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January 13, 2012

What I’m Reading: Workers’ Rights in China; Fair Trade USA Splits from Fair Trade International; and the Need for Truly Groundbreaking Leadership

A company is made of many components – ideas, strategies, products, research, buildings, the list could go on and on. But, there is one thing intrinsic to all

January 10, 2012

Don’t Fire Employees To Fix Financial Problems Caused by Senior Management

While most businesses will claim, “people are their greatest and most important asset,” few businesses behave in a manner that’s aligned with those words.

January 6, 2012

What I’m Reading: 3 Must-Have Sustainability Apps; B-Corps in CA; Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Takes on “Big Guys”

Starting this month (and continuing every week), I’m sharing with you, every Friday, what I’m reading for the week – what intrigues me, inspires me, ignit

December 28, 2011

Magnify Your Voice & Your Influence

Give yourself a gift this holiday season that will magnify your voice and your influence. For the millions of small- and medium-sized businesses in America, the

December 22, 2011

Happy Holidays: Homeless Children in U.S. Now Number 1.6 Million

This holiday season, think beyond yourself – and think beyond wasting money on stuff you don’t really need. Instead, consider helping someone who really nee

December 20, 2011

A Manifesto for Sustainable Capitalism

Al Gore and David Blood, his partner in the multi-billion private equity fund, Generation Investment Management, recently opined on “How businesses can embrac

December 13, 2011

Awards for Green-ness

What we need today are companies who are willing to make bold, revolutionary commitments even if they don’t yet know how they’ll be able to fulfill them. I

December 1, 2011

The New Generation of Social Entrepreneurs Gives Me Hope

If anything is going to jump start America, it may just be the new generation of entrepreneurs. I say that because I just spent time in Kansas City as a speaker

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 28, 2011

Don’t Buy This: The Truth About Sustainability

Having not broken my obsession with the print version of The New York Times, I was thrilled to greet Black Friday by opening to a full-page ad from Patagonia th

November 21, 2011

Can Humanity Solve Current Global Environmental & Social Crises?

So here’s the good news: we absolutely have the ability to solve our current global environmental, social and economic crises. The not-so-good news: Do we hav

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