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Starbucks Aligns with New Circular Economy Roadmap

Last year’s shakeup in the global recycling market left cities across the U.S. scrambling for alternatives, and now it looks […]

Tina Casey

November 20, 2018

Finance

Millennials and Generation Z are Poised to Shake Up the Investment World, Study Finds

The vast majority of Generation Z and millennial investors are engaged in socially responsible or impact investments, or plan to […]

Amy Brown

November 13, 2018

Finance

Consumer Preferences Continue to Shift Toward Sustainability, Market Research Shows

Sustainability is no longer a niche function of big companies with a reputation to protect. This isn’t news to anyone […]

Julia Wilson

November 13, 2018

Finance

This NYU Incubator Wants to Help Veterans Become Entrepreneurs

As the United States observes Veterans Day with parades, ceremonies and office closures, New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering is looking […]

Mary Mazzoni

November 12, 2018

Finance

This Family Foundation Wants to Inspire Philanthropists to Consider Impact Investing

The Russell Family Foundation has focused on protecting the environment and empowering communities in the Pacific Northwest and Puget Sound […]

Mary Mazzoni

October 23, 2018

Finance

Sustainable Investment May Not Be Mainstream – But It’s On Its Way

At a time when environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing seems to be making major strides, skepticism about whether sustainable […]

Amy Brown

October 19, 2018

Finance

What Does It Take to Help Women of Color Build Successful Startups?

Women of color are America’s fastest growing entrepreneurial population. More than 4.5 million black and Latina women now sit at […]

Mary Mazzoni

October 12, 2018

Finance

Where Are the ‘Green Jobs’ in 2018? You May Be Surprised

In 2018 job seekers and employers continued to pursue “green jobs” in sectors like renewables and conservation. While growth occurred […]

TriplePundit

October 3, 2018

Finance

Observations on the Latest Shifts in Sustainable Investing

After spearheading the Sustainable Investing initiative for a large wealth management wirehouse for several years, I found myself in transition […]

TriplePundit

September 24, 2018

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How Saipem Creates Value While Supporting SDG8

This article series is sponsored by Saipem and went through our normal editorial review process.  Many companies talk about their […]

Kathy Siranosian

July 26, 2018

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Maximizing Impact Through Workforce Development and Education

What Skills Do Young People Need to Succeed?

Many businesses face a common challenge these days: Finding enough qualified workers for an increasingly technical workplace. According to Code.org, […]

Jan Lee

July 18, 2018

Finance

Looking Past Linear: Making Progress Towards Circular Economy Goals

Panelists for “Designing a More Sustainable Future: Vision, Progress, and Roadmap for Eco-Design and the Circular Economy” By Pamela Gordon […]

TriplePundit

June 28, 2018

Finance

Taking the The Long View to Profits

The long view in business is supported in a new book for its overall ethical benefits as well as the […]

BrianUK

June 27, 2018

Finance

Paying for Resilience: Market Drivers and Financial Means

When I worked for the City of Chicago applying its Climate Action Plan, our work was funded by the lack […]

Joyce Coffee

June 12, 2018

Finance

6 Steps for Building a “Sweet Spot” Where Social and Financial Equity Meet

Equity means quite different things to two stakeholders I work with the most: Will these two paths converge in the […]

Joyce Coffee

June 8, 2018

Finance

5 Ways Microloans Improve Your Community

Pictured: Loriun has received $80,000 over seven years from Grameen America, helping her expand her bakery, open an electronics shop, and […]

TriplePundit

June 5, 2018

Finance

Investing Human Capital: A New Approach to Achieving the SDGs

By Chris Jarvis The private sector has direct access to financial and human capital. With the UN Sustainable Development Goals […]

TriplePundit

June 5, 2018

Finance

American Incomes Are More Unstable Than Ever – What Financial Firms Should Do to Help

By Scott Burns Anna works two jobs and is training for advanced certifications through her local community college. She expects […]

TriplePundit

May 31, 2018

Finance

Rainforest Alliance: New Merger May Strengthen Sustainable Agriculture Movement

For fair trade advocates, the recent merger of Rainforest Alliance and Utz Certification represents an innovative attempt to blend two […]

Jan Lee

May 18, 2018

Finance

A New Measure Captures a Company’s “Total Social Investment”

By CECP In a groundbreaking study released by CECP: The CEO Force for Good, the way companies calculate and report […]

TriplePundit

May 16, 2018

Finance

Blockchain Comes to the Diamond Trade

By Logan Yonavjak A diamond is forever, but the negative impacts on people and planet don’t have to be. The […]

TriplePundit

May 16, 2018

Finance

A New Role for Brands – Vancouver

By: KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz, Founder and CEO of Sustainable Brands Last year, Sustainable Brands launched a three-year initiative to explore […]

TriplePundit

May 14, 2018

Finance

Shared Value Summit 2018 Reflection

By Danielle Holly When Common Impact’s clients ask me what events they should attend to understand the next generation of […]

TriplePundit

May 14, 2018

Finance

To Go Circular, First Go Vertical

By Alan Barton Early last year, the waste management world was abuzz with news of furniture manufacturing giant Ikea’s minority […]

TriplePundit

April 26, 2018

Finance

Wells Fargo Demonstrates Sustainability as Risk Management

Wells Fargo’s CEO is mindful that he’s still in clean-up mode. Timothy J. Sloan took the CEO role in October of […]

jennifer boynton

April 25, 2018

Finance

Getting Circular: Five Steps to an Advanced Economy

By John Hoekstra, VP, Sustainability & Cleantech Services, Schneider Electric The transition from a linear to a circular economy is […]

TriplePundit

February 26, 2018

Finance

Credit Rating Agencies Assess the Physical Risks of Climate Change

What about credit rating agencies as a market actor to inspire climate resilience? Already, the 11 recommendations by the Task […]

Joyce Coffee

February 22, 2018

Finance

Forum for the Future Identifies Key Global Trends Shaping the Future of the Planet

By James Goodman and the Forum for the Futures Team A new report from one of the world’s leading sustainability […]

TriplePundit

February 6, 2018

Finance

The Value of Variety in ESG Reporting

By Julia Wilson “There are too many external reporting entities out there.” It’s a common refrain heard among sustainability and […]

TriplePundit

January 26, 2018

Finance

Planting Trees Has Become a Big Business

The exercise of planting trees sometimes gets a bad rap; just note the term “treehugger,” which is not always complimentary. […]

Leon Kaye

January 18, 2018

Finance

Republican Tax Cuts May Actually Accelerate Flow of Jobs Overseas

The new tax cuts President Trump and the GOP have been trumpeting were in part designed – or at least […]

Leon Kaye

January 11, 2018

Finance

Trump Administration Says Employers Can Decide Who Gets Workers' Tips

The Trump administration’s latest concept as to how to bolster the economy: Giving businesses the legal right to take away […]

Jan Lee

December 21, 2017

Finance

From Romania to Costa Rica: The Persuasive Power of Green Mortgages

By Rebecca Menes There are two homes across the street from each other and both are for sale. They look […]

TriplePundit

December 13, 2017

Finance

How the New ‘Activist Investors’ Can Interfere with Long Term Smart & Sustainable Growth

Here at TriplePundit, we have long supported activist investors, since they have a unique opportunity to influence a company’s response to climate […]

Leon Kaye

November 8, 2017

Finance

Weighing the Economic Benefits vs. Environmental Impacts of New Buildings

By Megan Wild New buildings can bring income to the communities in which they’re built by attracting new business and […]

TriplePundit

October 31, 2017

Finance

What the Future Holds for Workers

“Do you work outside the home?” my doctor asked during a recent checkup. It’s a typical politically correct way to […]

jennifer boynton

October 26, 2017

Finance

Looking Ahead: A Guide to Future-Focused Decision Making

By Jenna Cyprus By its very definition, sustainability is about preparing for the future. Sustainable strategies are ones that can […]

TriplePundit

October 25, 2017

Finance

SEC Sues Mining Giant Rio Tinto for Fraud

This week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused the international mining company Rio Tinto and two former executives […]

Leon Kaye

October 20, 2017

Finance

Food Waste: A New Investment Frontier

By Logan Yonavjak If you haven’t heard the stats on food waste, they are staggering. According to a 2016 report […]

TriplePundit

October 18, 2017

Finance

Moving Beyond VC: New Investment Structures for Impact

By Logan Yonavjak Research shows that the majority of venture capital (VC) investments go bust. The model itself is centered […]

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October 12, 2017

Finance

Can We Leverage the SDGs to Improve the Value of Reporting?

By Andrew Budsock and Sebastian Richter We all operate in a dynamic, fast-paced environment shaped daily by changing policies, standards […]

TriplePundit

October 10, 2017

Finance

Biodynamic Leadership and Organizational Culture

By Edward L. Quevedo, J.D. It just might be that, in the midst of the mechanized and highly-fractured culture which […]

TriplePundit

September 28, 2017

Finance

Post-Capitalist Entrepreneurship: B Corps and Beyond

It doesn´t take a rocket scientist to realize that the economy is not working for many. Despite record-breaking stock market […]

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September 22, 2017

Finance

How Trust-Based Lending is Transforming Fair-Trade Supply Chains

By Kate Danaher Many of us rely on a cup of coffee to kickstart our day. Few realize that our […]

TriplePundit

September 20, 2017

Finance

JPMorgan Chase Wins 'Change the World' Recognition

By Marc de Sousa Shields Coffee sprayed from my mouth when I read JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMC) was recently […]

TriplePundit

September 19, 2017

Finance

Why Does Long-Termism Matter?

By Julia Wilson If you were told tomorrow that half of your retirement savings wouldn’t be available to you in […]

TriplePundit

September 18, 2017

Finance

Green Building Helps the Environment While Saving Money

Green building is a trend that is on the upswing. The number of global builders that have at least 60 percent of their projects certified green will double from 2015 to 2018, predicts the World Green Building Trends.

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

September 17, 2017

Finance

Amazon’s Satellite HQ Could Reap Billions in Tax Breaks

The buzz over Amazon’s announcement of its search for a second headquarters that will eventually equal the size of the […]

Leon Kaye

September 12, 2017

Finance

Capitalism, An Unlikely Champion for Climate Action

By Kristen Kleiman It’s hard to keep up with the news these days. It seems like we go from one […]

TriplePundit

September 8, 2017

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Aaron Hurst – A Lifelong Career with Impact

Aaron Hurst, CEO of Imperative and globally recognized social entrepreneur, will be one of our accomplished keynote speakers at the 2017 […]

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September 3, 2017

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Navigate Your Next Networking Event with Ease

There is a reason why “networking” appears on every list of job search tips; because it is extremely important – […]

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September 3, 2017

Finance

Medicine's Newest Biomimicry Inspirations: Spider-Man and the Slippery Slug

Biomimicry is increasingly becoming the go-to resource for solving technology’s biggest problems. From the gecko’s sticky webbed feet to the […]

Jan Lee

August 28, 2017

Finance

The Economic Benefits of Peace

By Camilla Schippa, Director, Institute for Economics & Peace War and violence extract huge costs from the global economy. In […]

TriplePundit

August 25, 2017

Finance

Massive Infrastructure Needs Require Creative Funding Approaches

By Eric Letsinger and Jase Wilson Municipal bonds have helped pay for some our country’s most iconic projects, including the Erie […]

TriplePundit

August 23, 2017

Finance

Can Private Wealth Close the SDG Funding Gap?

By Abha Malpani We are seeing a paradigm shift in consciousness that has the potential to mobilize private wealth for […]

TriplePundit

August 17, 2017

Finance

The Curious Case of Trademark Requests for Racial Slurs

According to a recent report on Reuters, there has been a tiny yet noticeable blip in trademark requests sent to […]

Leon Kaye

August 9, 2017

Finance

Future Proof for 2020: Do You Have the Top 5 Sustainability Skills to Survive?

By Shannon Houde Last year, the World Economic Forum produced a report on the ‘Future of Jobs’, in which they […]

TriplePundit

August 9, 2017

Finance

What is the Value of the Sharing Economy? The Case of Lyft

A couple of weeks ago I gave a Masterclass on designing resilient organizations at the OuiShare Fest in Paris. After […]

Raz Godelnik

August 2, 2017

Finance

The Biggest Myth of Sustainable Investing

  By Janet Brown Many people like the idea of sustainable or impact investing, but they have a common misconception […]

TriplePundit

July 31, 2017

Finance

What Investors Need to Know About Sustainability Rankings

By Nancy Himmelfarb Two sustainability rankings posted 2017 results in June: the 2017 Sustainability Leaders Survey and the Reputation Quotient on corporate […]

TriplePundit

July 27, 2017

Finance

Skyrocketing Subprime Auto Loan Defaults Put Cities' Transport Systems at Risk

A decade after the collapse of the subprime home mortgage industry almost pushed the U.S. economy over a cliff, now […]

Leon Kaye

July 21, 2017

Finance

Suburbs Left in a Lurch as Companies Return to the Cities

The narrative of urban decline, decay and crime that rose during the 1980s seems like a million years ago. Urbanization, […]

Leon Kaye

July 20, 2017

Finance

Do Banks and Lenders Have an Obligation to be Responsible?

By Jenna Cypress  The average American doesn’t understand personal finance very well. They assume that just because they can qualify […]

TriplePundit

July 14, 2017

Finance

3 Game-Changing Impact Investment Firms

By Kenny Kline Impact investing, though still relatively new, is an exciting and profitable way to enter the business of […]

TriplePundit

July 11, 2017

Finance

Chile’s Copper Mines: An Investment Hard-Wired for Climate Resilience?

By Joseph Kirschke It’s no coincidence that Chile, the planet’s leading copper exporter and home to some of its most […]

TriplePundit

June 20, 2017

Finance

The Vegan, Saudi Prince Investor

HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed is a hip, young vegan Saudi Prince who invests in clean energy and supports animal rights. […]

Beth Bell

June 8, 2017

Finance

Ford Foundation Opens Detroit Office for First Time in 64 Years

For over 80 years, the Ford Foundation has invested in people and ideas, including within the city where Henry Ford’s […]

Leon Kaye

June 5, 2017

Finance

Can a Universal Basic Income Inspire Innovation? Mark Zuckerberg Thinks So

The surge in automation is driving a decline in the U.S. manufacturing sector. Jobs in sectors like ridesharing are only temporary for workers, as […]

Leon Kaye

May 31, 2017

Finance

Leading Companies Move from Linear to Circular Economy

In a linear economy, inputs and manufacturing process move in a single direction, and end products ultimately end up in landfills and oceans.

3p Editors

May 28, 2017

Finance

Philadelphia Sues Wells Fargo Over Discriminatory Lending Practices

Racial discrimination in mortgage lending is prohibited under the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA). But the city of Philadelphia says the […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

May 25, 2017

Finance

Stock Markets Fall as Trump Stumbles in Effort to Quell Chaos

For months, U.S. President Donald Trump assured the nation that his administration’s pro-business policies would help boost the economy. The loosening […]

Jan Lee

May 22, 2017

Finance

Choose Conscious Investors or Risk Losing Your Dream

By Melanie Wright It’s a tough decision. You are an entrepreneur or a seasoned business leader. You are running a […]

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May 16, 2017