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3p Weekend: 7 Booming Job Sectors Fueling America's Green Economy

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

Mary Mazzoni

March 14, 2014

Finance

Record Number of Social and Environmental Shareholder Resolutions Filed in 2014

By Andrew Behar As the 2014 proxy season takes shape, more investors than ever are seeking transformation of corporate environmental, […]

TriplePundit

March 14, 2014

Finance

RGGI Completes First Cap-and-Trade Auction Since Reducing CO2 Cap by 45 Percent

Extreme, atypical weather continues to take an unusually heavy toll on the U.S. economy and society this winter, patterns consistent […]

Andrew Burger

March 13, 2014

Finance

Recap: Live Chat with Dr. Neil Hawkins, VP of Global EH&S and Sustainability at Dow Chemical Co.

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

Marissa Rosen

March 12, 2014

Finance

Cut the Cord On Your Utility? It Could Be Possible Sooner Than You Think

With performance improving, production volumes rising and costs on the decline, intelligent battery storage systems may provide the missing piece […]

Andrew Burger

March 11, 2014

Finance

Emerging Legal Forms Allow Social Entrepreneurs to Blend Mission and Profits

By Marc J. Lane Social entrepreneurs throughout the nation are preparing to gather for this year’s Social Enterprise Alliance Summit […]

TriplePundit

March 11, 2014

Finance

Alternative Dispute Resolution and the Business and Human Rights Justice Gap

In May 2013, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (“OHCHR”) commissioned Dr. Jennifer Zerk to […]

Michael Kourabas

March 11, 2014

Finance

A Carbon Tax to Rule Them All

By Brendon Steele Here’s the beginning of a joke: Citizens Climate Lobby, ExxonMobil, climate scientist James Hansen, and a conservative […]

TriplePundit

March 10, 2014

Finance

Another Banner, Record-Breaking Year for U.S. Solar

A new report shows that 2013 was another banner, record-setting year for solar energy in the U.S., with 4,751 megawatts […]

Andrew Burger

March 6, 2014

Finance

Harvesting a Wasted Resource: Q&A with Rainwater Bottler Agana

Cities and companies may try to ban bottled water, but this convenient form of hydration isn’t going anywhere soon. One […]

Alexis Petru

March 6, 2014

Finance

Live Chat with Phil Bresee: Recycling Director, City of Philadelphia

Every Wednesday at 4pm PST / 7pm EST (and every once in a while at other times) TriplePundit will take 30 minutes […]

Marissa Rosen

March 5, 2014

Finance

All About Logistics: 5 Things to Think About After Forming a New Organization

By Erin McClarty I’m in the throes of preparation for the Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA) National Summit in April, and while brainstorming […]

TriplePundit

March 5, 2014

Finance

Wellness Isn’t Just for the Health Industry

By Paresh Shah What is wellness? Many people think that if you’re not suffering from a disease, then you’re well. […]

TriplePundit

March 5, 2014

Finance

Kiva and Vittana Crowdfund Student Loans in the Developing World

It is no secret that education is the surest route to a better life, but for tens of thousands of […]

Mike Hower

March 4, 2014

Finance

Sustainability and Catastrophic Risk: What Business Leaders Can Learn from BP

Click here to read more in this series By Jay Apt It is natural for our optimistic and energetic MBA […]

TriplePundit

March 4, 2014

Finance

NatCap13: 100 Days Later

By Mike Elm On Nov. 21-22, 2013, Scotland played host to 500 delegates from more than 30 countries who came […]

TriplePundit

March 1, 2014

Finance

3p Weekend: 10 U.S. Companies That Pay Above Minimum Wage

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

Mary Mazzoni

February 28, 2014

Finance

Bhutan: Transforming the Environment One LEAF at a Time

While world governments debate the best ways to reach the 2020 advisory of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]

Jan Lee

February 27, 2014

Finance

Libertarian Billionaire Peter Thiel Supports Raising the Minimum Wage

The prevailing thinking is that conservative Republicans are against raising the minimum wage. However, that is not true for all […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

February 27, 2014

Finance

Is the Sharing Economy Bad for the Real Estate Market?

If you want to start a debate, just mention rent control. But if you want to find yourself in a […]

Jan Lee

February 26, 2014

Finance

CSR and Financial Performance Linked, Moskowitz Prize-Winning Scholar Reveals

Click here to read more in this series By Deborah Fleischer and Christina Meinberg Winning the prestigious Moskowitz Prize—the only […]

TriplePundit

February 26, 2014

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Sustainably Attired

The Latest in Sustainable Textiles

We economize on our driving by using shared resources, or we bike to work, or walk to save on our […]

Jan Lee

February 25, 2014

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The Rise Of The Sharing Economy

Yerdle's Critics Miss the Point

In case you’re not familiar, yerdle is an online marketplace in which people can give away things they no longer […]

Nick Aster

February 25, 2014

Finance

Gap Raises Minimum Wage for US Employees

Gap, Inc. will increase the minimum hourly rate it pays American employees from $9 per hour in 2014 to $10 […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

February 25, 2014

Finance

Investors Pressure Oil Companies to Disclose Carbon Asset Risk

The jury might still be out on when the world will run out of oil, but the rising human and […]

Mike Hower

February 24, 2014

Finance

Raising Federal Minimum Wage Would Benefit Majority of Low-Wage Workers, CBO Finds

While many conservatives and conservative think tanks claim that raising the federal minimum wage would bring only negative consequences, an […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

February 21, 2014

Finance

India's Train Odyssey for Entrepreneurs

By Charukesi Ramadurai When Delhi-born Ashmeet Kapoor, 28, returned to India after seven years in the U.S., he knew that […]

GreenFutures

February 21, 2014

Finance

Monsanto Shareholders Defeat Resolutions for More Transparency

Monsanto continues to stand its ground against disclosing information about the costs associated with the genetically modified crop (GMO) industry. […]

Jan Lee

February 19, 2014

Finance

Research: Crime Stats, Staffing Problems Plague Walmart

Walmart’s grip on the retail market may be slipping these days. Three unrelated reports just released suggest that America’s box […]

Jan Lee

February 18, 2014

Finance

Proposed California Bill Goes After Sugary Drink Makers

If a California state senator has his way, sugary drinks will eventually be treated the same way that regulatory agencies […]

Jan Lee

February 18, 2014

Finance

Soccer Ball Harnesses Energy of a Swift Kick

Soccer rules–with the possible exception of one enclave in North America known as the United States. As Erik Distler writes […]

Tom Schueneman

February 17, 2014

Finance

Lyft Launches Coalition to Bridge Ridesharing Insurance Gaps

In the wake of the tragic New Year’s death of a 6-year-old girl in San Francisco caused by an on-duty […]

Mike Hower

February 14, 2014

Finance

Six Caribbean Islands Sign On to Replace Diesel with Renewables

Brought together on Sir Richard Branson’s Caribbean island retreat by the Carbon War Room and Rocky Mountain Institute, to work […]

Andrew Burger

February 14, 2014

Finance

Policy Points: Business Policies For a Sustainable Economy

By Richard Eidlin Voluntary corporate sustainability initiatives and social enterprises are essential but are not game changers by themselves. In […]

American Sustainable Business Council

February 14, 2014

Finance

Redefining What It Means to Love Your Employees

By Jasmine Youssefzadeh  We live in a time where technology is growing so rapidly that it’s mind-blowing to imagine where […]

TriplePundit

February 14, 2014

Finance

Lean In's Sheryl Sandberg and Getty Take On the Sexist Image

Nothing tells a story better than a picture, and as advertisers have discovered, nothing sells a product more than an […]

Jan Lee

February 13, 2014

Finance

A chat with Jamie Gauthier, Executive Director of SBN Philadelphia

Every Wednesday at 4 p.m. PST / 7 p.m. EST (and every once in a while at other times) TriplePundit will take […]

Marissa Rosen

February 12, 2014

Finance

The CSR Value Continuum: From Value Distribution to Shared Value Creation

Click here to read more in this series By Wayne Dunn “That is shared value not corporate social responsibility.” That […]

TriplePundit

February 11, 2014

Finance

Solar-Powered, Wireless Micro-Telecomms Bridge the Rural Digital Divide

Aiming to bridge the digital divide in India and developing countries worldwide, Vihaan Networks Limited (VNL) has been promoting a […]

Andrew Burger

February 7, 2014

Finance

Chew on This: WSU Researchers Sticking Gum to Lithium Batteries

It’s usually a bad thing to “gum up the works,” but in the case of the safety issues confronting lithium […]

Bill DiBenedetto

February 7, 2014

Finance

Electric Scooter Share Business 'Scoot,' Grows in San Francisco

Back in October 2012, we reported on a new urban mobility service operated by Scoot Networks, which at the time […]

Phil Covington

February 7, 2014

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Mobile Innovation

Mobile Technology: Helping to Stop Homelessness

Read more in this series For many of us, our cell phone is our lifeline to the outside world. These […]

Jan Lee

February 6, 2014

Finance

Want to Help Women Achieve Leadership Roles? Bring on the Men

Click here to read more in this series By Kellie McElhaney, Haas School of Business This past fall, I offered […]

TriplePundit

February 5, 2014

Finance

7-Eleven, Avis, Walgreens Reduce Peak Power Demand For Big Energy Savings

Revenue growth and profits for U.S. power utilities have always been predicated on increasing demand, regulatory framework and relationships with […]

Andrew Burger

February 4, 2014

Finance

Big Payoff for US EPA Climate Protection Partnerships

The Environmental Protection Agency has just released its annual Climate Protection Partnerships report, and it indicates that the U.S. is […]

Tina Casey

February 3, 2014

Finance

CollectiveSun: Solar Power for Nonprofits

The boom in solar energy in the U.S. is due in large part to innovative financing, putting solar within reach […]

Tom Schueneman

February 3, 2014

Finance

Target's Latest Insurance Move: A Bust for Workers?

Target recently announced that it is dropping its part-time store employees from its health insurance. The statement has been used recently […]

Jan Lee

January 31, 2014

Finance

First Out of the Gate: The Positive Ripple Effects of Community Development

By Leah B. Thibault, Director of Operations, CEI Capital Management LLC As a steward of the federal New Markets Tax […]

TriplePundit

January 31, 2014

Finance

US Solar Employment Growing at 10 Times the National Average

When it comes to job creation, it appears that the U.S. economy has undergone radical change over the past couple […]

Andrew Burger

January 30, 2014

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Building Shared Value

Everything You Need to Know About Shared Value at Davos

Learn More By Meghan Ennes Economic inequality was a major theme at this year’s World Economic Forum, and for that […]

Shared Value Initiative

January 30, 2014

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The Rise Of The Sharing Economy

Airbnb's Hidden Challenge: Its Own Community

By Emily Oliver Since entering the mainstream, Airbnb has faced a host of challenges that could derail it from realizing the $1 […]

TriplePundit

January 30, 2014

Finance

Sustainability Jobs 101: What Do Sustainability and Porn Have in Common?

  By Shannon Houde “I know it when I see it” – so said Mr. Justice Potter Stewart way back […]

TriplePundit

January 30, 2014

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The Rise Of The Sharing Economy

Recap: A Conversation on the "Sharing Economy" with Neal Gorenflo and Nicco Mele

Every Wednesday at 4pm PST / 7pm EST (and every once in a while at other times) TriplePundit will take 45 minutes […]

Marissa Rosen

January 29, 2014

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The Rise Of The Sharing Economy

FlightCar: Sharing Economy Takes Another Legal Hit

The sharing economy may have been a raving success with consumers last year, but not necessarily with big city governments. […]

Jan Lee

January 29, 2014

Finance

Fixing the Broken Compass: Finding Our Way to Natural Capitalism

By Jules Kortenhortst & Jon Creyts In 1999, Rocky Mountain Institute co-founder and chief scientist Amory Lovins co-authored a piece […]

TriplePundit

January 28, 2014

Finance

Environmental Challenges Drive New Revenue Streams for Big Muddy Workshop

In Part 1 of this case history, we described how a small Nebraska landscape architecture firm controls its costs and […]

Sustainability4SMEs

January 28, 2014

Finance

Victoria's Secret: Lost Opportunity to Support Nursing Mothers

It’s been a rough few months for America’s largest lingerie retailer. In November, after Victoria’s Secret’s jaw-dropping annual fashion show, […]

Jan Lee

January 27, 2014

Finance

Organizations Call on Foster Farms to Come Clean on Antibiotic Use

Last October we reported on the Foster Farms samonella outbreak that was sickening hundreds of people across the country. A […]

Jan Lee

January 27, 2014

Finance

Winners and Losers in the Trillion Dollar Green Economic Revolution

In the six years since I published my initial research predicting a disruptive and distinctively green economic shift that I […]

Bill Roth

January 27, 2014

Finance

Ceres and UN Call for $1 Trillion in Clean Energy Investments by 2030 – Is It Feasible?

Sometimes all you need is just the right framework to keep moving forward and reach your goals. This might also […]

Raz Godelnik

January 24, 2014

Finance

How Mobile Money Helps the UnBanked Gain Financial Independence

Read more in this series By Shivani Siroya With over 16 billion dollars flowing through mobile money platforms in Kenya […]

TriplePundit

January 23, 2014

Finance

Re-volv Solar Hits Top 10 Crowdfunding List

It’s being touted as one of the top environmental crowdfunding successes of all time. Re-volv Solar, a San Francisco-based organization […]

Jan Lee

January 22, 2014

Finance

Is Solar Hot or Not?

The conventional wisdom these days is that solar is a very hot play indeed. A list of cleantech stock picks […]

Bill DiBenedetto

January 22, 2014

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The Rise Of The Sharing Economy

Sharing Economy Revolution Turns Violent in Paris: What Can We Learn?

Parisian cabbies have unleashed hell on Uber cars over the last week, smashing windows and slashing tires. They see Uber […]

Nick Aster

January 20, 2014

Finance

Bloomberg, Paulson Form Group to Assess Climate Risk to Economy

This is another story about a group of business leaders who have gotten together to try to do something about […]

RP Siegel

January 20, 2014

Finance

Vinod Khosla Buries 60 Minutes With Clean Tech Facts

A major CBS 60 Minutes story on the clean tech sector has been picked apart mercilessly for playing fast and […]

Tina Casey

January 17, 2014

Finance

The Negative Natural Interest Rate and Uneconomic Growth

By Herman Daly In a recent speech to the International Monetary Fund economist Larry Summers argued that since near zero interest rates […]

TriplePundit

January 17, 2014

Finance

Class Action Litigation: Who's the Real Winner?

Class action litigation is a contentious issue these days. The Internet is filled with debates and discussions challenging its success – […]

Jan Lee

January 16, 2014

Finance

Chat with Impact Hub Philadelphia

Every Wednesday at 4 p.m. Pacific (and every once in a while at other times) TriplePundit founder Nick Aster will take 30 […]

Marissa Rosen

January 15, 2014

Finance

How Cities Can Address the Critical Need for Sustainable Development

As a lead-up to Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, Jan. 18-25, Masdar sponsored a blogging contest called “Engage: Cities and Sustainable Development.” The following […]

TriplePundit

January 15, 2014

Finance

Policy Points: If Properly Managed, (Federal) Debt is Good

By Richard Eidlin Some policymakers are concerned about the dangers of adding to the national debt and don’t want to […]

American Sustainable Business Council

January 15, 2014

Finance

3p Twitter Chat Summary: Duke Environmental Leadership Program

TriplePundit readers worldwide joined up for an hour-long Twitter chat with the Duke Environmental Leadership Program. The chat was co-hosted […]

Marissa Rosen

January 14, 2014