by Mark Ray | Jan 2, 2014
Sustain’s systems-based approach to condoms looks at everything from where the tree’s latex is harvested from, the type of sex couples have when they use them, and of course how the condom is disposed of. Sustain condoms use latex derived from the worlds only Forest...
by Mark Ray | Dec 30, 2013
Depending on how I count, I’ve started either 3 or 4 businesses during my life; the difference between 3 and 4 lies with the window washing company I started at age 15. Westhampton Window Washing was a summer job, but unlike most of my friends, I decided to work for...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Feb 26, 2013
What if your job, your finances, and your community were all aligned with what you value? SOCAP has created a special one-day event, SOCAP: Soul, to help answer that question and explore how change starts within us. SOCAP: Soul Boston – Social Capital Market’s first...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jan 7, 2013
580. This is the number of times you have to multiply the lowest paid McDonald’s employee salary in order to arrive at the CEO’s salary. Twenty years ago, that number was 230. Reading this article from a few weeks ago in Bloomberg was distressing to say the least and...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 5, 2012
That’s the headline Fortune Magazine used to describe its annual ranking of the nation’s 500 largest corporations. It certainly didn’t apply to the average American. While unemployment remained stubbornly high, the incomes of the middle class who were lucky enough to...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Mar 6, 2012
In one of our few economic and environmental successes last year, global alternative energy deals climbed 40% to $53.5 billion. Reuters recently reported that: “Solar, wind and energy efficiency overtook hydropower as the main deal drivers for the first time. Hydro...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Nov 28, 2011
Having not broken my obsession with the print version of The New York Times, I was thrilled to greet Black Friday by opening to a full-page ad from Patagonia that urged readers “Don’t Buy This Jacket.” To the best of my knowledge, Patagonia has never...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Nov 3, 2011
The implications of the US government annually investing 90% less than the Chinese have in developing and manufacturing alternative energy technology has doomed America to lose the battle for the energy future. While we bemoan the loss of a $527 million federal loan...
