by Jeffrey Hollender | Apr 12, 2012
Guest Blog Post by Santiago Halty, Founder of SENDA ATHLETICS, Berkeley, CA How it all got started Soccer is king in Argentina, where I grew up. As a kid, there wasn’t a time when I didn’t want to play. But soccer, for me, was more than a game. It was a way to...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Apr 10, 2012
In 2010, 2.3 million jobs in the United States were associated with the production of green goods and services, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports in its just released report on “EMPLOYMENT IN GREEN GOODS AND SERVICES – 2010.” What defines Green Goods and...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 30, 2012
Guest Blog Post by Jason Aramburu, founder of re:char, based in Western Kenya Earth’s population is growing exponentially towards 9 billion people by 2050. While our carbon emissions increase daily, our ability to grow our own food does not. The FAO estimates that 925...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 23, 2012
Over the course of the past decade, the movements focused on corporate social responsibility, sustainability, social innovation, cause-related marketing, micro-lending, buy-local, Fair Trade, impact investing and social entrepreneurship have grown at an astounding...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 16, 2012
Guess which country I’m describing? This country has: • the highest poverty rate, both generally and for children; • the greatest inequality of incomes; • the lowest social mobility; • the lowest score on the UN’s index of “material well-being of children”; • the...
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 | 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...
