Forest certification remains a key weapon in the fight to save forests
The silver bullet has become a metaphor for a simple, almost magical solution to a vexing problem.
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Eco-operation: why your climate strategy is central to wooing millennials
As an avocado-loving, debt-ridden, fully paid-up member of the millennial generation, it probably won't come as a surprise that I care about issues such as climate change, social justice and Trump in the White House.
What business can do to close the financial inclusion gender gap
In April, the World Bank released the latest results of the Global Findex database, the most comprehensive resource to understand how adults use financial services to save, borrow and protect themselves against economic shocks.
Synthetic biology hacks the code for sustainability
Biology, the scientific study of life at every level, shows how organisms — from single cells to human bodies — stay diverse and productive over time.
Dynamic sustainability teams do these three things
Lately, I have been reflecting on the summer of 2015, the season in which I embarked on a purposeful career in corporate sustainability, fresh after graduating from the environmental science program at North Carolina State University.
How common standards could spur growth in green finance
The appetite from issuers and investors for green finance continues to strengthen worldwide: globally, issuance of labeled green bonds (PDF) jumped to nearly $160 billion in 2017.
We need to talk about blockchain — together
We need to talk about blockchain. Blockchain offers immense opportunities to achieve business and sustainability goals, but it will take serious collaboration to unleash its full potential.
We should worry as much about ‘stranded workers’ as stranded assets
In former mining towns across northern England and Wales, the scars from the collapse of the U.K. mining industry in the 1980s are still visible.
How we can effectively shift to a global circular economy
If you need to skip the straw at lunch today, consider this: Scientists found that even Arctic sea ice — far removed from most major metropolitan areas — is no longer plastic-free.
We calculated how much money planting trees can save for your city
Megacities are on the rise (PDF). There are 47 such areas around the globe, each housing more than 10 million residents.
