Education

Guiding Innovation Forward in Rural Africa

Eighty orphans watched as I sloshed back and forth across the quagmire of what was becoming their new schoolyard. There weren’t many tools lying around the remote site, and I was trying to make a ladder by stacking rocks, one by one, in the sticky red mud.

Innovation & Technology

Abbott Recognized for Advancing Shared Value in India

An article from Shared Value Initiative recently named Abbott a "company to watch" for leadership in shared value and investing in innovations to address societal needs through business.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Transparent Is Your Supply Chain? Slavery Can Be Just Around The Corner

Responsible Production & Consumption

ANSI Approves LEO-4000: American National Standard for Sustainable Agriculture

The National Standard for Sustainable Agriculture (LEO-4000) has been approved!

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

RSF Social Finance Loan to Froozer Helps Bring Whole Produce to Schools, Hospitals

Obesity and diabetes rates in the United States have hit an all-time high. More than two in three American adults are considered overweight today, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a health research center. Children are no better off, reporting skyrocketing increases in new Type-2 diabetes cases; a condition previously unheard of in people under 30.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin Discusses Resilience Dividend at BSR Conference 2015

In a plenary address at the BSR Conference 2015, The Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin discussed resilience, risk, and leadership.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Salmon Farming: The Bigger Picture

British Columbia's farm-raised salmon travels from the farm to cities in Canada, the United States and Asia, getting onto the customer’s plate within 36-to-48 hours. 70% of all salmon consumers worldwide choose farm-raised salmon, and demand continues to increase.

Environment

Agreement Between Municipality, Port Authority and Costa Cruises for Sustainable Development in Savona

Today, the Municipality of Savona, the Port Authority of Savona and Costa Cruises signed a three-year memorandum of understanding for sustainable development in the cruise sector in Savona.

Environment

Ecocentricity Blog - November 9, 2015

Responsible Production & Consumption

Food Giants Commit to Testing World’s First Sustainable Rice Standard

Rice is a food staple to more than half of the world’s seven billion people. A large part of rice consumption occurs in Asia, where it is a staple for a majority of the population, including the region’s 560 million hungry people. At the current global population growth rate, the world will have to grow 50 percent more rice by 2050.

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