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Boosting Security in the Mobile-for-Good Space

Read more in this series It seems as if high-profile privacy breaches are everywhere in the news these days. Snapchat […]

Mary Mazzoni

January 14, 2014

Finance

Money from ExxonMobil – Who's Hoaxing Who?

ExxonMobil is not the kind of company that throws money away. There’s always a plan behind its largesse. When the […]

Bill DiBenedetto

January 14, 2014

Finance

South America's Largest Solar Thermal Power Plant to Be Built in Chile

Spain’s Abengoa has landed the contract to design, build and operate South America’s largest solar thermal power plant. Also known […]

Andrew Burger

January 13, 2014

Finance

Portland State University Program Teaches Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

By Jacen Greene At Portland State University (PSU), Oregon’s largest and most diverse campus, sustainability is embedded in programs and […]

TriplePundit

January 10, 2014

Finance

US Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Nearly Double In 2013

Good news for those living at the intersection of manufacturing and environmentalism. Here in the U.S., sales of plug-in electric […]

Eric Justian

January 9, 2014

Finance

2014: The Year of Impact Investing

By: Beth Sirull, President, Pacific Community Ventures This is shaping up to be the year of impact investing — the year […]

TriplePundit

January 9, 2014

Finance

Hey Good Lookin’! You Should Be a CEO

They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it just might be that beauty is also […]

Bill DiBenedetto

January 8, 2014

Finance

Non-GMO Cheerios: A Sign of the Future?

Environmentalists are calling it a victory. General Mills, however, says it’s just a recipe change. In a recent blog post, […]

Jan Lee

January 8, 2014

Finance

Organic Earthbound Farm Sells to WhiteWave for $600m

WhiteWave Foods, best known for its Horizon Organic Milk, Silk and Land O’ Lakes beverage and dairy labels, has a […]

Jan Lee

January 7, 2014

Finance

Five 2014 CSR Game-Changers

In 2013 corporate social responsibility moved from “do good” actions to a business best practice. The following five 2014 CSR […]

Bill Roth

January 7, 2014

Finance

MPOWERD Lantern Brings Affordable Solar to Sub-Saharan Africa

By Kerry Sinclair Jacques-Phillippe Piverger likes to say that his company, MPOWERD, is “eradicating energy poverty through solar justice.” He […]

bard-students

January 7, 2014

Finance

DOE Says No to Reversing Rule that Raises Carbon Costs

Call it a win for environmentalists. For now. What has been defended by the Obama Adminstration as a pragmatic review […]

Jan Lee

January 3, 2014

Finance

Redefining Sales for Ethical and Sustainable Business

By Peri Shawn Many business people talk passionately about growing their businesses. Yet, in the same breath, they also speak […]

TriplePundit

January 3, 2014

Finance

How Big Muddy Workshop Makes People Part of the Sustainable Business Model

Part 1 of this case history showed how this small landscape architecture firm in Nebraska employs sustainable business principles to […]

Sustainability4SMEs

January 2, 2014

Finance

Lawmakers Act to Raise European Carbon Price

By Emil Dimantchev In mid-December, the European Parliament approved a measure to support the European carbon price. Following two years […]

TriplePundit

December 30, 2013

Finance

Persistent Energy Ghana Brings Solar to Those Who Need Light

By Justine Porter Persistent Energy Ghana (PEG) is leading the movement to bring green energy, installing solar-powered micro-grids for the one million […]

bard-students

December 30, 2013

Finance

Five 2013 CSR Best Practices That Grew Profits

Corporate social responsibility made the leap in 2013 from being a “do good” corporate responsibility to a best practice for […]

Bill Roth

December 30, 2013

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The Rise Of The Sharing Economy

2013's Best Sharing Economy Concepts

Without a doubt, 2013 was the year of the sharing economy. Even if you didn’t car share, bike share, haven’t […]

Jan Lee

December 24, 2013

Finance

Happy Holidays and Minimum Wage Blues from Scrooge Inc.

Scrooge is alive and bah-humbugging better than ever this Holiday Season in much of corporate America and the Republican Party—especially […]

Bill DiBenedetto

December 24, 2013

Finance

Resolution 2014: Make My Investment Portfolio Responsible

By Dale Wannen As we enter 2014, many of us are now pondering a New Year’s resolution.  Some of us […]

Dale Wannen

December 23, 2013

Finance

Study: 51 of 100 Top Companies Emitting Unsustainable Levels of CO2

If a company pledges to reduce carbon emissions by 15 percent by 2020, is that good? Better yet, is that […]

Mary Mazzoni

December 20, 2013

Finance

New Solar Panel Sensor Addresses Fire Risk

In September, we invited solar experts to answer a question for us: How could firefighters safely shut off an array […]

Jan Lee

December 19, 2013

Finance

Women in CSR: Donna Sockell, University of Colorado

Welcome to our series of interviews with leading female CSR practitioners where we are learning about what inspires these women […]

Andrea Newell

December 19, 2013

Finance

Chat with Bart Alexander, Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer at Molson Coors

Every Wednesday, TriplePundit founder Nick Aster will take 45 minutes or so to chat with an interesting leader in the sustainable business […]

Marissa Rosen

December 18, 2013

Finance

"World's First" Science-Based Company Rankings Released

Last month, TriplePundit founder Nick Aster spoke with Mike Bellamente, executive director of Climate Counts, Mark McElroy, founder and executive […]

Mary Mazzoni

December 18, 2013

Finance

What China Teaches Us About Environment and Economy

Click here to read more in this series By Jason Sekhon Within a few minutes of the plane landing on […]

TriplePundit

December 18, 2013

Finance

Does A Great CSR Policy Allow A CEO to Make Dumb Decisions?

Finding a company that has a great corporate social responsibility reputation isn’t hard these days. Most businesses have caught on […]

Jan Lee

December 17, 2013

Finance

3 Ways to Cure the Inefficiencies of Gift Giving

By Boyd Arnold The holiday season is upon us and if you’re like me, you couldn’t be more excited. Family, […]

TriplePundit

December 17, 2013

Finance

Will the Real Sustainability Leader Please Stand Up?

Click here to read more in this series By S. Sinan Erzurumlu A decade ago corporations were questioning whether they […]

TriplePundit

December 17, 2013

Finance

NSA Spying: Companies Back Down Under Shareholder Pressure

Espionage can be a hot topic in the news, as the National Security Agency and companies it allegedly partnered with […]

Jan Lee

December 16, 2013

Finance

Big Bucks Saved If Aging Hanford Nuclear Plant Closes

Ratepayers in Washington State could save a cool $1.7 billion over 17 years if the Columbia Generating Station (CGS) nuclear […]

Bill DiBenedetto

December 16, 2013

Finance

Entrepreneurship on Wheels: The Story of a Café for Disabled Albanian Youths

By Teddy Sun On a Saturday morning, Suela, like every other young twenty-something Albanian, has plans for the weekend. In […]

TriplePundit

December 16, 2013

Finance

Bitcoins Used to Purchase Tesla Model S

You know that cryptocurrency has made its mark when a consumer can drive a Tesla Model S off the lot […]

Jan Lee

December 13, 2013

Finance

Energy Secretary Announces $150M Clean Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit Awards

Money’s tight in Washington D.C. as Democrats and Republicans continue fierce infighting over the federal budget, deficit reduction, and what […]

Andrew Burger

December 13, 2013

Finance

Sustainable Design Pays Off for Big Muddy Workshop

Big Muddy Workshop, Inc. is a landscape architecture and green infrastructure design services firm in Omaha, NE. This small but […]

Sustainability4SMEs

December 12, 2013

Finance

Today: A Conversation with Haris Alibasic, Grand Rapids’ Office of Energy & Sustainability

Every Wednesday, TriplePundit founder Nick Aster will take 45 minutes or so to chat with an interesting leader in the sustainable business […]

Marissa Rosen

December 11, 2013

Finance

Carbon Pollution Pricing: Risk and Reward?

Companies are realizing that there is both an internal price and an opportunity when it comes to carbon pollution. An […]

Bill DiBenedetto

December 11, 2013

Finance

Sustainable Business Strategy in an Experientially Diverse Classroom

Click here to read more in this series By Dr. Deborah Rigling Gallagher, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Teaching […]

TriplePundit

December 10, 2013

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How Mobile "Leapfrog Technology" is Aiding Disaster Relief

Read more in this series Last month, after Typhoon Haiyan barreled through the Philippine Islands, communities scrambled to find ways […]

Jan Lee

December 5, 2013

Finance

640,000+ Favorable Comments on SEC Petition for Greater Corporate Political Transparency

“Corporations are people, my friend,” Governor Mitt Romney told a heckler at the Iowa State Fair during the 2012 Presidential […]

Mike Hower

December 4, 2013

Finance

Grand Rapids Publishes Climate Resiliency Report

Note: Haris will be joining TriplePundit for a live chat on Wednesday, December 11 at 2pm Pacific/5pm Eastern. By Haris […]

TriplePundit

December 4, 2013

Finance

Fostering Sustainability in Higher Education: University of Texas at Arlington

Click here to read more in this series By Meghna Tare, Director of Sustainability at the University of Texas at […]

TriplePundit

December 3, 2013

Finance

Finalists of 1st Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneurs Awards

Unilever and the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership (CPSL) announced the seven finalists for the inaugural Unilever Sustainable […]

Mary Mazzoni

December 2, 2013

Finance

Why BYOD is Good for People, Planet and Profit

By Jessica Oaks Bring your own device (BYOD) is an IT policy that is growing among businesses in the U.S. […]

TriplePundit

December 2, 2013

Finance

Sustainability Jobs 101: Landing a Creative Career

By Shannon Houde When starting a job hunt or considering a career change in the sustainability field, it can be […]

TriplePundit

November 29, 2013

Finance

Op-Ed: Whole Foods is Chilling Your Thanksgiving Turkey with HFCs

This post originally appeared on the Environmental Investigation Agency blog. By Danielle Gagne, HFC & Climate Policy Analyst and Lowell Chandler, HFC Intern, […]

TriplePundit

November 27, 2013

Finance

Forget Sustainable Consumption. Focus on Sustainable Citizenship

On Sunday, Swiss voters rejected a proposal to limit executives’ pay to no more than 12 times the lowest-paid workers in […]

Raz Godelnik

November 26, 2013

Finance

Report: Oil and Gas Investors Pay When Indigenous Rights Are Not Considered

Oil and gas companies often don’t consider indigenous rights strongly enough when launching exploration ventures, says First Peoples Worldwide (FPW), […]

Jan Lee

November 25, 2013

Finance

Scotland Embraces Natural Capital

Determining and accounting for the monetary value of ecosystems, biodiversity and ecosystem services and factoring them into the calculus of […]

Andrew Burger

November 22, 2013

Finance

Environment, Society & Governance – Value Rises, but the Language is Still Lacking

Earlier this week Jo Confino talked at the Sustainable Brands conference about the need to develop a new narrative for […]

Raz Godelnik

November 22, 2013

Finance

NOLAPitch: The Crescent City “Shark Tank” for Social Good

Ten budding social entrepreneur teams pitched their hearts out on November 19 in New Orleans for a chance to win […]

Lauren Zanolli

November 21, 2013

Finance

Equitable Origin: Ethical Trade Certification for Oil and Gas Companies

Ethical trade (often called fair trade) is doing quite well as a market concept these days. As a business model, […]

Jan Lee

November 19, 2013

Finance

Wanted: Triple Bottom Line Leaders

Click here to read more in this series By Joseph Fusco, VP, Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Board member, University of […]

TriplePundit

November 19, 2013

Finance

New Social Network 'neighbourly' Helping Communities Get Stuff Done

As the premier media partner for the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open London (SBIOL) which will take place at the SB London conference, we would […]

TriplePundit

November 18, 2013

Finance

Atlanta's Power to Change Program Shows That Building Retrofits Mean Business

By Aaron Bastian, City of Atlanta Atlanta’s citywide sustainability initiative, Power to Change, has more than 300 stakeholders across Atlanta […]

TriplePundit

November 18, 2013

Finance

DOE Funds Clean Energy Projects on Native American Tribal Lands

Following through on President Obama’s historic National Climate Change Action Plan, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it is […]

Andrew Burger

November 18, 2013

Finance

Imagine If Harvard Took on Climate Change

As previously seen on the CSRHub blog. By Carol Pierson Holding It was with a heavy heart that we read […]

CSRHub

November 18, 2013

Finance

Humane Investing: How to Get Animals Out of Your Portfolio

By Brenda A. Morris If you choose not to eat animal products or are trying to limit your meat consumption […]

TriplePundit

November 15, 2013

Finance

GravityLight: Lighting the Way for Many Without Electricity

As the premier media partner for the Sustainable Brands Innovation Open London (SBIOL) which will take place at the SB London conference, we would […]

TriplePundit

November 15, 2013

Finance

The Silicon Age: The Future of the Cleanweb

The ICT industry presently accounts for 2 percent of the world’s carbon emissions – the same amount that the aviation […]

Travis

November 15, 2013

Finance

TOMS Launches TOMS Marketplace to Sell Other Socially Conscious Brands

Most shoppers know TOMS as the brand that matches every pair of shoes and glasses purchased by giving new footwear […]

Mary Mazzoni

November 14, 2013

Finance

Jed Emerson on Impact Investing: The Impact Leaders of Tomorrow

By Marta Maretich, Maximpact To mark the publication of Impact Investing 2.0, a watershed study of 12 successful impact investing […]

TriplePundit

November 14, 2013

Finance

Jed Emerson on Impact Investing: The Rise of the Multilingual Leader

By Marta Maretich, Maximpact To mark the publication of Impact Investing 2.0, a watershed study of 12 successful impact investing […]

TriplePundit

November 13, 2013

Finance

Nestlé: Helping Us Pass On the Salt

One could argue that salt and the human obsession with it aligns with the fabric of world history and civilization […]

Bill DiBenedetto

November 12, 2013

Finance

Making Sustainability a Human Imperative with a New MFA Program

Click here to read more in this series By Cheryl Heller, School of Visual Arts Sustainability experts have had an […]

TriplePundit

November 12, 2013

Finance

CA Building Code Revision Will Revolutionize Building Efficiency Financing

California’s massive building code revisions, called Title 24, target achieving sea-changing growth in energy efficiency investments by eliminating the conflicted […]

Bill Roth

November 12, 2013

Finance

Policy Points: The Argument for Increasing the Minimum Wage

By David Bolotsky I don’t like labels, but let’s see if you can place my opinions somewhere on the political left-right […]

American Sustainable Business Council

November 12, 2013

Finance

Fossil Fuel Investors Ask for Climate Change Risk Assessment

It’s music to the ears of climate activists: some 70 investors have signed letters to 45 companies that provide products […]

Jan Lee

November 8, 2013

Finance

The Citi Bike, PR Boon for Citibank

Less than six months into New York City’s Citi Bike program and it is already being declared a success. Early […]

Lauren Zanolli

November 7, 2013

Finance

Conserving Biodiversity Sounds Good, but What Does It Really Mean?

Commitments to conserve biodiversity from United Nations’ member national governments, and making biodiversity conservation an integral part of the framework […]

Andrew Burger

November 7, 2013

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Vodafone Americas Foundation Looking for Next Examples of Mobile for Good

Read more in this series The Vodafone Americas Foundation recently launched the Wireless Innovation Project (WIP), a contest to “promote innovation […]

jennifer boynton

November 6, 2013

Finance

eBay’s Same-Day Delivery Encourages Local Economies

eBay has acquired London-based delivery courier service Shutl and will use the acquisition to boost its popular same-day delivery service, […]

Mary Mazzoni

November 6, 2013