News, ideas, projects, resources, and inspiration for people who want to change the world through business.
Posted 1 year ago
This question is at the center of two recent articles: “A Coffee Conundrum” about Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (New York Times) and “Start Here. Change Everything.” about Justin’s Nut Butters (Ad Age).
Good reading about the challenges and opportunities that face environmentally-friendly companies as they scale up.
Posted 1 year ago
Timberland’s CEO Jeff Swartz regularly hosts stakeholder engagement calls to “inform, inspire, and engage others about Timberland’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.”
Last week, he hosted one with Mountain Equipment Co-op CEO David Labistour. They discussed “the need for comparability of products’ environmental impacts to inform consumers’ responsible purchasing decisions.”
You can listen to a podcast of the call (and past calls) at the link above.
Posted 1 year ago
Hands That Feed—“a documentary film exploring the agricultural collapse in Haiti, its role in the post-earthquake food crisis, and the emerging grassroots development models that seek to restore Haiti’s food supply and environment”—is looking for a few more hundred dollars in donations through their KickStarter page.
Amazingly, they’ve already reached their initial goal of $15,000 of seed funding, but are now aiming for $16,130 since 7% of their total amount will be taken away for processing fees (hence, $16130 will provide them a true $15,000 operating budget).
I also encourage you to check out Good Eater Collaborative, a sustainable food website where Hands That Feed Producer Joshua Levin writes.
Posted 1 year ago
There’s a misfit in each of us [entrepreneurs], and it’s the most delicate, precious thing that we have.
Posted 1 year ago
In under 4 years, supporters of charity: water have funded 2600+ projects in 17 countries that bring clean water to over 1.2 million people. If you’re a graduate student in New York City with experience in fundraising, apply for this internship immediately.
Posted 1 year ago
If every charity was run with more of a business focus, the world would be a better place. We’ve created what I consider to be a hybrid organization—the best of charity merged with the best of business.
Posted 1 year ago
Now in its third year, the Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate Corps—in partnership with Net Impact—has matched 51 students from leading business schools with companies looking to develop actionable energy efficiency plans.
Last year, Climate Corps identified $54 million in energy savings at leading corporations.
While the results of this year’s have yet to be seen, I recommend following the progress of the fellows on the EDF blog. Some very interesting reads.
Thanks to EDF and Net Impact for actively sharing this knowledge. Personally, I’m looking forward to seeing this program continue to grow over the next few years.
Posted 1 year ago
“The Entrepreneurial Finance Lab, a branch of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for International Development, has devised a psychometric test to help banks in emerging markets easily screen loan applicants. The goal is to spur lending to small and midsize companies, a vital sector often underfunded in the developing world.”
Posted 1 year ago
Interesting initiative coming from The Blind Project called Biographe, a new sustainable style brand that helps victims and survivors of the commercial sex trade in Southeast Asia.
They’re holding a design contest that runs until September 15, 2010. You read stories of victims on their website, choose the story you want to represent, become their “biographer” by telling their story through design, and submit your entry.
Winning designs will then be turned into t-shirts and sold, with profits being reinvested into the victims’ communities. Check it out!
Posted 1 year ago
The best way to combat poverty is to help each person make money and stand on their own.
Tadashi Yanai, Chairman and President of Fast Retailing, which owns the Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo.
“Japan’s casual clothing brand Uniqlo and Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus said Tuesday they would create a textiles company in Bangladesh to help poor women gain financial independence.
Fast Retailing, which owns Uniqlo, plans to invest some 100,000 dollars to set up Grameen Uniqlo Ltd in October.
The new company will source materials and make garments in Bangladesh—including women’s underwear, school uniforms and blankets.
It plans to hire up to 2,000 local people within three years, drawn mainly from the eight million borrowers of Yunus’ ‘microcredit’ Grameen Bank, and train them to become financially independent by selling clothes.”
Read the official press release here.
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