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List of B Corps | An illustration of a superhero with the letter B on his chest
Health & Lifestyle/Leadership/Responsible Funds & Investing/Social Enterprise/Workplace

The A-List of B Corps

by CK Staff

Capitalism can do better. Business can be more responsible. Short-term profit doesnโ€™t have to be the singular focus of private enterprise. This

Connected Planet/Leadership/Social Enterprise/Workplace

Evaluating nonprofits

by Marc Gunther

This article was originally published on the Nonprofit Chronicles. In the summer of 2013, in a remarkable development that was little noted

Illustration by Matthew Billington
Social Enterprise/Spring 2015

Crowdfunding watch: Funds2Orgs

by CK Staff

Thereโ€™s no end to the potential good that can come from crowdfunding. A for-profit social enterprise called Fund2Orgs has launched a crowdfunding

Leadership/Responsible Funds & Investing/Social Enterprise

Why financial reform isnโ€™t enough to restore the publicโ€™s faith in capitalism

by Ashley Renders

Believe it or not, there are peopleย in the financial sectorย who are ready to shake things up. John Taft is the head of

Leadership/Responsible Funds & Investing/Social Enterprise

Blackrock doubles down on impact investing

by CK Staff

Itโ€™s a sign of growing investor interest in responsible investing: Blackrock Inc., the worldโ€™s largest asset manager with over $4.5 trillion in

Climate Crisis/Responsible Funds & Investing/Social Enterprise/Winter 2015

Council for Clean Capitalism: 2014 in review

by Toby A.A. Heaps

The Council for Clean Capitalismโ€™s work with Ontarioโ€™s political leadership and borrowing unit was catalytic in launching a proยญvincial green bond program

Guest Comment/Leadership/Perspectives/Social Enterprise/Workplace

Rediscovering the social purpose of business

by Milinda Martin

This article is by Paul Klein, founder and president,ย Impakt, and Milinda Martin, vice president, community investment, corporate brand, and reputation,ย Time Warner Cable.

Food/Health & Lifestyle/Perspectives/Q&A/Social Enterprise

Vandana Shiva on the business of food

by Ashley Renders

Dr. Vandana Shiva is a force. In a single breath, she takes down patriarchy, industrial farming, nuclear power and corporate culture. She

Climate Crisis/Leadership/Social Enterprise/Workplace

The Red Crossโ€™ secret disaster

by ProPublica

This story was originally co-produced byย NPRย and ProPublica, and originally appeared onย ProPublica.org. In 2012, two massive stormsย pounded the United States, leaving hundreds of

Fall 2014/Responsible Funds & Investing/Social Enterprise

The virtuous cycle of co-ops

by Simel Esim

While the debate around the UNโ€™s Sustainable Development Goals beyond 2015 is intensifying, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has been actively promoting

dot eco
Connected Planet/Social Enterprise/Voices

Canadian group wins dot-eco rights

by Tyler Hamilton

Canada may be an environmental laggard on the global stage these days, but on the Internet itโ€™s poised to become an eco-powerhouse.

Education/Fall 2014/Guest Comment/Perspectives/Social Enterprise

Business schools and co-ops

by Dirk Matten

I am writing this from the annual Academy of Management conference in Philadelphia, the largest gathering of management scholars in the world.

Fall 2014/Social Enterprise

Closing the inequality gap

by Hanan El-Youssef and Yuill Herbert

In response to a call to action in 2011 by Vancouver-based Adbusters magazine, protesters of the loosely knit Occupy movement established vigils

man in suit Illustrations by Dave Murray
Fall 2014/Responsible Funds & Investing/Social Enterprise

Building resilient businesses

by Brenda Bouw

From its official beginnings in the mid-1800s, the modern-day cooperative movement has been driven by groups of individuals fed up with economic

Perspectives/Responsible Funds & Investing/Social Enterprise/Sustainable Book Reviews

The B Corp Handbook

by Russ Stoddard

Ryan Honeymanโ€™s new book, The B Corp Handbook, opens with a declaration of interdependence for a fast-growing community of companies that seeks

Clean Tech/Fall 2014/Social Enterprise

The cleantech funding portal

by CK Staff

A new online platform on The Funding Portal has been launched that helps Canadian clean technology companies seek out government and private-sector

Clean Tech/Connected Planet/Fall 2014/Social Enterprise/Transportation

Tech savvy: Local Motion

by Stephen Lacey

As the sharing economy expands, consumers now have seemingly endless options for borrowing cars, bicycles, housing and furniture without the hassle of

Tesla Model S charging at the Supercharger network station in Delaware.
Leadership/Social Enterprise/Transportation

Tesla embraces open source?

by CK Staff

Linux. WordPress. Firefox. Android. Tesla? Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is disrupting the establishment โ€“ again. The chief executive of Tesla Motors said

drawing of a tree
Built Environment/Connected Planet/Fall 2013/Natural Capital/Social Enterprise

Equity crowdfunding

by CK Staff

Green bonds. Usage-based car insurance.ย Utility-scale energy storage.ย Ontario has made some significantย progress over the past few months on aย number of sustainability fronts. Its

Fall 2013/Social Enterprise

Pay less

by CK Staff

A new analysis has found that womenย earn โ€œsubstantially lessโ€ in 101 of 112ย occupations regularly tracked by theย U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The

Ann Cavoukian
Fall 2013/Q&A/Social Enterprise

Ann Cavoukian

by Tyler Hamilton

Ellen Richardson leapt from a bridge in 2001 with the intention of ending her life, only to find herself alive and paralyzed

"Alice" 60" x 60" Acrylic on Canvas, from the series Modern Tipi, by Caroline Monnet
Clean Tech/Energy/Responsible Funds & Investing/Social Enterprise/Spring 2014

Power to the people

by Chris Henderson

The Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies made plenty of bucks penning a song with a catchy beat and the closing line: โ€œIf

Waste rock
Mining/Responsible Funds & Investing/Social Enterprise/Spring 2014

A golden opportunity

by Stephanie Boyd

IMA, Peru โ€“ Raul Chavez has spent nearly 30 years toiling for gold in the parched rocky hills of Peruโ€™s southern desert

A Buoyant Aircraft Systems MB-150 airship. Photos courtesy of BASI
Clean Tech/Social Enterprise/Spring 2014/Transportation

Up, up and away

by Roberta Staley

Last November, Typhoon Haiyan left a swath of destruction through Southeast Asia, flattening buildings and killing and maiming thousands of people. The

Illustration by Matthew Billington
Responsible Funds & Investing/Social Enterprise/Winter 2014/Workplace

The growth of social finance

by Tavia Grant

The world’s first fair-trade shoe company. Solar bonds. An easier way to donate to charity. Affordable housing. Converting zoo animal poop into

solarship
Clean Tech/Energy/Fall 2012/Mining/Social Enterprise/Transportation

Mining gets a low-carbon lift

by Tyler Hamilton

Extractive companies, whether hunting for oil or gold or chromite, face a growing problem. As demand for minerals, metals and energy rises,

field of wheat
Clean Tech/Fall 2013/Perspectives/Social Enterprise/Supply Chain/Voices/Waste

The first straw

by Tyler Hamilton

My entire career as a journalist has been spent writing about new innovations and technologies, from computing and networking, to the Internet

Clean Tech/Fall 2013/Perspectives/Q&A/Social Enterprise/Supply Chain

Woody’s paper trail

by CK Staff

Woody Harrelson stands alone as he flips through the pages of a magazine, scanning the contents of articles while occasionally nodding his

Woody Harrelson
Clean Tech/Fall 2013/Social Enterprise/Supply Chain/Waste

Little startup on the prairie

by Tyler Hamilton

In June 2012, villagers in Central China found themselves choking on an unusually thick and mysterious haze. At the best of times

Pinball Illustration by Ping Zhu
Leadership/Responsible Funds & Investing/Social Enterprise/Summer 2013

The savings jackpot

by Matthew Prescott Oxman

Sabrina Lee-Brewster has a particular talent for a particularly challenging task: getting residents from Detroit, the third most unbanked major city in

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