by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 13, 2012
Guest Blog Post by Fumi Tosu, Co-President, TABLE FOR TWO USA, New York, NY The global population is projected to surpass 9 billion by the middle of the century. Combined with rising incomes, the world will face unprecedented constraints on basic resources such as...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 9, 2012
Achieving Impact: Responsible Business & Social Entrepreneurship View more presentations from jeffhollender. Notes from the presentation: Slide 1: Social Entrepreneurship and Responsible Business Social entrepreneurship and responsible business will only succeed...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 9, 2012
This blog post was originally posted on the Seventh Generation “7Gen Blog” by “Inkslinger” on February 20, 2012. We’ve all heard about peak oil – when petroleum production hits its all-time high and then declines forever after....
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 6, 2012
In one of our few economic and environmental successes last year, global alternative energy deals climbed 40% to $53.5 billion. Reuters recently reported that: “Solar, wind and energy efficiency overtook hydropower as the main deal drivers for the first time. Hydro...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 2, 2012
“…without a step change in resource productivity and a technology-enhanced expansion of supply, the world could be entering an era of high and volatile resource prices. Nothing less than a resource revolution is needed.” –McKinsey Quarterly. Think about it: From 1980...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Feb 28, 2012
What affects 90% of Americans and costs our economy $31 billion annually? Headaches. Headache disorders cause more than 1% of all disability and 9% of all lost labor in the US every year. Headache disorders are the most prevalent neurological disorders, affecting more...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Feb 21, 2012
“The combination of group incentive pay with policies that empower employees and create a positive workplace culture reduces voluntary turnover and increases employee intent to stay and raises return on equity.” National Bureau of Economic Statistics Working Paper No....
by Jeffrey Hollender | Feb 17, 2012
Andrew Hacker, writing in The New York Times Review of Books, reviews a collection of books on social inequality, including one of my all time favorites, The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. His review...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Feb 14, 2012
MIT Sloan Management Review and the Boston Consulting Group conducted their third survey of managers and executives from companies around the world, asking how companies are developing and implementing sustainable business practices. More than 4,000 managers from 113...
