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Lessons from pedal-powered ChocoSol
How "ecopreneur" Michael Sacco transformed chocolate into a learning enterprise
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Hotels, Airbnb battle for green cred
Whether for leisure or business, more travelers are seeking accommodations that mesh with sustainable values.
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Are direct cash payments the most effective way to combat poverty?
GiveDirectly: Where cash is king
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Pay-as-you go solar takes off in East Africa
Nairobi-based M-KOPA is using mobile micro-payment technologies to bring safe, affordable light to dark African villages.
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How good is that environmental nonprofit, anyway?
Green groups face a growing call to measure and report how well they do their jobs.
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App watch: The OpenLabel Project (iOS, Android)
A new app is working to bring radical transparency to the products we use and consume.
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The A-List of B Corps
B Lab highlights the companies that score in the top 10 per cent of all Certified B Corps.
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Evaluating nonprofits
If not overhead, then what?
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Crowdfunding watch: Funds2Orgs
A new crowdfunding site helps individuals and organizations raise money through shoe donations.
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Why financial reform isn’t enough to restore the public’s faith in capitalism
Three financial heavyweights got together to talk about the failures of capitalism and how to fix them.
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Blackrock doubles down on impact investing
Is the world’s largest asset manager embracing impact investing a turning point for the market?
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Council for Clean Capitalism: 2014 in review
Through its work in Ontario, the Council for Clean Capitalism is laying the groundwork for the rest of Canada.
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Rediscovering the social purpose of business
OPINION: In the future, companies will survive only if they help solve big social problems.
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Vandana Shiva on the business of food
CK sat down with the anti-GMO crusader to talk about fair trade, corporate responsibility and, of course, food.
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The Red Cross’ secret disaster
The Red Cross botched key elements of its mission after Sandy and Isaac, leaving behind a trail of unmet needs and acrimony.
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The virtuous cycle of co-ops
Survey finds that the cooperative business model is helping the global community meet its sustainability goals.
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Canadian group wins dot-eco rights
Community-based environmental coalition backed Vancouver-based Big Room in bid to become world's exclusive dot-eco registry.
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Business schools and co-ops
Co-ops and the cooperative model more broadly should have a larger presence in the business school classroom.
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Closing the inequality gap
Cooperatives, by design, promote equality and shrink the gap between haves and have-nots.
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Building resilient businesses
Co-operatives have proven themselves durable during tough of times. Could this business model be the key to economic growth?
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The B Corp Handbook
This step-by-step guide on how to become a B Corp. will likely accelerate the growth of socially conscious companies.
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The cleantech funding portal
The new cleantech Funding Portal is the latest platform to make our crowdfunding watch list.
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Tech savvy: Local Motion
A new company helps companies manage their fleets using the sharing economy.
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Tesla embraces open source?
CEO Elon Musk says patent sharing, not hoarding, is the key to expanding EV market and dealing with global carbon crisis
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Equity crowdfunding
Proposed rules for Ontario could boost social finance.
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Pay less
Study finds that women still earn less than men in most occupations
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