by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 26, 2012
In May, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in partnership with the Boston Consulting Group, issued its third annual Sustainability and Innovation Global Executive Study. The survey gathered input from more than 4,000 executives and managers across all...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 23, 2012
“There is a feeling today among too many Americans that we might not make it. Not that the end is near, or that doom is around the corner, but that a distinctly American feeling of inevitability, of greatness—culturally, economically, politically—is gone. That we have...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 12, 2012
Video Interview: Jeffrey Hollender at the New… by tvnportal Video Interview: Jeffrey Hollender at the New Economics Institute Strategies for a New Economy...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 9, 2012
Recently, I moderated a panel at the UN Social Innovation Summit with Coca-Cola, Verizon and Intel. Here is the conversation that took place.
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 5, 2012
That’s the headline Fortune Magazine used to describe its annual ranking of the nation’s 500 largest corporations. It certainly didn’t apply to the average American. While unemployment remained stubbornly high, the incomes of the middle class who were lucky enough to...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 2, 2012
The “Strategies for a New Economy” conference was held on June 8th-10th at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. The conference was organized around ten themes that the New Economics Institute sees as essential components in transitioning to an...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 28, 2012
Just prior to Senate testimony by JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Senator Bernie Sanders announced that more than $4 trillion in near zero-interest Federal Reserve loans and other financial assistance went to the banks and businesses of at least 18 current and former...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 19, 2012
Since 2004, the Walton Family Foundation has given EDF (the Environmental Defense Fund) more than $53 million. Last year, the foundation’s donations totaled an astounding 15 percent of EDF’s budget, or $13.7 million. This news generated a front page New York Times...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 14, 2012
A new survey by the consulting firm Accenture finds that consumer demand for green products is outpacing supply. While price premiums for green products have not disappeared, one-third of the businesses in the study said they could not keep up with customer demand for...
