Environmental Sustainability, Economic Realities
Fabien Cousteau discusses innovative solutions that address environmental problems and the realities of market economies.
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Environment Innovations in environmental protection and conserving natural resources
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Technology and Environmental Sustainability
Media expert Tim O'Reilly provides insight into how innovative technologies can be used to support sustainable development and power the future.
Managing Our Way to Economic Decline, Revisited
Businesses worldwide are putting themselves at risk if they don’t respond effectively to the story of climate change.
Philanthropic Opportunities for Climate Adaptation
Why climate adaptation matters, and five powerful pathways for funders to fuel change.
Keeping Climate Change Out of the Presidential Campaign
The complete absence of climate change from the first two presidential debates was the best thing that could have happened to the cause.
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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.