Regulation A Investment Options Will Benefit Sustainable Startups the Most Next Year
Editor's Note: This article about the investment options available through Regulation A, was shared with us by Alice P. Neuhauser, CFO at Seismic. Seismic is an early-stage growth investor committed to identifying, guiding, and nurturing companies seeking to meaningfully disrupt
Assembling the Puzzle: Conceptual Framework and Methods for Assessing Food Systems
Sustainable food systems can play a big role in ensuring the availability and access to safe, nutritious and affordable food, creating decent jobs and livelihoods, contributing to balanced territorial development and protecting the earth’s natural resources and biodiversity. But our food
Sucking Up to Business is a Certain Path to Ecological Collapse (Part 2)
This is the second of a three-part essay by Canadian sustainability strategist, Brad Zarnett. The series explores why corporate sustainability was always ill-suited to deliver on its promise of a more sustainable world and what we need to do going
How Multistakeholder Partnerships Can Deliver SDG Progress
A Case Study on P4G Partnership & Africa GreenCo. Last month, the World Resources Institute launched a landmark new report, “A Time for Transformative Partnerships” that outlines success factors critical to the growth and implementation of multistakeholder partnerships driving progress on
#EndSARS: The Truth Behind the Hashtag
People across Nigeria and beyond have taken to the streets in a show of popular anger against police brutality. For nearly two weeks, protestors have voiced their outrage against the country’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), which they accuse of massive
This All-Women Cooperative is Feeding Hundreds During the Pandemic
Since 2007, the all-women AMPROCAL coffee cooperative in Ocotepeque, Honduras has worked hard to connect farmers with higher prices for their coffee on the international market. Starting with just eight members, they’ve grown to over 150 today. That means they’re
Hungary and Poland Block Europe’s Covid Recovery Fund
It happened today, 16 November. Hungary and Poland have managed to block Europe's €750 billion Recovery Fund. Europeans rarely agree on anything and now the Visegrad group of East European countries led by Hungary and Poland is threatening Europe’s path to
Data4WASH, A Platform to Improve Access To Clean Water
Data4WASH is an interactive online platform designed for open source use. Verified data generated from different GPS coordinates is curated onto the WASH map portal and used to make a case for driving investment into the design and installation of
Global Number of Natural Disasters Increases Ten Times
A look at data over the last century shows a dramatic rise in the number of catastrophic natural events. The world has witnessed a tenfold increase in the number of natural disasters since the 1960s, the Ecological Threat Register (ETR) shows. Data captured
COVID-19: Why More Than Vaccines Are Needed – One Health Approach
To control the COVID-19 pandemic, will a vaccine be enough? This article makes the case that more than a vaccine (or several vaccines) is needed and that bringing together the two major existing health systems that are now separate, one
Mining Threatens 20% of Indigenous Lands in the Amazon
For decades, the Yaigojé Apaporis Indigenous People in Colombia’s lower Apaporis River Basin worked to get their traditional lands formally recognized by the government and secured from outside threats. Initially protected as the Yaigojé Apaporis Reserve, it was also declared
The U.S. Has Exited the Paris Agreement. Does it Matter?
The last time there was a major climate treaty, the United States stood on the sidelines. This time, stakes may be higher, but the energy transition (and global cooperation at large) will continue. “When America sneezes, the world catches a cold.” The