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Make Money by … Saving the World: The Biosphere Economy
The TakeAway: We can flip the equation of economic growth through environmental damage, to global prosperity through ecological healing. Evidence of human assault on our fragile biosphere abounds this...
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Fighting the Fury: Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and the Business Response
The TakeAway: Companies and investors need to deal with natural disaster mitigation, resilience, and rebuilding efforts. Five years ago this Sunday, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, where...
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Climate Skeptics’ Arguments Crushed By Global Bank
The TakeAway: Deutsche Bank powerfully rebuts arguments used by climate deniers, and snubs US for lagging on climate policy and clean energy investments. Climate deniers faced another massive debunking...
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The US Military: Partners in Sustainable Peace
The TakeAway: Climate change, clean energy, and humanitarian stability operations are mission-critical components of the Defense Department’s policy doctrine and operational stance. As we hailed our...
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Proxy Resolutions, Shareholder Engagement, and Buggy Whips
Part One of Two Parts The TakeAway: Proxy resolutions continue to influence corporate behavior on social policy and corporate governance, but proponents need to explore additional forms of engagement,...
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Getting Off the Couch
The TakeAway: Last year we became conscious of the breakdown in public trust and its civic moral and economic consequences—and what average people can do to make a difference. This year more of us will...
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Environmentalism 2.0: Young People Lead the Way
by Tristanne Davis, Occasional Contributor The Takeaway:Today is Earth Day, and the environmental movement needs young people more than ever. We can help reignite constructive activism by inspiring and...
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Fighting the Fury Once Again: 14 Actions We Can Take
Shawnee, Okla., tornado caught on tape - KOCOTV, http://youtu.be/1WoirMAj0SA The TakeAway: Yet another deadly tornado has ripped through Oklahoma, killing at least 24, including 9 elementary school...
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The Power of Two, Plus You! OpenLetter2013
The Takeaway: Two friends from Boston, increasingly alarmed by the dearth of meaningful action on climate change, decided to take matters into their own hands. The pair are crowdfunding a full-page ad...
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Voting Matters: Record-Breaking Proxy Season
Part One of Three Parts It’s been a banner year for U.S. capital market reform: on Wednesday President Obama is expected to sign the Dodd-Frank Act, while the SEC is receiving comments on its Concept...
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Environmental & Social Policy Resolutions Receive Record Levels of Support
Part Two of Three Parts For more than forty years, shareholder activists and large investors have expressed their concerns to corporate boards through the proxy resolution process. For them, this...
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U.S. Boards Lag on Sustainability
The TakeAway: Conference Board Study Says Most US Boards Still Pursuing Random Approach to Sustainability With rapidly changing financial regulations, the emergence of coherent global standards for...
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Sustainability: When Will the Exception Become the Rule?
Commentary by Bob Massie The TakeAway: Silo Thinking by Corporations, Activists, Investors, and Others Slows Progress of Sustainability Those who have been working to advance the concept and practice...
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The Go-Getter Approach to Climate Change
World Resources Institute, 2010: US Emissions by Sector The TakeAway: With extreme weather mounting and Congress dithering, WRI report outlines what we can do now to reduce GHGs. In the world of...
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