This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Clean Energy Venture Group has invested in 39 companies since its start in 2005, and those companies have earned more than $500 million in follow-on investments from large venture capital firms…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On March 11, 2011, the biggest recorded earthquake in Japanese history hit the country’s northeast coast. It was followed by a tsunami that traveled up to 6 miles (10 kilometers)…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Grant reports. We all love to hate them. A reason is that like most things related to grants, we’ve learned to tell funders what we think they want to hear.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite the success and optimism of the new COVID-19 vaccination campaigns being rolled out worldwide, the emergence of new viral strains threatens to undermine their effectiveness. Indeed, South Africa has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on communities across the country for the past year. But some cities have been able to keep residents connected with each other and vital resources. Home…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More and more, women are paving the way for young girls to become leaders in their own communities. We hear every day of the accomplishments of African women—from the everyday…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The US Food and Drug Administration has issued emergency use authorization for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, making it the third available in the fight against COVID-19. Manufactured by Janssen,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The biggest companies in the Asia Pacific region got worse at reporting their sustainability performance in 2020, and improved in only one area — human rights — according to a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Canadian women have long suffered the professional and financial consequences of COVID-19, but new research indicates that this impact could be long-lasting. According to a study published by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Three new, fast-spreading variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 can evade antibodies that work against the original form that sparked the pandemic, new research shows. With few exceptions, whether…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the millions of small producers who are part of a growing global movement for circular and regenerative food systems, agroecology is much more than a set of farming practices.…
Even before the pandemic and associated economic fallout, one in four working adults in the US earned a wage insufficient to lift a small family out of poverty. The impact…