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November 5, 2012

CEO Activist, or Just Another PR Stunt?

In late September of this year, H&M CEO Karl-Johan Persson met with People’s Republic of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to discuss an increase in

October 3, 2012

Made in Africa

TOMS Shoes has taken no shortage of heat for the lack of sustainability of its business model. As Cheryl Davenport writes in her Fast Company story, “The Tom

June 19, 2012

In Bed Together: EDF & the Walton Family

Since 2004, the Walton Family Foundation has given EDF (the Environmental Defense Fund) more than $53 million. Last year, the foundation’s donations totaled a

May 10, 2012

Disgraced Executives Still Serving on Corporate Boards

Why is the former chief of Fannie Mae still a director of a public company as prominent as Goldman Sachs and Target? How can Charles O. Prince III, the former c

April 4, 2012

How Does GE Bring “Good Things to Life?”

The answer: By avoiding tax payments and cutting its US workforce! No corporation has surpassed General Electric’s mastery of profit-maximization, or its use

April 2, 2012

Sustainable Banks Outperform World’s Largest Banks By 51%

Powerful news: A recent study proves that sustainable banks deliver higher financial returns than some of the world’s largest financial institutions. A study

March 9, 2012

Achieving Impact: Social Entrepreneurship & Responsible Business

Achieving Impact: Responsible Business & Social Entrepreneurship View more presentations from jeffhollender. Notes from the presentation: Slide 1: Social En

November 29, 2011

I Want it Yesterday: The Dangers of Our Obsessive Focus on the Short Term

We are a society consistently in search of a quick fix – from diets to energy, we want the quick and easy solution, and we want it today, to hell with what to

November 16, 2011

The Wrong Kind of ‘Reputation’ Insurance

The Associated Press recently carried an announcement from the once-bankrupt insurance company AIG. The headline read, “AIG unit offers companies ‘reput

November 9, 2011

Wear Your Dollars

Thomas Freidman recently passed along an excellent suggestion that he found on a blog: “U.S. congressmen should have to dress like NASCAR drivers and wear the

August 23, 2011

Calling all Capitalists, $100 Billion in Search of a More Sustainable Future

I’ve never met Jeremy Grantham, but if you read what he writes there’s some big money that believes the time has come for transformational change. Grantham

July 7, 2011

Put More Women in Charge

“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 ope