ECONOMY

Finance

Calling All Startup Entrepreneurs: Worker Visa Program Helps Expand New Businesses

If President Barack Obama is successful, an innovative work visa program will soon be underway to help encourage business startups […]

Jan Lee

August 31, 2016

Finance

Airbnb Hosts Face Huge Challenges in Refinancing Mortgages

Hosts who rely on their income from Airbnb could be in for a rude surprise when it comes time to refinance their […]

Leon Kaye

August 31, 2016

Finance

Could Startups Born Out of the #AirbnbWhileBlack Outcry Succeed?

Kristen Clarke, the president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, wrote an op-ed piece […]

Raz Godelnik

August 24, 2016

Finance

Does Digital Currency Pose a Threat to the Banking System?

By Daniel Matthews For anyone watching Apple’s ever-expanding role in the world of tech, it’s been an interesting year to […]

TriplePundit

August 18, 2016

Finance

Healthy Snack Boosts Sustainable Development on South Dakota Reservation

Editor’s Note: A version of this post originally appeared in Commons Magazine. By Jay Walljasper The Pine Ridge Indian reservation […]

TriplePundit

August 18, 2016

Finance

Can Silicon Valley ‘Unicorns’ Be Shorted?

Another stock bubble is emerging within the capital markets, largely fueled by the Silicon Valley “unicorns” that have scored sky-high […]

Leon Kaye

August 16, 2016

Finance

Maine Fisheries’ Latest Sustainable Catch: Kelp!

By Hugh Cowperthwaite Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day, goes the proverb. Teach a man to […]

TriplePundit

August 10, 2016

Finance

A Critical Juncture in Capital Markets History

By Clara Miller The CEOs of many of the country’s leading foundations are spreading the word that it’s time for […]

TriplePundit

August 9, 2016

Finance

Tesla Finalizes $2.6 Billion Acquisition of SolarCity

On Sunday, high-end electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors announced the final terms of its acquisition of SolarCity. In a deal that […]

Leon Kaye

August 3, 2016

Finance

In the Age of Terror, What About Impact?

By Dr. Maximilian Martin “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the […]

TriplePundit

August 2, 2016

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Businesses Create a Win-Win-Win With Nonprofit Partnerships

During the high-flying ’90s and early 2000s, many thought America’s economy was too big to fail. But then, of course, […]

Mary Mazzoni

July 28, 2016

Finance

The Lipman Family Prize is Redefining ROI

The world needs more people like Barry Lipman. The retired — or, as he would say, “recovering” — Bay Area […]

Joi Sears

July 28, 2016

Finance

Crowdfunding Links Small Investors To Social Enterprise Startups

New companies usually restrict their initial stock and bond offerings to “accredited investors,” otherwise known as rich people. Now there’s […]

Brad Edmondson

July 26, 2016

Finance

Tesla Announces Part 2 of Its Master Plan, With Part 1 Still Unfulfilled

You might doubt the Tesla-SolarCity merger, but you cannot dispute the ambition and vision of Elon Musk. His drive to […]

Leon Kaye

July 25, 2016

Finance

Investors Can’t Ignore the Human Capital Challenge for Social Enterprises

By Sal Giambanco We at Omidyar Network have invested close to $1 billion in social enterprises. And like any investor, […]

TriplePundit

July 11, 2016

Finance

A Grand Strategy for Economic Prosperity and Security

By Mike Hancox Twice in the 20th century, the United States led global efforts to address the great existential challenges of the […]

TriplePundit

July 1, 2016

Finance

If Starbucks Were a Bank, It Would Be a Billion-Dollar Force

Starbucks is like a scrappy athlete. Just when it gets knocked down by some controversy or non-controversy — as in, not […]

Leon Kaye

June 17, 2016

Finance

Study: Big Banks Pour Billions Into 'Extreme' Fossil Fuels

The world’s largest banks are the bankers to fossil fuel companies, providing them with hundreds of billions of dollars, a […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

June 16, 2016

Finance

Long-Term Solutions for the World’s Poorest Economy

It’s around 4:30 a.m. and still pitch black as I arrive at the bus station in downtown Lilongwe. At this […]

Travis

June 15, 2016

Finance

Activating America’s Problem-Solvers: 5 Solutions for the Next President

By Deborah Smolover Manuel Robles, a high-school junior from the South Side of Chicago, doubted the value of his IT […]

TriplePundit

June 10, 2016

Finance

Why So Many M&A Deals End in Failure

By Lisa Coffey Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) has become a bit of a buzzphrase of late. It appears that, lured by […]

TriplePundit

June 10, 2016

Finance

Silicon Valley Company to Experiment with Basic Incomes

“What would you do if your income were taken care of?” asks a large, 7-ton sign in Geneva, Switzerland, that […]

Grant Whittington

June 6, 2016

Finance

JPMorgan Chase’s $100M Investment in Detroit is Paying Off

In 1950, Detroit was the richest city in America and was home to almost 2 million people. A lifetime later, […]

Leon Kaye

June 3, 2016

Finance

Farmers Markets: A Sustainable Commerce Revolution?

By Daniel Matthews You know your local farmers market means fresh, organic produce. You know it means a personal touch, […]

TriplePundit

May 19, 2016

Finance

How Behavioral Economics Impacts You and Our Planet

Here we go again. Pump prices are down from the painful historic highs of just a few years ago. In response, […]

Bill Roth

May 19, 2016

Finance

3-D Printer Kickstarter Campaign Pauses Amid Embezzlement Claims

Things aren’t so peachy for 3-D printer company the Peachy Printer. Creators of the 3-D printer promised to deliver it […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

May 18, 2016

Finance

The Circular Economy: What It Means for Healthcare

By Averill Brewer In the United States, the typical operating room contributes 5.4 tons of medical waste to landfills each […]

TriplePundit

May 16, 2016

Finance

Chobani's Secret: Employee-Owned Firms Beat the Competition

Hamdi Ulukaya, the founder of Chobani yogurt, made headlines late last month when he gave 10 percent of the company’s […]

Brad Edmondson

May 6, 2016

Finance

When Nonprofit Mergers Make Sense

By Frank Hernandez In an evaluation of consolidation activity, the Bridgespan Group suggested that the economic recession in 2009 should have […]

TriplePundit

May 5, 2016

Finance

The Promise of Urban Innovation Centers Hinges on Housing

By Kaz Brecher The price of a typical Vancouver home rose 21 percent in the past year, which somehow manages […]

TriplePundit

May 4, 2016

Finance

As Corporations Fade, A Search For What's Next

Apple’s market cap ($607 billion) is more than the GDP of Argentina or Sweden. But the dinosaurs got big, too. […]

Brad Edmondson

April 27, 2016

Finance

Re-Realizing the Treasure in Trash

By Averill Brewer The motivations for turning trash into treasure are clearly defined, if not purely for environmental reasons. The […]

TriplePundit

April 26, 2016

Finance

What Peabody's Bankruptcy Reveals About the Coal Industry

What do you get when you combine a significant drop in coal prices, overproduction of domestic shale gas, a weakening […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

April 20, 2016

Finance

The News That Never Was: Goldman Sachs' $5 Billion Mortgage Fraud Settlement

Goldman Sachs, which just agreed to pay billions in penalties for its role in the 2008 housing crash, likely won’t […]

Jan Lee

April 19, 2016

Finance

Will Bad Companies Fail? Want To Bet?

Activists cheered when Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal company, declared bankruptcy last week.  These activists have been lobbying endowments […]

Brad Edmondson

April 19, 2016

Finance

Will Uber and Lyft Make Transportation More Sustainable?

A couple of weeks ago, I was leaving a friend’s house in Park Slope, Brooklyn, late at night. The minute […]

Raz Godelnik

April 13, 2016

Finance

Running Without Shoes: Plight of the Smallholder Farmer

By Hillary Miller-Wise Imagine you had to run a 10-kilometer race without running shoes. Certainly you would make do with […]

TriplePundit

April 12, 2016

Finance

Ecology and Economics: Oikos 101

By Kyle G. Crider “We are rapidly building a world in which the questions of health and peace and prosperity […]

TriplePundit

April 8, 2016

Finance

The Gift and the Curse of Economic Globalization

In 2016, the global community finds itself on the brink of great and terrible changes. Great and terrible for the […]

Anum Yoon

April 7, 2016

Finance

Supporting Local Economies Supports the Nation

By Sarah Sanders The basic economy works the same wherever you go: People spend money. The businesses that receive that revenue […]

TriplePundit

April 7, 2016

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Closing the Wealth Gap Through Financial Literacy

Financially speaking, it’s tougher than ever to be young in America these days. The country is still rebuilding its economy […]

Andrea Newell

April 6, 2016

Finance

The Eagle Has Landed: Ellen MacArthur Foundation Launches U.S. Chapter of CE100

By Averill Brewer A girl wanders into a house after discovering that no one is home — the owners of […]

TriplePundit

April 6, 2016

Finance

Stormwater Solutions: Investing in Nature and Communities

By Pascal Mittermaier I’m thrilled about an innovative new strategy to protect urban water quality that combines conservation science, a […]

TriplePundit

April 6, 2016

Finance

From Masai Runaway to Eco-Entrepreneur

The road to successful entrepreneurship is a rough one, particularly if you’re launching a business with a purpose beyond profit. But […]

Jo Piazza

March 23, 2016

Finance

Kiva Hopes to Raise $2M for Women Entrepreneurs By Midnight

Kiva, the microfinance nonprofit that connects individual lenders to entrepreneurs seeking loans in order to break of poverty, has largely […]

Leon Kaye

March 8, 2016

Finance

Doing Away with the Death Economy

Open John Perkins’ “New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man,” and you’d think you were reading a pulpy thriller from […]

jennifer boynton

February 26, 2016

Finance

DriButts Enlists Diapers in the Global Fight Against Disease

The advancement of mobile technology in the developing world is an exciting trend, unless you consider one sobering statistic: Data […]

Leon Kaye

February 19, 2016

Finance

Investors Call For Mining Companies To Address Climate Risks

A group of shareholders called the ‘Aiming for A’ investor coalition is asking three giant mining companies to be more transparent about […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

February 12, 2016

Finance

Cities Offer Work — Not Pennies — to Panhandlers

Many cities ban panhandlers from their streets. Others try to regulate within stiff boundaries that threaten heavy fines or jail […]

Jan Lee

February 11, 2016

Finance

Barclays, Credit Suisse Settle with Record Fines for Misleading Investors

The feds have notched another win against predatory banking tactics. In what is arguably the largest settlement of its kind, […]

Jan Lee

February 9, 2016

Finance

Local Food Cooperatives as a Cornerstone for Rural Community Development

By Leah Thibault There is a trickle-down theory inherent in a lot of economic development activity – programs are primarily […]

TriplePundit

February 9, 2016

Finance

What’s Missing from Financing Climate Mitigation and Adaptation

By Himani Phadke At the COP21 climate conference in Paris, there was much debate about financing flows needed from developed to […]

TriplePundit

February 4, 2016

Finance

GRI and the SDG Compass: Moving Beyond the Report

If you’re a CEO and want to report on your triple bottom line, where are you gonna go? GRI. Sustainability reporting […]

Tom Schueneman

February 1, 2016

Finance

Financing Fair Trade Supply Chains

By Kate Danaher Rising demand for fair-trade products is creating an emerging need for growth in fair-trade supply chains. This […]

TriplePundit

January 28, 2016

Finance

Not Too Big to Fail: How Mega Investment Firms Do Sustainability

By Graham Sinclair  Mainstreaming sustainable investment: If the many investor initiatives aimed at corralling investors toward sustainability had not already […]

TriplePundit

January 28, 2016

Finance

Embracing Systemic Thinking for Our Firms of the Future

By Giles Hutchins Many experts now point to a great transition unfolding locally and globally, in business and society. One […]

TriplePundit

January 26, 2016

Finance

The COP21 Climate Agreement: What Does It Mean for the United States?

By Alan Barton There are few examples in recent times of the world’s countries coming together to agree on actions […]

TriplePundit

January 20, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Finance

COP 21: Putting the Pieces Together for Private-Sector Action

By Eleni Polychroniadou On Saturday, Dec. 12, the world saw a historical moment – world leaders shook on the first […]

TriplePundit

December 17, 2015

Finance

Why is Stakeholder Collaboration So Important?

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from “The Art of Leading Collectively” published by Chelsea Green. By Petra Kuenkel Sustainability […]

TriplePundit

December 17, 2015

Finance

Millennials Are Changing Philanthropy

By Abbie Jung and Jana Svedova  In Hong Kong’s hyper-competitive society, Type A achievers take any opportunity to one-up their peers, […]

TriplePundit

December 16, 2015