The Looming Fork in the Road: Is It Avoidable?
This article urges us to ask ourselves why the lack of action on climate change is dividing us so that we can address it while there is still time to do so. It is like a fork in the road,
How Pacific Feminists are Challenging United Nations Leadership Roles
What do we read about in the media when it comes to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Pacific? There have been fears expressed lately by the UN that the SDGs are not being met-- at all-- in the
We the Change, Women Together Envision a Better Earth Through Better Business
This article is part of an editorial collaboration with BCorporation. The BCorp Series can be found here. The original publication can be found here. B Corp Women CEOs Build on Collective Power It's the morning after the Oscars and I did it again. Despite all
Freight is the Cinderella of the Climate Movement: Global Companies must Reduce their Supply Chain Transport Emissions to Fit the Greenhouse Glass Slipper
To give you an idea of the challenge ahead: freight demand is expected to triple between 2015 and 2050, causing CO2 emissions to rise by 76 percent according to the International Transport Forum. Yet to live up to expectations of
Purpose-Driven, Planet-Minded: How to Lead in the 21st Century
This article is part of an editorial collaboration with BCorporation. The BCorp Series can be found here. The original publication can be found here. “Assume people are doing their best with the information they have available.” That principle — assuming positive intent — is among the key elements of
The Term Executive: A New Model to Increase Social Sector Impact and Resilience
The Social Sector and the Term Executive Model You might not know it from looking at the state of things in the US and around the world, but indicators show that the human condition has improved over the millennia. And institutions
Looking for Women Leaders in all the Wrong Places
People ask me sometimes, 'When do you think it will be enough? When will there be enough women on the court?' And my answer is when there are nine. --Ruth Bader Ginsberg When we think about women leaders, we often think about
SDG 5: Achieving Gender Equality
Editor’s Note: This is the sixth piece in a series in collaboration with the SDSN-Y exploring the Sustainable Development Goals. See the introduction to the series here. Many have come to believe that gender equality is a feminist issue, as if to say