“I'm going to give you the one thing you'll remember in a years' time, which is about buttons ...”
Paul Collier
With a focus on the short term, today’s markets do not reflect the real costs of degraded natural resources and unjust labor practices or the hidden opportunities for long-term value creation.
Governments and civil society cannot win this battle alone; markets need to mobilize resources to speed this transformation, with supply and demand geared toward sustainable products, services, and practices.
We advance innovations that harness the power of markets to drive change by considering all costs and opportunities with a long-term perspective.
May 20 - 26, 2013
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Ignoring Innovation: A Review of Michael Levi’s ‘The Power Surge’
The Breakthrough
The "iron law of climate change" says that this challenge cannot be achieved by making energy substantially more expensive. Across the world in countries rich and poor, people have repeatedly indicated that while they will pay some price for environmental objectives, that willingness has its limits.
The "iron law of climate change" says that this challenge cannot be achieved by making energy substantially more expensive. Across the world in countries rich and poor, people have repeatedly indicated that while they will pay some price for environmental objectives, that willingness has its limits.
May 13 - 19, 2013
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Skoll Original
Skoll Original
Giving Work is Not Enough to Bring People out of Poverty
I believe that our model is only one way to empower people on a path out of poverty through digital work. Indeed, we’re continually working to strengthen our approach. However, I’m convinced that using digital work as a means to bring people out of poverty is not just about providing work opportunities for the poor.
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Skoll Original
Skoll Original
The Full Impact of Impact Sourcing
Continuous quality improvements and reduced cost mean we can serve more students better, while we also seek new technology solutions that will completely change the landscape in the future.
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Skoll Original
Skoll Original
Business Process Outsourcing Takes on Global Poverty
While international aid for economic development often fails, business has the potential to bring millions of people out poverty. For no enterprise is this more true than the unsung $300 billion industry called Business Process Outsourcing.
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Carbon Dioxide Level Passes Long Feared Milestone
New York Times
The level of the most important heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide, has passed a long-feared milestone, scientists reported Friday. Indirect measurements suggest that the last time the carbon dioxide level was this high was at least three million years ago, during an epoch called the Pliocene. Experts fear that humanity may be precipitating a return to such conditions — except this time, billions of people are in harm’s way.
The level of the most important heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide, has passed a long-feared milestone, scientists reported Friday. Indirect measurements suggest that the last time the carbon dioxide level was this high was at least three million years ago, during an epoch called the Pliocene. Experts fear that humanity may be precipitating a return to such conditions — except this time, billions of people are in harm’s way.
May 6 - 12, 2013
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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Fellows for Inaugural Global Fellowship Program on Social Innovation
Rockefeller Foundation
Fellows will have the opportunity to build strategic relationships with a likeminded community of change-makers from across sectors, across issue areas, and across the globe. The program was designed by a collaborative team from the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience at the University of Waterloo in Canada and the Stockholm Resilience Centre atStockholm University in Sweden.
Fellows will have the opportunity to build strategic relationships with a likeminded community of change-makers from across sectors, across issue areas, and across the globe. The program was designed by a collaborative team from the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience at the University of Waterloo in Canada and the Stockholm Resilience Centre atStockholm University in Sweden.
Apr 29 - May 5, 2013
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Low carbon prices may spur deforestation
Mongabay News
Low carbon prices may spur deforestation in New Zealand according to a survey by a researcher at Canterbury University. As reported last week by The New Zealand Herald, a collapse in carbon prices on the country's emissions trading scheme (ETS) has undercut an incentive for farmers to preserve forests.
Low carbon prices may spur deforestation in New Zealand according to a survey by a researcher at Canterbury University. As reported last week by The New Zealand Herald, a collapse in carbon prices on the country's emissions trading scheme (ETS) has undercut an incentive for farmers to preserve forests.
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Muhammad Yunus: 'Put poverty in the museum'
Deutsche Welle
In interview with DW, former Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus says that social business organizations need to take on a more important role in international development aid work.
In interview with DW, former Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus says that social business organizations need to take on a more important role in international development aid work.
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Unilever’s Progress Report Provides Important Lessons in Mainstreaming Sustainability
TriplePundit
Earlier this week, Unilever released its second Sustainable Living Plan progress report. Comprehensive and rich in detail, this report provides not just an update on the progress of Unilever two years into its ten-year sustainability plan, but also an opportunity to learn about the state of mainstreaming sustainability in business from one of the most advanced “labs” in the world.
Earlier this week, Unilever released its second Sustainable Living Plan progress report. Comprehensive and rich in detail, this report provides not just an update on the progress of Unilever two years into its ten-year sustainability plan, but also an opportunity to learn about the state of mainstreaming sustainability in business from one of the most advanced “labs” in the world.
