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A Manifesto for Sustainable Capitalism

Posted by on Dec 20, 2011 in articles, corporate responsibility, economics, employee ownership, environment, equity and justice, inspiration & reflection, leadership, management, Must Reads, sustainability, systems thinking | 2 comments

Al Gore and David Blood, his partner in the multi-billion private equity fund, Generation Investment Management, recently opined on “How businesses can embrace environmental, social and governance metrics,” on the Op-Ed page of The Wall Street Journal, an unlikely location for such a conversation – but, just the place it should be happening. Their narrative is spot on, worthy of reading if only to remind us of the basics that must guide us out of our current economic and environmental mess. Much of the essence of their plea is focused...

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