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From the Archive: Talking Sustainable Investing at Holiday Parties

Jon Hale

Here’s the gist of how I described it to them: It’s about investing with an awareness of the impact that environmental and social issues like climate change and gender equality can have on a company’s financial success, and of the impact that companies have on these issues in society.

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What starting a spice company in Tanzania taught me about sustainability and equity

Corporate Knights

Much of my early career entailed bridging gaps between corporate objectives for mineral extraction and equitable access and distribution of resources to local communities. Those were nascent days of corporate social responsibility, when the focus was on corporate image, not substantive changes to business practice.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wasted little time raising the stakes in her nation’s fight against climate change after handily winning re-election in October. Drawing on that mandate, Ardern declared a "climate emergency" and set the wheels in motion for New Zealand’s public sector to become carbon neutral by 2025.

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Rethinking Former GE CEO Jack Welch’s Legacy Offers Insight Into the Future of American Capitalism

Just Capital

Well, as you acknowledge, the moment right around when Jack took over was a period of immense change in the American economy and the global economy at large. I don’t think even the backlash that we’re starting to see from Republicans right now is going to change that.