This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the early ’90s I worked on corporate sustainability with a group of young, smart, optimistic colleagues, paid virtually nothing, working out of an office closet next to the bathroom…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many kinds of extreme events can disrupt electricity service, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, extreme heat, extreme cold and extended droughts. Major disasters can leave thousands of people in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our cities are becoming more digital. The intention is to make life easier for the people who inhabit them — but is it working out like that? Transportation in particular has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The discourse around philanthropy tends to focus on giving by High Net-Worth Individuals (HNIs) or companies, through their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arms. However, data tells us that neither has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has reached the one year mark. One year of change, of loss, of resilience, and of learning. For Surfrider’s Beach Cleanup program, this past year has presented challenges…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Corporations like Delta Airlines, Microsoft, and Coca-Cola have spoken out publicly against the measure and Major League Baseball moved its All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver. So, which is it?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For more than 20 years, survey data has highlighted the persistent lack of diversity on nonprofit and foundation boards in the U.S. I often get approached by executives and board…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I recently spoke with Mildred McClain, co-founder and executive director of The Harambee House/Citizens for Environmental Justice, which has helped bridge communities and companies for more than three decades. Based in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What began as a roving conversation about the role of happiness in policy among a group of visiting academics (which I was lucky to be a part of) in Bhutan…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More and more of my friends have started fundraisers on the social media platform, asking their network to donate to sea rescue efforts of refugees or coding courses for marginalised…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To avert the worst effects of climate change, global greenhouse gas emissions should fall at faster rates than they have risen for over a century. Economies must essentially turn on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A question hangs over the end of lockdown, and whether, with respect to the climate crisis, we fall back into old habits or rebuild better. In either case, business has…