by Jeffrey Hollender | Apr 22, 2009
The MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT, SPRING 2009 Review asked more than 75 global leaders and sustainability thinkers the question, “What will organizations need to be good at in order to thrive in the emerging sustainability economy?” This is the beginning of a...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Apr 6, 2009
I recently finished reading a remarkable book by Peter Singer, The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty. It makes an unusually tough-minded assertion: I am immoral. I already know that in a world where so few have so much and so many have so little,...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 19, 2009
Our financial system is beset by a whole host of chronic illnesses, chief among them: gluttony, amorality, and opacity. Band-aids won’t mend it; the patient requires immediate surgery. Unfortunately, we can’t apply the scalpel until we X-ray these ailing...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 17, 2009
“Mother Nature doesn’t do bailouts.” -Glenn Prickett, senior vice president at Conservation International. Thomas Friedman began a recent New York Times column by quoting from a brilliantly insightful fake 2005 story from the Onion. The article cited...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jan 19, 2009
This is a long but critically important post that’s based on a brilliant paper from the Sustainable Development Commission. It’s written by Herman Daly, an ecological economist who pioneered sustainable development guidelines for the World Bank. The paper...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Oct 17, 2008
In a February article in Fortune, reporter Betsy Morris sang the praises of Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo’s sophomore CEO. The piece described PepsiCo’s new motto under Nooyi, “Performance with Purpose,” which strives to balance “the profit motive...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Sep 28, 2008
It’s a two-hour drive from Beijing to Tianjin, which is hosting the World Economic Forum. Otherwise known as the “Summer Davos,” the Forum’s stated purpose is to improve the state of the world. I’m here to find out what that means, how it’s supposed to happen, and...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 22, 2008
James Gustave Speth, co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, a Yale University dean, and a former White House advisor, has written a great book that everyone concerned with the fate of the world must read. Speth takes all of us to task — business,...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 14, 2008
Is Joel Makower right? No, he’s wrong. Greenwashing is bad and it’s getting worse. First, let me provide some context. In a column for GreenBiz.com, Joel, a frequent commentator on green business issues, asks, “What, exactly, is a ‘socially and...
