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Sustainability and 21st Century Corporations: Are We Gaining Enough Ground?

By Julie Gorte Four years ago, Ceres and Sustainalytics produced a report that it called a roadmap for sustainability for the […]

TriplePundit

May 12, 2014

Finance

A Low-Carbon Sustainable Development Pathway for LAC Countries

Growth in energy generation capacity has gone hand in hand with economic development over the course of human history. Recently, […]

Andrew Burger

May 12, 2014

Finance

Climate Credit Helping California 'Stay Golden'

By Tom Bowman “Stay Golden.”  It’s not just a new rallying cry for water efficiency and saving energy in our state […]

TriplePundit

May 12, 2014

Finance

3p Weekend: Top 5 Corporate Bike-to-Work Incentives in the U.S.

With a busy week behind you and the weekend within reach, there’s no shame in taking things a bit easy […]

Mary Mazzoni

May 9, 2014

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Investing in Africa's Promising Future

Learn More By Michelle Morgan-Nelsen Africa is an economy in waiting, which some say has the potential to leapfrog developed economies. […]

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May 9, 2014

Finance

Stanford Becomes the First Major University to Divest From Coal

As we all know, coal is dirty. It is a fossil fuel and has a big environmental impact, as the […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

May 8, 2014

Finance

Bridging the Climate Adaptation Gap: From Recognition to Action

Editor’s note: This is the first post in an ongoing biweekly series on the climate adaptation gap. Stay tuned for […]

Joyce Coffee

May 8, 2014

Finance

Dan River Coal Ash Problems Not Over, Experts Say

More than three months after regulators were told that a coal ash containment pond in North Carolina had failed and […]

Jan Lee

May 7, 2014

Finance

8 Attributes of Paradigm-Shifting Responsible Businesses

By Michael Solomon For more than 12 years, my colleagues at Responsible 100 and I have been obsessed with the idea […]

TriplePundit

May 7, 2014

Finance

U.N. Secretary General On Climate Change: 'It’s Time to Lead'

The opening speeches at the high-level U.N. meeting on climate change at Abu Dhabi Ascent on Sunday constituted a rallying […]

Phil Covington

May 5, 2014

Finance

3p Weekend: 10 Companies Thriving in American Downtowns

With a busy week behind you and the weekend within reach, there’s no shame in taking things a bit easy […]

Mary Mazzoni

May 2, 2014

Finance

Culture is Center Stage in the Need to Rethink Economic Models

By Alison Tickell The creative industries are thriving. In 2012 they were worth £71.4 billion ($120 billion) to the U.K. […]

GreenFutures

May 1, 2014

Finance

Mars To Cut Carbon Emissions 25 Percent By Investing In Texas Wind Farm

U.S. candy and food products multinational Mars is taking bold steps towards meeting ambitious triple-bottom-line sustainability goals. Aiming to be […]

Andrew Burger

April 30, 2014

Finance

TODAY: Twitter Chat with Heineken: What Does It Mean to Brew a Better Future?

Join TriplePundit and CSRwire at #BaBF for a live Twitter Chat with HEINEKEN on April 30, 2014 at 8am PST […]

Marissa Rosen

April 30, 2014

Finance

Removing Policy Uncertainty Key to Clean Energy Growth, Report Finds

U.S. renewable energy generation capacity has been growing rapidly for more than a decade, spurred on by technological advances and […]

Andrew Burger

April 30, 2014

Finance

Sustainability Drives Innovation, New Revenue Opportunities at Tech Networks of Boston

Editor’s Note: This is the third post in a three-part series featuring Tech Networks of Boston (TNB). In case you […]

Sustainability4SMEs

April 28, 2014

Finance

Climate Change: The Externality That Came in From the Cold

By Julie Fox Gorte An externality is something that costs nothing on the part of the person or enterprise that […]

TriplePundit

April 24, 2014

Finance

Is This a New Golden Age of Innovation?

By Tate Cantrell The Greeks of old described the development of man — starting with a painful decline from the […]

TriplePundit

April 24, 2014

Finance

6 Ways Tablets Have a Beneficial Impact on Classrooms and the Planet

By Jessica Oaks While most of us grew up in a generation where textbooks, notepads and No.2 pencils were classroom […]

TriplePundit

April 24, 2014

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Sustainable Textiles: Harnessing a Spark in Customer Engagement

If there is one truism that sums up sustainable marketing today, it is that product sales don’t make a business […]

Jan Lee

April 23, 2014

Finance

Stopping Keystone XL: The Message is Getting Through

By Tom Steyer This past Friday, we received the welcome news from the State Department that the review period for […]

TriplePundit

April 23, 2014

Finance

SolarCoin: Scaling Up Sunshine-Powered Money

Editor’s Note: This is the third post in a series on electricity-backed currency. In case you missed it, you can […]

TriplePundit

April 23, 2014

Finance

TODAY – Twitter Chat: General Mills with TriplePundit and CSRwire

Join #GenMillsSusty on Apr. 23, 2014 at 12pm PST. How can food companies source their ingredients most sustainably – and protect […]

Marissa Rosen

April 23, 2014

Finance

The Link Between Walmart, Food Stamps and CSR

In Jacob Kornbluth’s film “Inequality for All,” entrepreneur and venture capitalist Nick Hanauer says: “The most pro-business thing you can […]

Raz Godelnik

April 22, 2014

Finance

Big Job: More Than 50 Percent of Worker Safety Inspections Complete in Bangladesh

The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety has completed inspections at more than 50 percent of the nearly 700 factories from […]

Bill DiBenedetto

April 22, 2014

Finance

Annual 3p Readership Survey Results

We would like to take a moment to thank those of you who participated in our annual readership survey. Overall, […]

Marissa Rosen

April 21, 2014

Finance

Sustainability and Employee Engagement: Don't Forget the Fun

By Ben Egan Sustainability is a concept that is supported by 97 percent of top executives, according to a U.N./Accenture CEO study. […]

TriplePundit

April 21, 2014

Finance

Pennsylvania Shale Gas Report Finds Little to Complain About

Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources this month released its first report that describes efforts to “track, detect and […]

Bill DiBenedetto

April 21, 2014

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Is Pop-Up Retail the Solution for Sustainable Fashion?

“I would buy more sustainable clothing, but…” Sound familiar? Even in the middle of the green bubble that is San […]

Travis

April 18, 2014

Finance

Should Citibank Bail Out Citi Bike?

Citi Bike is hitting some bumps in the road as NYC Bike Share, the operating company, struggles to meet revenue targets and deal with ongoing operational snags.

Lauren Zanolli

April 18, 2014

Finance

Interview: Eric Weinheimer Gives His Top Tips at the Social Enterprise Alliance Summit 2014

By Robbie Hall There have been countless keynote sessions and workshops that have piqued my interest at the Annual Social […]

TriplePundit

April 18, 2014

Finance

Women in the Workforce: How Businesses Honor Them in 2014

By Lewis Robinson Women are making leaps and bounds in the business world. Whether they are benefitting their employers by […]

TriplePundit

April 18, 2014

Finance

Recap – Stories and Beer: Farm-to-Bottle Entrepreneurship

It’s time for another Stories and Beer Fireside Chat on Thursday, April 17 at 6:30pm Pacific (9:30 Eastern) at the Impact HUB […]

Marissa Rosen

April 17, 2014

Finance

Coastal Ecosystem Restoration Yields Remarkable Returns

In an increasingly urbanized, technologically complex and consumption-driven society, it’s easy to lose sight of the advantages and benefits to […]

Andrew Burger

April 17, 2014

Finance

Employee Engagement Key to Sustainability for Tech Networks of Boston

Editor’s Note: This is the second post in a three-part series featuring Tech Networks of Boston. In case you missed […]

Sustainability4SMEs

April 17, 2014

Finance

Social Enterprise Alliance Summit 2014: Day 1

By Robbie Hall With 405 registered attendees and 37 represented social enterprises, the Nashville Social Enterprise Alliance Summit ’14 began […]

TriplePundit

April 17, 2014

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Video Interview: Justin Bakule; Exec. Director, Shared Value Initiative

Learn More Every Wednesday, TriplePundit takes 30 minutes or so to chat with an interesting leader in the sustainable business movement. These […]

Marissa Rosen

April 16, 2014

Finance

Global Renewable Energy Investment Drops, But Installed Capacity Rises

Renewable energy investment fell year-over-year in 2013, down 14 percent, but the drop belies some heartening news for market participants […]

Andrew Burger

April 16, 2014

Finance

The Quick & Dirty: A CEO. A Leader. Sometimes We Need a Bit of Both.

By Henk Campher I participated in another great Twitter chat with Aman Singh from CSRwire and Nick Aster from Triple Pundit hosting […]

Henk Campher

April 16, 2014

Finance

Boeing: Something Electric in Space

All-electric satellite propulsion is becoming a big deal, and Boeing says it is “on track” to deliver the world’s first […]

Bill DiBenedetto

April 15, 2014

Finance

SolarCoin: Cryptocurrency with Value for People and Planet

Editor’s Note: This is the second post in a series on electricity-backed currency. In case you missed it, you can read […]

TriplePundit

April 15, 2014

Finance

Go Green or Go Home: Why Being Eco-Friendly is Good for Delivery

By Phil Dumontet People often assume that making eco-friendly choices means spending more money. But more often than not, going […]

TriplePundit

April 15, 2014

Finance

Rio Tinto Pulls Out Of Pebble Mine, Gifts Shares to Nonprofits

Dealing another major setback to Northern Dynasty Minerals’ plans to develop the world’s largest known undeveloped copper ore deposit, multinational […]

Andrew Burger

April 14, 2014

Finance

Report: China Holds a 'Wide Lead' in the Clean Energy Investment Race

As clean energy finance falls in Europe — most notably Germany and Italy — it is soaring in Asia, particularly […]

Sarah Lozanova

April 14, 2014

Finance

SEEED Summit at Brown University: Interview with Ira Magaziner

Click here to read more in this series Interview by Julia Xu (Brown ’17) and Lainie Rowland (Brown ’17) We […]

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April 14, 2014

Finance

The Return of the Pink-Mustached Jedi: Lyft Raises $250 Million

A few months back, I wrote about Uber’s efforts to level Lyft by leveraging its hefty $258 million in new […]

Mike Hower

April 11, 2014

Finance

Clean Solar Initiative II To Add 100 MW of Solar Power on Long Island

Residents of New York’s Long Island (2010 estimated population 7.568 million) will be getting more of their electricity from clean, […]

Andrew Burger

April 11, 2014

Finance

Water-Energy Nexus: Utah Approves Largest Solar Power Park

Scatec Solar on April 1 received final approvals from the Utah Public Service Commission and Iron County Community Development and […]

Andrew Burger

April 11, 2014

Finance

Volkswagen Biodiversity Initiative To Establish Nature Corridor in Mexico

On April 8 Volkswagen (VW), the owner-operator of the largest auto manufacturing plant in North America in Puebla, Mexico, launched an […]

Andrew Burger

April 10, 2014

Finance

German Renewable Electricity Consumption Hits Record High 25.4 Percent in 2013

European economic and fiscal woes, push-back from utilities and the influx of cheap imports from China have created stiff headwinds […]

Andrew Burger

April 9, 2014

Finance

SolarCoin: Digital Money Backed by Solar Power

By Sam Bliss Back in 2011, Nick Gogerty and Joseph Zitoli of the Thoughtful Capital Group wrote a proposal to […]

TriplePundit

April 9, 2014

Finance

How to Make Corporate Giving a Foundation That Strengthens Your Business

By Zeynep Ilgaz It should go without saying that giving back is a good thing. Every member of society benefits […]

TriplePundit

April 9, 2014

Finance

Southeastern Cities Look to Max Out the Triple Bottom Line Returns of Recycling

Editor’s Note: This is the second post in a two-part series examining the recycling industry and job creation. In case […]

Andrew Burger

April 8, 2014

Finance

Wind Power Is Reducing Electricity Rates; Pays Back Tax Credit 17 Times Over

Higher performance turbines, lower manufacturing costs and lower prices for consumers drove new U.S. wind energy construction to record heights […]

Andrew Burger

April 7, 2014

Finance

Southeast Manufacturers Join to Spur Job Creation Through Recycling

From local to global, conservation of natural resources and ecosystems — and the quality of our air, land and waters […]

Andrew Burger

April 7, 2014

Finance

Lowe's Settles California Toxic Dumping Suit for $18.1 Million

Investigators at California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) have been hard at work – this time inspecting trash disposal […]

Jan Lee

April 7, 2014

Finance

Climate Change: Business Must Learn to See Future Uncertainty as Opportunity

James Goodman, Forum for the Future If you think it’s hard to attribute a flood, a drought or a storm […]

TriplePundit

April 4, 2014

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Supply Chain Worker Rights: From Good Intentions to Implementation

Not that long ago worker rights were a given, labor unions were strong and powerful, as was the American middle […]

Bill DiBenedetto

April 2, 2014

Finance

Meet Me at the Corner of 'And' and 'Why'

Click here to read more in this series By Joe Lawless Recently the University of Washington Milgard School of Business […]

TriplePundit

April 2, 2014

Finance

Desalination is Now a Billion Dollar Industry, Report Shows

Despite some early March rain in California, and a few storm systems moving in this week, the late season moisture […]

Phil Covington

March 31, 2014

Finance

How LinkedIn Can Help You Score a Sustainability Job

By Shannon Houde Unless you’ve been hiding under a particularly large rock for the past five years, you’ll know that […]

TriplePundit

March 28, 2014

Finance

Towns Impacted by Dan River Coal Ash Spill Continue to Struggle

As North Carolina regulators press to have Duke Energy stripped of protections that would have limited the company’s liability for […]

Jan Lee

March 27, 2014

Finance

Housing the Homeless Saves Taxpayers Money, (Another) Study Shows

A new analysis from Charlotte, N.C. once again shows what we’ve learned from many other case studies: It costs taxpayers […]

Eric Justian

March 27, 2014

Finance

Clean Energy Trends 2014: New Solar Energy Capacity Exceeds Wind For First Time

The landscape of the global renewable energy market continues to shift with changes in economic and social conditions and policies. […]

Andrew Burger

March 26, 2014

Finance

Oil Spill Shuts Down Houston Ship Channel on Exxon Valdez Anniversary

It’s been said that history repeats itself. It’s doubtful that the author of that saying had oil spills in mind […]

Jan Lee

March 25, 2014

Finance

How MBA Students Are Getting 'Out There' with Global Experiential Learning

Click here to read more in this series By Erika Herz Societal issues loom large, and MBA students don’t want […]

TriplePundit

March 25, 2014

Finance

ExxonMobil to Report Publicly on Carbon Asset Risk

Finally, ExxonMobil is agreeing to publicize the risks that stricter carbon emissions rules and limits will have on its business. […]

Bill DiBenedetto

March 24, 2014

Finance

Feds, State Investigate Duke Energy for Illegal Pumping of Coal Ash

A small handful of environmentalists that were expelled by police from boating on a local waterway in North Carolina are […]

Jan Lee

March 24, 2014

Finance

New EPA Emissions Standard Saves Lives, Creates Jobs

New fuel efficiency and emissions standards are creating stronger automotive jobs in the U.S., as research and development firms wind up […]

Eric Justian

March 21, 2014

Finance

EU Renewable Electricity Rises Above 23 Percent But Employment, Investment Falters

Renewable energy accounted for 14 percent of gross final energy consumption across the European Union (EU), up from 12.9 percent […]

Andrew Burger

March 21, 2014

Finance

California Targets List of Toxic Chemicals in Consumer Products

California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control has announced the beginning of a new program that will be designed to monitor […]

Jan Lee

March 17, 2014

Finance

How Cloud Computing Can Help Shrink Corporate Energy Consumption

With the world population now hovering around 7 billion and the increased strain put on the environment by developing nations […]

TriplePundit

March 17, 2014