by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 7, 2011
“The neglect of women’s rights means the social and economic potential of half the population is underused. In order to tap into this potential, we must open up spaces for women in political leadership, in science and technology, as trade and peace negotiators, and as...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 5, 2011
We know that water, forests, soils – all the essentials of life – are becoming depleted and degraded at a dangerous rate. We know that our climate is changing at a speed and on a scale far beyond anything modern humanity has experienced. And we know that the...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 15, 2011
As if we didn’t have enough problems. Now we learn, through the Kauffman Foundation’s recently published research, that the ever-expanding financial sector is depleting the talent pool of potential high-growth company founders. While all entrepreneurs need capital and...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 25, 2011
For some, the taste of chocolate is bittersweet. Seventy percent of the world’s cocoa comes from small-scale family farmers in West Africa, whose economy is critically dependent on cocoa (revenues account for more than 33 percent of Ghana’s total export earnings and...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 24, 2011
This post was originally published by Phil Radford to Greenpeace USA’s blog and is accessible here. “A sad fact of living in an American city like Chicago is that every time we open a newspaper or switch on the local news, we hear of some senseless, tragic...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 23, 2011
Every year, Ethical Corporation, a magazine, organizes a summit to assess the progress that the corporate world has made on its journey toward sustainability. This year, I was invited to speak on the question, “Can a large company be sustainable and grow?” My answer...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 18, 2011
$250 million is a big number. It’s even bigger when you consider that it’s the savings Johnson & Johnson reaped as a result of the company’s investment in employee wellness. While the company has had a very tough year with numerous and costly product recalls,...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 16, 2011
Something remarkably progressive is happening in one of the more repressive work environments in the United States. Within the tomato business, an industry that has seen nine cases of slavery prosecuted in the past 15 years, workers’ rights are finally becoming a key...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 12, 2011
Our economic future, though built by the architects of then and now, lies in the hands of the next generation. And that future looks bright, based on the strong ideals of some of the students coming out of undergraduate and graduate business programs nationwide. The...
