by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 29, 2011
This is the first of a series of posts I’ll be writing to describe my trip to the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation, located in the Basque region of Spain. I’m compelled to start with purpose, mission and values. Whatever one might conclude about Mondragon, the single...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 27, 2011
By Nicholas G. Luviene, from “Building a Platform for Economic Democracy: A Cooperative Development Strategy for the Bronx.” © 2010 Nicholas G. Luviene. (Note: This excerpt is republished with permission from Mr. Luviene.) Mondragon is located in the Basque region, a...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 20, 2011
“That the Italian and Basque cooperatives have grown so large is somewhat a mystery since, unlike capitalist enterprises, cooperatives are not expansionist by nature…Capitalist enterprises tend towards growth because increased scale generally leads to greater...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 18, 2011
(Note: This blog post is republished from the original, published on July 14, 2011, hosted by the MIT CoLab and accessible here.) It used to be that dissatisfied Americans looked for ways to fix the economy when it wasn’t working for them, using policy adjustments and...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 13, 2011
A better way is possible. We spend more than $110 billion fighting wars in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but are plagued with a poverty rate of more than 17 percent. At 6.7 deaths per 1,000 live births, the U.S. had the highest infant mortality rate among the high-income...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 11, 2011
A recent international survey conducted by Accenture revealed some pretty interesting statistics about the state of sustainability in the mindset of corporate leaders. Though a majority see the benefits — namely in reputation and trust (cited by 49% of...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 5, 2011
We know that water, forests, soils – all the essentials of life – are becoming depleted and degraded at a dangerous rate. We know that our climate is changing at a speed and on a scale far beyond anything modern humanity has experienced. And we know that the...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 23, 2011
Every year, Ethical Corporation, a magazine, organizes a summit to assess the progress that the corporate world has made on its journey toward sustainability. This year, I was invited to speak on the question, “Can a large company be sustainable and grow?” My answer...
by Jeffrey Hollender | May 18, 2011
$250 million is a big number. It’s even bigger when you consider that it’s the savings Johnson & Johnson reaped as a result of the company’s investment in employee wellness. While the company has had a very tough year with numerous and costly product recalls,...
