CSR Blogs

If only sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) were simple and easy to execute. On the contrary, their very complexity is shifting and shaping the current and global professional landscape. And with these changes come a host of new questions, a bevy of new challenges, countless creative successes, and even more demoralizing failures as businesses, nonprofits, governments, and individuals attempt to embrace sustainability and CSR on both the professional and personal levels.

In this everchanging space, Justmeans Staff writers use their knowledge and expertise to bring you the leading stories and facts to help readers stay current on all these issues. As the business world continues to grapple with sustainability and CSR, Justmeans will continue to write about it.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

SASB Announces New Sustainability Accounting Standards
SASB has announced a new educational program focused on teaching professionals how to identify, manage, and evaluate sustainability topics relevant to the company’s bottom line. This new program is called the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential.

Energy

With Solar ITC Extended, Net Metering Battles Rage On
With the solar investment tax credit (ITC) recently extended for five years, it would seem that the coast is now clear for the solar boom to continue expanding at an ever-accelerating pace.

Education

JobTrain Creates Sustainable Employment Opportunities
Vocational training programs are typically viewed as a lesser option than universities.

Health & Healthcare

The Viaskin Patch: A Technology Game-Changer in the World of Allergies
An allergy is considered a ‘disease of the developed world’ because its increasing incidence is proportional to higher living standards.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Tesla Launches E-Car With Vegan Interior​ Option​
Tesla has launched a new electric SUV that is a double-whammy in terms of sustainability.

Environment

MIT Creates Plan for a Sustainable Campus
A university campus offers a great environment in which to implement sustainability. Particularly, an innovation-driven university can create a durable system where new and promising ideas can be continually incorporated.

Responsible Production & Consumption

UK Ethical Spending Increasing Despite Retail Brands' ‘Disappointing’ Trading Performances
One source of optimism today comes from confirmation that the U.K. economic downturn has not dented people's desire to reduce their impact on the environment or spend on ethical products, in spite of some big U.K. retail brands recently announcing ‘disappointing’ trading performances.

Energy

The Effects Solar Energy is Having on Micro Farming
Almost by definition, farmland tends to be away from the city and thus far from the infrastructure of the urban environment.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How Business Can Contribute to Sustainable Development Goals: SDG Fund Report
To harness the expertise of the private sector in the pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global development agencies must learn more about companies’ perspectives on creating development initiatives.

Energy

Debunking the Myths Behind Concentrating Solar Power With Micro-CSP
Most people think that concentrating solar thermal (CSP) power plants must be large and expensive.

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