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Men Advancing the Gender Agenda

By Peter Yobo As a young boy growing up in Accra, the capital city of Ghana, I had a bright […]

TriplePundit

January 18, 2016

Finance

Doubling Renewable Energy Output Worldwide Could Add $1.3 Trillion to Global GDP by 2030

When one is walking around Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island with palm trees, white sand beaches and cyan-colored water all in […]

Leon Kaye

January 17, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

3p Weekend: When Botched CSR Turns Deadly

Take a break from those endless email threads and spend five minutes catching up on the latest trends in sustainability […]

Mary Mazzoni

January 15, 2016

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The Problem with Food Waste

Making Us All More ‘Resourceful’ in 2016: A CEO’s Pledge

By Jerome Peribere Last month, we saw the historic results from the COP21 climate conference in Paris, and in a […]

TriplePundit

January 15, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Going Galt At the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

When you turn a corporate social responsibility lens on the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney […]

Tina Casey

January 15, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Shareholder Activists Tackle Methane Emissions

2015 was a big year for shareholder activism against oil and gas companies. Less than a month in, 2016 is […]

Nithin Coca

January 15, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Google Launches Equity-Free Accelerator Program

Google continues to prove its influence in the startup ecosystem both online and off. Late last year, the Internet behemoth […]

Sherrell Dorsey

January 14, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Forced Labor in Corporate Supply Chains: A Powerful Role for Benchmarking

By Phil Bloomer From seafood fished in Thailand, to cotton picked in Uzbekistan – the supply chains of many everyday […]

TriplePundit

January 14, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Why Do Laws Cater to Big Business When Startups Drive Growth?

By Kayla Matthews There’s no question that startup culture is sweeping the nation. Everywhere you turn, new businesses are popping […]

TriplePundit

January 14, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

How to Attract and Retain Millennials Through CSR Efforts

By Ryan McCarty By the year 2020, millennials are expected to make up half of the U.S. workforce. While they are […]

TriplePundit

January 14, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Save Money and Cut Impact With This Overlooked Strategy

By Dale McIntyre Most people don’t give much thought to office printing. Because printing is a habitual part of everyday […]

TriplePundit

January 14, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

California, Feds Reject Volkswagen Recall 'Fix'

Last week, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) said “no deal” to Volkswagen’s proposal to buy back some of the […]

Jan Lee

January 13, 2016

Finance

Income Tax Law Makes Inequality Worse

Corporate law and taxes are dull subjects, and that helps the bad guys get away with it. Most reporters and […]

Brad Edmondson

January 13, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

4 Ways Nonprofits Should Market Employee-Matching Gifts

By Adam Weinger Many donors fail to submit matching gift requests because they’re either not aware that corporate giving programs exist […]

TriplePundit

January 13, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

The VW Scandal Continues: Implications for Corporate Social Responsibility

By Shuili Du and Deborah Merrill-Sands Over the last decade, corporate social responsibility and sustainability has occupied a prominent place […]

TriplePundit

January 12, 2016

Finance

How Millennials Are Leading Change in the 21st Century

By Nick Gower and R. Paul Herman Millennials are earning a reputation for doing things differently. They communicate intensively using […]

TriplePundit

January 12, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

The Case of DuPont's Pollution and the Importance of CSR

For decades, chemical giant DuPont knowingly allowed a cancer-causing chemical (Perfluorooctanoic acid or PFOA), used in the manufacture of Teflon, to […]

Michael Kourabas

January 11, 2016

Finance

Concept Tool Launched at COP21 Offers Market-Based Climate Solutions

A month has passed since COP21 President Laurant Fabius struck the gavel heard round the world and formally adopted the […]

Mary Mazzoni

January 11, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Déjà Vu: Facebook's Net-Neutrality Woes Continue in India

I wrote a few months ago about the backlash in India and Indonesia surrounding Facebook’s Internet.org initiative. The service, I […]

Nithin Coca

January 11, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

CSR Lessons from the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Takeover

By now the world knows that a group of self-styled patriots has taken over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in […]

Tina Casey

January 11, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Walking and Biking: Good for You and Your Company's Bottom Line

By Molly Duffy Businesses are doing more to promote walking and biking, both for commuting and as part of the work […]

TriplePundit

January 11, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

6 Sustainability Careers That Haven’t Occurred to You Yet

By Katie Kross When it comes to sustainability careers, one of the things that makes job-searching so tough is that […]

TriplePundit

January 11, 2016

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3p Weekend: The Silicon Valley You Won't See on Postcards

Thanks to the influx of large tech companies, the San Francisco Bay Area has ballooned in both wealth and population […]

Mary Mazzoni

January 8, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Fossils Gone Wild: Underground Hazards Link California and Oklahoma

California and Oklahoma are about as different as two states can be, but in recent times they have both experienced […]

Tina Casey

January 8, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Key Purpose Developments That Will Influence Business in 2016

By Carol Cone and The Purpose Collaborative Purpose as a powerful strategy to conduct business from the inside out has […]

TriplePundit

January 8, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Clicking the Way To a Clean Power Future

By Emma Bailey The Internet has grown to become a defining force of modernity as well as an indispensable part of the world […]

TriplePundit

January 8, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Beyond the Big Four: 12 Sustainability Consultancies to Watch in 2016

By Shannon Houde The job-search process can be lengthy and overwhelming with so many job boards and LinkedIn groups to troll through […]

TriplePundit

January 8, 2016

Finance

Using Access to Employment to Empower Refugees

By Virgilia Kaur Pruthi The migrant crisis has been at the forefront of the media since last July as more than […]

TriplePundit

January 8, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

The Conflict-Free Effect: Better for Society, Better for Business

By Carolyn Duran, Intel At the Consumer Electronics Show, our CEO announced that Intel is moving beyond microprocessors to achieve the […]

TriplePundit

January 7, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Is 2016 the Year of Community?

By Marianne Hughes Could 2016 be the year when big businesses become a bigger part of local communities? It seems […]

TriplePundit

January 7, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Want To Be in the Know? Add These Conferences to Your Calendar for 2016

The calendar is rolling over to a new year, and as we round this corner we’re excited to see what […]

3p Editors

January 6, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

FTC Fines Nordstrom, JCPenney for False Bamboo Labeling, But is it Enough?

Retailers Nordstrom, Bed Bath & Beyond, JCPenney and Backcountry.com are being forced to pay the Federal Trade Commission $1.3 million […]

Sherrell Dorsey

January 6, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

GM-Lyft Agreement a Big Step Toward the Future of Mobility

For decades the Big Three automakers were the big dogs on the American landscape, with consumers the proverbial tail. Post […]

Leon Kaye

January 6, 2016

Finance

Living Wage Movement Now Amazingly Normal

The living wage movement went mainstream in 2015. Just ask the Floridian of the Year. Last year started with nationwide […]

Brad Edmondson

January 6, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

The Most Important CSR Trend for 2016: A Move Toward Systems-Level Thinking

By Mark Horoszowski I’m writing this on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015. It’s the dead of winter in the North Pole […]

TriplePundit

January 6, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

The Quick & Dirty: The Anti-Trends for 2016 or "Enough is Enough"

I really wasn’t going to do this piece: the standard trends piece for the new year. Last year I wrote […]

Henk Campher

January 6, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

3 Ways Socially-Conscious Companies Can Win Growth Investment

By Joe Latona Finding startup funding — especially for socially-conscious companies — is difficult. Year-over-year growth is at its highest level in […]

TriplePundit

January 6, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

The Key to Improving Career Readiness Among College Graduates

By Pete Wheelan There’s no debate that society thrives when students succeed. Families, communities, businesses, educational institutions and government institutions […]

TriplePundit

January 5, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Smart Growth Can Cure California's Congestion Crisis

By Chris Busch and CC Huang California’s economy is hot, but its traffic congestion is not. Since the end of […]

TriplePundit

January 4, 2016

Finance

Bikes, Tech, Politics and Passion: A Path To Sustainable Transport

By David Connor In 1845, London solicitor Charles Pearson suggested the creation of an underground ‘atmospheric railway’ system that involved […]

TriplePundit

January 4, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

A Long-Term Vision and Systems Thinking Can Fight Air Pollution in Delhi

By Meghna Tare While 195 countries and nearly 150 world leaders are gathered in Paris for the COP21 U.N. climate […]

TriplePundit

January 4, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Why Don't More Companies Invest in CSR?

By Greg Doyle “Why don’t more companies invest in CSR?” I had a friend ask me this exact question. The […]

TriplePundit

January 4, 2016

Finance

Sustainable Self-Employment: A Guide to Implementation

By Daphne Stanford Considering the obscenely large amount of plastic floating in our oceans, we entrepreneurs should all consider starting […]

TriplePundit

January 4, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

4 Steps for Going Paperless: No Excuses

By Matt Peterson Attempting to boost your company’s sustainability efforts by limiting paper use can seem intimidating, particularly if your […]

TriplePundit

January 4, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Fossil Fuels: A Green Revolution Starts with Partnerships

Ed. note: This is an entry in Masdar’s 2016 Blog Contest. A lot of proposals have been put forth in recent years on how […]

Jan Lee

January 1, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

How Does a Twitter Chat Work?

So, you heard about one of our Twitter chats and RSVP’d? Excellent! Now, how in the world do these Twitter […]

Marissa Rosen

January 1, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Compliance Instrument Trends in the California Cap-and-Trade Program

By Dick Kempka The California cap-and-trade program recently completed another successful allowance auction, providing an opportunity for lessons learned regarding […]

TriplePundit

January 1, 2016

Corporate Responsibility

Working Across Silos: License to Fish, License to Build

Editor’s Note: To learn more about Bill’s thoughts on breaking through silos at your company, check out this post.  By […]

TriplePundit

December 31, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

Millennials and Other Trends Reshaping America

History will look back at 2015 as a crossroads in America’s adoption of sustainability. It was a year that saw […]

Bill Roth

December 31, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

The Best Job in the World?

Let me start out by saying that I have a pretty awesome job: the kind of job that lets me […]

Mary Mazzoni

December 30, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

2015 in Review: The Sustainability Mega-Trends Driving Business Success

There was much to be pessimistic about in 2015 in terms of people, planet and business success. 2015 generated further documentation […]

Bill Roth

December 30, 2015

Finance

Heads up, Green Investors: Climate-Focused Mutual Funds Have Stakes in Oil

By Anum Yoon With all eyes on the COP21 World Climate Summit in Paris this month, the world watched as […]

TriplePundit

December 30, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

How One Sustainability Pro Broke Out of Her Silo

Editor’s Note: To learn more about Bill’s thoughts on breaking through silos at your company, check out this post.  By […]

TriplePundit

December 30, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

The LA Methane Leak: 2015's Epic Environmental Injustice

Environmental injustice can occur anywhere, and this Christmas, a gated community of 30,000 residents in the scenic hills of Los […]

Jan Lee

December 29, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

Can Sustainability Pros Break Out of These Six Silos?

By Bill Hatton Silos occur naturally in organizations, and companies struggle to get information out of a silo and into […]

TriplePundit

December 29, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

Google and Ford to Partner on Driverless Cars

Whether or not driverless cars become the future — and some describe the idea as “pure science fiction” — the […]

Leon Kaye

December 29, 2015

Finance

Changemakers: 5 Good Reasons to Make a Plan for 2016

By Solène Pignet With 2015 soon drawing to a close, many impact entrepreneurs and fellow changemakers are looking back to check […]

TriplePundit

December 28, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

What We Should Address About Medical Testing Technology

By Kayla Matthews When 70 percent of the medical decisions in the United Sates are influenced by laboratory tests, it’s […]

TriplePundit

December 28, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

Landscape Restoration: It's Time

By P.J. Marshall The Restoration has begun. It’s official. From the very first speeches on the first day of COP21, […]

TriplePundit

December 24, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

Elon Musk, Experts: A Zero-Emissions Vehicle Should Be VW's 'Punishment'

Elon Musk and a few dozen of his tech cohorts think they know how to solve the crisis posed by […]

Jan Lee

December 23, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

REI Brings Ecotourism Alive in Peru

As regular 3p readers may remember, I recently returned from an ecotourism adventure in Peru’s Sacred Valley. For those unfamiliar […]

Mary Mazzoni

December 23, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

UPS to Use Landfill Gas to Power Its Memphis and Jackson Fleets

It’s the holiday season, so you can’t miss the brown trucks driving around delivering packages to people who have ordered […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

December 23, 2015

Finance

Zuckerberg and Chan's Patient Approach to an Urgent Investment

By Daniel Lurie In a time that is dark and scary for so many, when headlines tell of terror, racial […]

TriplePundit

December 23, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

San Diego's Goal: 100 Percent Renewable Energy in 20 years

San Diego claims to be America’s Finest City. And now it could become America’s greenest city too — a fine distinction. […]

Nithin Coca

December 22, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

Is B Corp Star New Belgium For Sale? Does It Matter?

New Belgium Brewing might be in play. On Friday, a report citing unnamed sources said that craft brewer New Belgium, […]

Brad Edmondson

December 22, 2015

Finance

5 Lessons My Students Taught Me About the Sharing Economy

As the end of the year quickly approaches, I started pondering what I’ve learned this year about the sharing economy. […]

Raz Godelnik

December 22, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

How Can We Keep the Private Sector Engaged After COP21?

By Monica Marshall Hot off the heels of the U.N Sustainable Development Goals launch this fall and COP21 in Paris, there […]

TriplePundit

December 22, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

Narrowing the Diversity Gap in Tech

By Virgilia Kaur Pruthi and Kristine Gloria A number of major tech companies have released information on the racial and […]

TriplePundit

December 22, 2015

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Tech Titans: Community Citizens?

What It Means to be a Responsible Tech Company

The world was abuzz earlier this month when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that he would donate 99 percent of his company […]

Nayelli Gonzalez

December 21, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

Paris Outcome: Adapt or Bust

As the Paris climate negotiations closed last Saturday, you heard a great deal of hope and optimism as well as […]

Joyce Coffee

December 21, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

What is an Internal Carbon Price, and Should My Business Implement One?

By Hugh Jones Polluters very rarely offer to pay for cleaning up the pollution they cause. Lessons from history tell […]

TriplePundit

December 21, 2015

Corporate Responsibility

Two Pivotal Events Contribute to Shaping a More Humane World

By Carol Cone The news crawler on CNN has certainly been filled with tragic and depressing stories of late.  But […]

TriplePundit

December 21, 2015