Tag: green business
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The Problem With 2 Degrees: The Road Past Paris and COP21
This week so many gather in Paris, seeking agreement around how much fundamental atmospheric alteration we’re willing to accept, and what is our best path forward as a global community. Central to this discussion are goals and targets. One central goal that has emerged is limiting the increase in global temperatures to 2 Degrees Celsius.…
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Restoring A World Out Of Balance
Koyaanisqatsi. It is the Hopi word for “life out of balance”, popularized in the ’80s by director Godfrey Reggio in his film trilogy. It is telling that we do not similarly have just one word in English to quite convey the same sense, as this is the situation in which many of us speaking English…
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Emerging Metrics, Business Resilience
Sustainable Brands just completed their New Metrics conference, which highlights the role and value of metrics in the business movement. We see the scrutiny and stress over metrics all the time. People want to understand project status, understand progress, report internally and externally where they are accountable, and simply manage themselves. Metrics tend to drive…
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Interview with David Jaber, Sustainability Consultant and Principal at Climate Positive [AUDIO]
A social innovator can take form in a number of avatars, including social entrepreneur, innovative nonprofit leader, corporate social responsibility lead, or associate with an impact role in a large company. A sometimes-overlooked path in social enterprise, however, is that of sustainability consultant. David Jaber, is such a consultant. Over the past fifteen years, he…