Social Enterprise

New Sustainable Business Models

Featuring Robin Chase and Adam Lowry

Founders Robin Chase (Zipcar) and Adam Lowry (Method) discuss how they brought new, greener ideas to market with successful return for their businesses.

Business

Sustainability: Can Corporations Really Change?

Leaders in sustainability, like Levi’s and Diversey, maintain a heritage of environmental consciousness in their business operations. In this audio interview, host Neal Gorenflo publisher of Sharable.net is joined by Maurice Bechard, director of Global Environment Health & Safety at Diversey and Michael Kobori, vice president of Levi Strauss & Co., who share their insight on how corporations can adapt to support sustainable outcomes and raise the bar within their industry. These companies are mindful of the true environmental impact of their products, and consider its life cycle — from sustainable raw materials to the end consumer use. The Future of Green open call series is an initiative of EDF in collaboration with the Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Business

Environmental Sustainability for Small Businesses

Featuring Amy Skoczlas Cole & Rupesh Shah

How small business and "green" business came hand-in-hand with eBay and Intuit.

Collaboration

20 Years of Business Partnership at EDF

Featuring Gwen Ruta & Bob Langert

Cross-sector partnerships in environmental and social innovation that stemmed from the partnership of McDonald's and the Environmental Defense Fund.

Government

The World’s Water Infrastructure Challenge

Featuring Colin Sabol 2

ITT Corporation’s Colin Sabol talks about the urgent need for investments in water and sanitation infrastructure.

Global Issues

Water’s Role in Environmental Sustainability

Featuring Josh Becker, Craig Criddle, Anil Jha, Ryan Matley, Gonzalo "G.G." Pique, & Tom Victorine

Water is one of the most hidden of our environmental sustainability issues, and yet it poses critical challenges for our future