won't Work for Ford, But it Doesn't Matter…

According to this FastCompany article, Ford Motors is not too keen on the notion of designing its future electric vehicles […]

spuma

January 13, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

U.S. Chamber of Commerce – Who's in Charge Over There?

Reading an article from The Hill about the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s “recent” stance in favor of more fossil fuel […]

Scott Cooney

January 13, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Why We Can't Afford NOT to Invest in Haiti

By Gerald McSwiggan and Taryn Bird. McSwiggan is the head of the U.S. Chamber BCLC Disaster Assistance and Recovery Program. Bird is […]

TriplePundit

January 13, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Is Honesty No Longer Enough in CSR Communication?

In the recent series CSR 2010 on In Good Company (Vault’s CSR blog), John Kim, Herman Miller’s A Better World […]

Andrea Newell

January 12, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

The Chevy Volt Named North American Car of the Year

Last week, Enterprise announced that it will now offer consumers the Chevy Volt by the end of January, starting in […]

Kara DiCamillo

January 11, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Korean Investment in Clean Energy Nears US$1 Billion

While many clean energy advocates and investors around the world laud German innovation and watch China’s surge in the development […]

Leon Kaye

January 11, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Healing the Healer – Engaging Health Care Workers

By Janet Brown, Director, Sustainable Operations, Practice Greenhealth. The Center for Health Design describes healing environments as meeting three criteria […]

TriplePundit

January 11, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

EPA’s “Power Grab” More of a Tiptoe

Clean air, clean water, open spaces — these should once again be the birthright of every American. We must strike […]

Leon Kaye

January 10, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Australia's Plan for a Zero-Carbon Economy by 2020

In response to a recent post which described the likelihood that natural gas will overtake coal as our primary means […]

RP Siegel

January 10, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Charismatic Carbon Offsets with Co-Benefits

Carbon offsets do play an important role in the global effort to combat climate change and can achieving significant reductions from a company’s own activities is either cost-prohibitive or technologically impractical. 

boyd

January 10, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Prisoners Refurbish Bikes for Africa

There is one sure thing about people in prison…they have a lot of time on their hands. Unfortunately, in many […]

Cory Vanderpool

January 10, 2011

Finance

Buffett, Gates and The Story of Enough

By Woody Tasch “When is enough enough?”  Bernie Sanders asked during his filibuster against the Lame Duck tax bill in […]

TriplePundit

January 10, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Logitech's "Plain Brown Box" Saves Money, Makes Impact

I was reading one of my favorite news and discussion sites tonight and found an image someone had taken of […]

Nick Aster

January 10, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Code for America: Hackers Helping Municipalities

Evidently corporate America needs to encourage a hacker culture to bounce back, and now local governments need hackers to help […]

Andrea Newell

January 7, 2011

Finance

Badger Balm Pays More Than Lip Service To Fair Trade

Triple Pundit has a long history of showcasing companies who embrace fair trade for several reasons.  Some benefits of fair […]

Leon Kaye

January 7, 2011

Finance

A Reason to Smile: The Environmental Toothbrush

A toothbrush is something we (hopefully) use every day.  With high frequency use comes high frequency wear and tear.  Professionals […]

Jonathan Mariano

January 7, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Electrifying Caltrain's Baby Bullet

The following post is part of the course work for “Live Exchange” the foundational course on communication for The MBA […]

CCA LiveE

January 7, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Like Life Itself, Sustainable Development is Fractal

By Terry Mock and Tony Wernke, SLDI Co-founders Follow Terry and Tony on Twitter: Terry @SustainLandDev; Tony @Sustainable4U This article […]

SLDI

January 7, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

To Build Local Economy, Mass. Targets GhG Emission Reduction to Pre-1990 Levels

Joining many national and local governments, Massachusetts has embarked on a goal of reducing greenhouse (GhG) emissions.  The plan is […]

Leon Kaye

January 6, 2011

Finance

Does Corporate America Need More Hackers?

Perhaps it’s the term “hacker.” To anyone who has been the unwitting victim of a malicious virus that has wiped […]

Andrea Newell

January 6, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

BOEMRE Issues A New Rule For Offshore Drilling

By David Pettit, NRDC (Originally published on NRDC’s Switchboard Blog). On January 3, 2011, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy […]

TriplePundit

January 6, 2011

Finance

Commodity Price Crisis Driving Green Economic Revolution

Earth 2017 projects that 20% of the world’s economy will be in sustainable goods and services by 2017 based upon […]

Bill Roth

January 6, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Climate Capitalism: The Path to Economic Prosperity

The debate over climate change is done - now it's up to companies to figure out what they can do to be part of the climate capitalism wave.

boyd

January 6, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

CompostModern 2011: Design Influencing Consumption Behaviors

Autodesk’s recent partnership with UK-based Granta Design has the sustainable design world all abuzz. It partnered Autodesk’s world class design […]

Scott Cooney

January 6, 2011

Finance

Is This the Time for Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship?

By Drew Tulchin, Managing Partner of Social Enterprise Associates Given the economic crisis in America, with unemployment at its highest […]

TriplePundit

January 6, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

EPA Regulations in GOP Crosshairs

Last year, after successfully being vilified as “Cap-and-Tax,” Cap-and-Trade was defeated. Not that I was particularly upset about it. . […]

Jeff Siegel

January 5, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Sustainability Named One of 'Jargoniest Jargon' Words of 2010 by Ad Age

Advertising Age named sustainability one of the “jargoniest jargon” words of 2010 that they “wish you would stop saying,” right […]

Lesley Lammers

January 5, 2011

Finance

Is the End of Coal Already Here?

There’s been an implicit assumption that with Peak Oil either already here or arriving soon and our society’s gargantuan (and […]

RP Siegel

January 5, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Crowds of CSR Standards – Who Makes the Rules?

The following is a guest post by our friends at CSRHub (a 3p sponsor) – offering free sustainability and corporate […]

CSRHub

January 4, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Year in Sustainable Business Writing Contest Voting Starts Now!

Happy new year! We’re excited to present to you ten different articles which were submitted by 3p readers to our […]

Nick Aster

January 4, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Vessel's Clever Marketing Moves Consumers Away From Disposables

A colleague from the Cleantech Group showed me a brilliant product the other day: Vessel Drinkware’s tumbler line of cups. […]

Nick Aster

January 4, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

The Green Brewhaha: Why Craft Beer Makers Go Green

By Kyle Cassidy This piece originally appeared in Wend Magazine and is excerpted here with permission. As human ethnology has […]

TriplePundit

January 4, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

The Zeitgeist of 21st Century is Yours to Share

The increased tendency to share is more than a reaction to our economic anguish — it’s a revolution founded on the revival of old-time values.

3p Editors

January 3, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

The Green Brewhaha: Sustainability at Bell's Brewery

What’s your name and the name of your brewery? Evan Meffert, Sustainability Specialist at Bell’s Brewery. How long have you […]

jennifer boynton

January 3, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Universities Embrace GRI Sustainability Reporting

Sustainability reporting has become de rigeur among thousands of companies as well as a majority of the Global Fortune 250, […]

crmehallow

January 2, 2011