Business
Sustainable Water Practices For a Global Corporation
Environmentally sustainable water use practices can be a source of strategic advantage for businesses in water-distressed regions.
Podcast
Tag: Socially Responsible Business
Socially Responsible Business
Big Business Matters
Social intrapreneurs—change agents already working deep within business—are the answer for business’s woes.
Socially Responsible Business
A Bigger Pie
Mission Pie, a for-profit bakery and café, supports local farmers while training at-risk kids.
Review
Socially Responsible Business
Hear, Hear for Profits
Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanity’s Most Pressing Needs by Muhammad Yunus
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.
Economic Development
Microfinance’s Next Frontier
LeapFrog Investments aims to insure the poor on a grand scale.
Business
Thinking Straight About Sustainability
Sustainability is the best way to integrate social, environmental, and economic impacts into all corporate decisions.
Review
Socially Responsible Business
A Mandarin’s Lament
SMALL CHANGE: Why Business Won't Save the World by Michael Edwards
Microfinance
Deception in Microfinance: Is Talk of Mission Just Window Dressing?
Only organizations that place the mission of helping borrowers improve their economic circumstances above profits should be considered microfinance practitioners.
Government
How the Fast Food Industry Can Fight Obesity
Studies show that a majority of Americans know they are eating too much and actually wish to lose weight. So why isn’t the industry doing more to address this issue?