Mobile Phones Build Peace
New research illustrates how we can overcome challenges facing post-conflict countries like Afghanistan through the use of mobile phones.
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Honing Talent Through Sustainability
Three things companies can do to improve their sustainability agenda to attract talent and improve employee productivity.
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Corporate Social Responsibility Is Essential to Environmental Sustainability
In this audio lecture, Mr. Gore shares insights on leadership and climate crisis solutions, and identifies the need market reforms.
Not Ideas About the Thing but the Thing Itself
Real assets can have real environmental impact and are ideal investments for young people with new wealth.
From Technocracy to a Practical Politics
For the environmental movement to succeed, it needs to convert its ideas, science, theories, and activism into practical politics that can win votes on a large scale.
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Engaging Employees to Create a Sustainable Business
The key to creating a vibrant and sustainable company is to find ways to get all employees personally engaged in day-to-day corporate sustainability efforts.
The Next Phase of Business Sustainability
The era of corporations integrating sustainable practices is being surpassed by a new age of corporations actively transforming the market to make it more sustainable. Open access to this article is made possible by The Regents of the University of Michigan on behalf of the Erb Institute.
The Greening of Wal-Mart
For much of its history, Wal-Mart’s corporate management team toiled inside its “Bentonville Bubble,” narrowly focused on operational efficiency, growth, and profits. But now the world's largest retailer has widened its sights, building networks of employees, nonprofits, government agencies, and suppliers to “green” its supply chains. Here's how and why the world’s largest retailer is using a network approach to decrease its environmental footprint – and to increase its profitability.
Protest Movements Could Be More Effective Than the Best Charities
To do as much good as possible with limited resources, funders should look to woefully underfunded protest movements.
The Case for Causal AI
Using artificial intelligence to predict behavior can lead to devastating policy mistakes. Health and development programs must learn to apply causal models that better explain why people behave the way they do to help identify the most effective levers for change.