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Innovation & Technology

The Power of Industry Facilitation: Bringing Market-Based Solutions to Scale

There are so many brilliant minds working to develop innovative solutions to improve conditions all over the world. But what separates the business ideas that are able to make an impact on millions of lives from the ones that may only reach a few hundred people is an ability to scale.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Creating a Rallying Cry Around UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development

Late last month the United Nations approved the Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs), the most comprehensive and ambitious set of 17 goals to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change by 2030. But to achieve these goals it's going to take a village, or rather an entire planet, to succeed.

Environment

Obama Gets Personal on Climate Change

The climate change movement took a powerful leap in 2012, when Bill McKibben identified a single enemy for climate activists to battle: the fossil fuel industry. He painted that industry as what branding experts would call “black hats,” referring to old Westerns where the bad guys were so identified, in direct contrast to the white-hat’d good guys, which would be McKibben and his followers.

Environment

Business On the Front Lines In the Fight Against Deforestation

Business is instrumental in transforming land use practices to stop deforestation.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

A Message From Paul Grimwood, Nestlé USA Chairman And CEO

Education

Technology in the Classroom Is Gateway to a Brighter Future

The learning experience of today has evolved as we have moved to a more connected and tech-savvy society – so much so that the global education technology and smart classroom market is forecasted to grow by more than $50 billion over the next five years, according to a recent study by Research and Markets. Educators believe that technology enables a more hands-on experience that allows students to better understand concepts and test theories, and 90 percent of U.S. teachers say modern technology in the classroom is important for students' success, according to a recent Samsung-sponsored GFK survey. Samsung's Director of Corporate Citizenship Ann Woo explains why and what the impact will be.

Environment

Green Week - Building Sustainable Advantage

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Mary Schapiro: Empowering Investors to Effect Climate-Change Action

Social Impact & Volunteering

Points of Light Corporate Service Council Celebrates a Decade of Powering Volunteer Service and Accelerating Social Change

From global community days and home-builds to civic hackathons, companies have an immense power to mobilize and inspire their employees to achieve social change through service.

Education

Meet Amgen Scholar Alumni Jenny Lai

Innovation & Technology

Reducing Recidivism with Ecological Stewardship

Social Impact & Volunteering

Core Issues: What Matters Most to Norfolk Southern

Social Impact & Volunteering

Honda South Carolina Donates $100,000 for Relief Efforts

Social Impact & Volunteering

United Way Transforms Comcast NBCUniversal Employees’ Lives

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

RSF Supports Microfinance with Loan to MCE Social Capital

Innovation & Technology

Your Brain on Tech: More Information but Less Knowledge

The human brain is continuously adapting and evolving. With technology, the digital world enables people to perform virtually all daily activities from the comfort of their homes without seeing another human being. How does this type of evolution impact overall quality of life?

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

RSF Social Finance Fall Quarterly: Are We What We Grow?

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

GM Struts its Sustainability Stuff at Golden Peacock Awards

We’re as proud as a peacock. Yesterday we received the 2015 Golden Peacock Global Award for Sustainability in London.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

How Bigger Data and Better Analysis Supports Financial Access

Like farmers everywhere, those in rural India have long been subject to the ravages of weather, from droughts to destructive storms. But until recently, few Indian small subsistence farmers had access to crop insurance because many providers didn’t find the market commercially viable.

Responsible Production & Consumption

NGO Recommends Going Beyond Conflict Minerals Compliance

NGO rankings/ratings, regardless of the subject matter, always heighten program manager’s and even board room senses. Will the work that I, as the program manager, did for my company to comply be represented well? Will the level of compliance we, as the board room, decided to have, be enough for the NGO? Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN), in response to their recent report ranking 155 large cap companies for conflict minerals, discloses their intention of their efforts to identify trends and determine areas for improvement among companies, with the ultimate goal to encourage all companies to develop a robust conflict minerals program.

Innovation & Technology

Is Technology Moving Us Forward or Holding Us Back?

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