Global Issues
Environmental Sustainabililty and Water Supply
Peter Gleick explains how and why the world is in a water crisis that is leading to a disconnect between supply and demand
Podcast
Tag: Environmental Sustainability
Energy
This Old Green House
Clean Energy Works Portland gets consumers—and the workforce—energized about weatherization.
Business
Unsoiled Reputations
Family-owned firms pollute less than nonfamily firms; and that is due to the family values that these firms were founded upon.
Environment
Natural Capital: A New Force in Strategic Planning
The concept of natural capital is catching on with strategic planners, enhancing both corporate sustainability and bottom lines.
Review
Environment
Climate Soldiers
The Climate War: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth by Eric Pooley
Business
Thinking Straight About Sustainability
Sustainability is the best way to integrate social, environmental, and economic impacts into all corporate decisions.
Environment
Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs believes we must lift a billion-plus people out of poverty while reducing our impact on the environment.
Podcast
Environment
Mindy S. Lubber - Collaborating for Environmental Sustainability
Making environmental sustainability stick is requiring the cooperation of the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. In this audio interview, Stanford Center for Social Innovation correspondent Ashkon Jafari interviews Ceres president Mindy Lubber about how her organization brings together investors, government, human rights groups, and others to build a cross-sector voice for sustainability.
Podcast
Economic Development
Jeffrey D. Sachs - Financial Crisis and a Changing Business World
The financial crisis started on Wall Street but continues to have a profound impact around the world. Among those affected are the poorest of the poor. In this audio interview, Stanford MBA student Joy Sun talks with Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute and a professor at Columbia University, about how the financial crisis is shaping international relations and countries' paths toward economic development.
Podcast
Energy
Rolf Papsdorf - Providing Environmental Sustainability Solutions
The unique advantages of zinc air fuel cells have been harnessed as an environmental sustainability measure to deliver reliable, renewable, and affordable electricity to rural communities off the grid. In this audio interview, Stanford Center for Social Innovation correspondent Sheela Sethuraman talks with 2009 Tech Award winner Rolf Papsdorf to find out how his company, Alternative Energy Development Corporation, combines sound economics, customer service, and social responsibility to tangibly improve the lives of people around the world.