by Jeffrey Hollender | Jan 29, 2013
Recent research indicates that a green economy is a strong and inclusive one that will help the shift to an economy that is fairer, more sustainable and resilient. Author Ethan Pollack of the Economic Policy Institute outlines the benefits of a green economy in his...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jan 10, 2013
In Jeffrey Sachs’ new book, The Price of Civilization, he states in no uncertain terms that the US economy is held hostage to a narrow group of corporate interests. ”Corporate wealth translates into political power through campaign financing, corporate lobbying...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jan 3, 2013
The Ethical Consumerism Report 2010 was produced by The Co-operative Group, which has tracked shopping trends in the United Kingdom for more than a decade, found that, “despite the economic downturn, sales of ethical goods and services have remained resilient, going...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Dec 5, 2012
For those in the sustainable products industry, it has been a long running and often elusive challenge to understand the role consumers play in creating a thriving “green” marketplace. During the holiday season when shopping reaches a fever pitch is perhaps the most...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Nov 29, 2012
I’ve said it before, but this quote floored me. Never expected this much transparency from one of the world’s most opaque organizations, the US Chamber of Commerce. From the Washington Monthly: [A] large part of what the Chamber sells is political cover. For...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Oct 16, 2012
Sara Johnson, a Village Capital program associate, has provided all who want an introduction, guide and overview to Impact Investing a great service by selecting the 17 best articles she discovered in her own exploration of the field. As she wrote in her introduction,...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Oct 11, 2012
Kudos to Ed Kilgore, a contributing writer for Washington Monthly, for his review of “The Slow-Motion Collapse of American Entrepreneurship,” by New America Foundation’s Barry Lynn and Lina Khan. The insightful article, which appeared in Washington Monthly’s...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Oct 5, 2012
I traveled halfway around the world to keynote The First Corporate Social Responsibility International Forum ever held in Korea. Having never been to Korea, I’d like to share a little about the country and its culture. Korea is at the same time a new and an old...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Sep 24, 2012
Our current system of pricing products and services ensures that society perpetually makes poor choices. Today we exclude most of the adverse social and environmental costs of producing goods from their price. The cost to clean up the groundwater pollution resulting...
