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Meet the women warrior accountants pushing the envelope on climate action

Corporate Knights

In the 1990s, progressive economists were pushing for what they called full-cost accounting: a triple bottom line that took profits, people and the planet into consideration. She found herself burrowing back into her textbooks, returning to first principles as she tried to come up with a meaningful way to measure social impact.

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Inside Oklahoma’s Innovation Rush

Stanford Social Innovation

Part of the American Rescue Plan Act passed in early 2021, BBBRC is one of the largest economic development grant competitions in history, with a billion dollars of funding at stake. Run by the US Economic Development Administration (EDA), the Challenge received 529 proposals, named 60 finalists, and selected 21 winners.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Rosalind Brewer is the first African-American and woman to steer the company’s Americas operations as well its global supply chain, product and store development. In the past decade, Natura has planted several hundred million dollars toward rainforest protection and sustainable development. Company profile. million acres the 4.4