Farmcrowdy: the app helping agriculture in Africa
Agriculture needs to be developed in a better way in Africa: there are farmers and there is land available; if developed in the right way, agriculture is the way to fight hunger in the continent as well as a huge
Quicargo: No More Empty Trucks On the Road
Quicargo, the startup company that helps to connect businesses to trucks with empty space in real-time matching, was born when the founder Avishai Trabelsi was managing his family transport company in Israel. They were struggling with very low margins due to
Raising Awareness of Sustainable Bioenergy in West Africa
The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) has produced a set of twenty-four indicators aimed at the assessment and long-term monitoring of bioenergy sustainability at the national level. The GBEP Sustainability Indicators are intended to inform policymakers about the environmental, social and economic
Science for Good: A New Breed of Entrepreneurs with Science-Based Solutions for a Positive Impact
Science, technology and innovation are often regarded as critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. However, while scientists have been alerting society for decades on the negative impacts and risks linked to human activity — climate change, growing pollution levels,
Fair, Local and Sustainable: An Interview With The Fabric Social
The Fabric Social is a conscious fashion label the clothes of which involve silk and cotton materials woven by artisans on traditional handlooms in Northeast India. While it isn't too uncommon nowadays to hear about slow fashion brands focusing on and
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
CLIMATE . CHANGE – Episode 6 – With Jeffrey Sachs, Professor at Columbia University & UN advisor
In Episode 6 and final chapter of the short film series "Climate . Change", Jeffrey Sachs, one of the world's most influential economists, Professor at Columbia University and Senior Advisor to the UN on Sustainability, paints a realistic yet scary
’57 Chocolate: Empowering Young People and Farmers in Ghana with Tasty Chocolate
Kimberly and Priscilla Addison are the two Co-founders of '57 Chocolate, a luxury chocolate brand inspired by their Ghanian roots. Kimberly is a graduate of Boston College’s Arts and Sciences Program, where she obtained a Bachelors of Arts in French
The Synergism and Progress of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
As specified in point 8 of the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development: “We are announcing today 17 Sustainable Development Goals with 169 associated targets which are integrated and indivisible. Never before have world leaders pledged common action and endeavor across such
4 Steps Toward Business Sustainability
This article is part of an editorial collaboration with BCorporation. The BCorp Series can be found here. The original publication can be found here. Companies Can Improve Financial Value and Workplace Atmosphere By Establishing Specific Goals, Allocating Resources The term “sustainability” often gets swept aside
Using Art to Combat Climate Change: An Interview with Louis Masai
Louis Masai is a British painter, sculptor, illustrator and street artist, perhaps best known for his murals of endangered species. A graduate of Falmouth School of Art, he aims to use his artworks as a means for spreading climate change
Choosing the harder path. The journey towards a job in corporate sustainability.
Being raised in an environmentally conscious German household, I have always realized the importance of environmental protection. But how did I finally end up as a Sustainability Manager trying to push the implementation of complex Sustainability Strategies in even more