Silicon Valley Insider: Purpose-Driven Firms On The Rise
Purpose-driven firms play a critical role in helping to build a sustainable world. Purpose-driven work drives innovation, creativity, and out of the box thinking. Climate change, diversity inclusion, wealth disparity, gender wage gaps. These once contentious topics are now central conversations
How Honest is Green Finance? A Look into Goldman Sachs
I woke up with an email in my inbox. My stepmother had read an article on firms that have adopted “green” and innovative approaches to Finance and of course, she thought of me. In this case, the approach was planting
Surviving Climate Change: A Battle for Power and Control
According to The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report, released late last year, our planet is headed toward catastrophic warming of 3.2 C in less than 100 years. It's a massive climate change. And while no one knows
Surviving Climate Change: Where Should We Place Our Hope?
With the level of knowledge that humans have amassed, there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to address this challenge BUT we're are complicated creatures
The Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility
If a company only pays attention to maximizing profits and neglects its social responsibility, it may eventually bring negative events to society. These issues can be related to food safety, environmental pollution, tax evasion, and so on. As a result,
Beware of Greenwashing in Finance
Green finance, the primary way for the financial industry to promote environmental protection and sustainable economic and social development, faces greenwashing. This means that low-cost funds from green financing are used for non-green projects. This article starts with the explanation of the
Brands and Businesses Taking Stands
The new Procter & Gamble/Gillette advert “The best men can be” concerning "toxic masculinity" itself proved toxic for some. Piers Morgan - the Good Morning Britain presenter - tweeted: “I've used Gillette razors my entire adult life but this absurd virtue-signalling PC
When Dignity Transcends Human Behavior, We all Win
Since publishing my first book seven year ago, I have spent much time speaking before a diversity of audiences on the subject of sustainability. Over the course of hundreds of conversations, people have opened up about the role of individual
Are CSR Definitions outdated in 2019?
Amongst the disMAY of Brexit, the divisiveness of Mr. Trump, and the dire drought of drone defences, there is something we can rely on: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Corporate Social Responsibility is an initiative that has, at least on the surface,
Should Governments Support The Impact Economy?
I was first introduced to the impact economy while working at the Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) in the summer of 2016. At the time, VEC held an event where businesses working in the impact sector were invited to tell their
Consumerism is passé, eco must echo in the East
Consumerism - a tradition of the West - finds traction in the East; the landscape is changing through globalization and liberalization. Consumerism definitely improves the economy. More demand leads to more production, creates more jobs, better packages and lifestyles; all