Sustainable Business
Why Social Entrepreneurs Are So Burned Out
Can entrepreneurs help address the society’s biggest challenges — without burning out?
These are pressing questions. According to Deloitte, private businesses are increasingly expected to help solve the most challenging social problems of our times —
Trends In Food Packaging Drive Sustainable Business Mainstream
It’s hard to miss the growing conversation around single-use plastics in food packaging – you may have heard of The War on Straws, or seen reports on the Great
This Entrepreneur Got A Funder To Say: “Here’s $1 Million. Do Whatever You Want”
Over the years, I’ve interviewed countless entrepreneurs — and one thing I always hear is how difficult it is to raise money. Particularly if you’re a woman, the stats are dismal.
Financial Wellness
Why do so many people fall for financial scams?
In hindsight, david carter sees the deal differently. The 63-year-old has a Master’s degree in technology. A successful career meant he found a six-figure salary offer perfectly plausible. He knew from reading newspapers that tech stocks
Why Retirement Is Broken And Needs To Be Reinvented
Retirement is the #1 financial worry with 65% of Americans worried about it and a majority thinking about it 4 times per week. The core problem is uncertainty - people have no idea how much they need, because
Communication, tools, safety net all key to improving retirement outcomes
Reforms should be better communicated to workers in efforts to combat behavioral biases and inadequate financial knowledge that undermines participants’ retirement decisions, the Organization for Economic Cooperation said in its latest pensions outlook report. The OECD
Poverty and Prosperity
How Poverty Is Causing Deforestation Across Africa
Gitika Bhardwaj speaks to campaigner Obed Owusu-Addai about why solving the problem of deforestation across Africa requires tackling one of its biggest causes – poverty. Up to 58,000 square miles of forests are being lost
Housing could play the biggest role in ending child poverty
It was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who wrote, more than 50 years ago, “The curse of poverty has no justification in our age.” Yet poverty continues, and quite often it’s children who feel the
After The Fall: Income Inequality and the Great Recession
If there’s any point of agreement amongst the many ten-year anniversary eulogies of the 2008 recession, it is that at some point the crisis ended. The nearly nine million jobs that were lost in the crisis are
Environment
Switching to a home battery won’t help save the world
Home energy storage systems might save you money, but under current policies, they would also often increase carbon emissions. That is the conclusion reached by a team of researchers at the University of California San
Humans may be reversing the climate clock, by 50 million years
In a study published Monday (Dec. 10, 2018) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers show that humans are reversing a long-term cooling trend tracing back at least 50 million years. And
Africa To Turn To Solar Energy For Power
Energy poverty in Africa is estimated to cost the continent between 2 and 4 percent of gross domestic product a year. This is according to the African Development Bank (AfDB), which is leading the Desert
Health
Poverty and ill health: the ugly bedfellows blighting millions of lives
Deprivation is robbing people of years of good health from their 30s onwards, driving people out of work and reinforcing poverty as they head towards retirement age. A huge new study by the Health Foundation
New Buzz about a Malaria Prevention Drug
Most malaria drugs are designed to reduce symptoms after infection. They work by blocking replication of the disease-causing parasites in human blood, but they don’t prevent infection or transmission via mosquitoes. What’s worse, the malaria
The ‘clean plate’ mentality drives us to overeat.
Just in time for the holidays, new research explores our tendency to overeat when we only have a little bit of food left over – and how we justify it by convincing ourselves that it’s
Impact Investing
The Continued Growth of Sustainable Investing
With $12 trillion now invested in the United States, sustainable investing is not just a trend, it's becoming part of the fabric of investing. That's my take after reading the Report on U.S. Sustainable, Responsible and
Where next for ESG? A look at what lies ahead
If ESG tickets are now on sale at the box office, it’s the ‘E’ that’s got the main billing. Indeed, the transition to a low-carbon economy will dominate the sustainable investing story for some time
This crowdfunding campaign lets you give capital to companies changing the world
The nonprofit impact investing fund Acumen just launched its first crowdfunding campaign. Dubbed #OneGreatIdea, the effort seeks to collectively raise at least $100,000 from Giving Tuesday donors who are interested in building companies that generate both social and
Employee Ownership
Employee Stock Ownership Plans: Can They Close the Wealth Gap?
Much has been written about the growing trend of income inequality in the US; we hear less often about the wealth divide, which is even more stark. While the top 10 percent of US households today own 51
Employee Stock Plan Could Brew Up Productivity For Great Lakes
There’s a tradition at Cleveland’s Great Lakes Brewing Company. Each day around 4 o’clock, employees gather in the brewpub for a complimentary “shift beer.” It’s a chance to celebrate the fruits of their labor. Soon
Workers in ESOPs Have Double the Retirement Savings
S Corporations are likely to be fully employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) owned, and S Corporation ESOPs, in particular, tend to prepare workers much better for retirement than other types of workplace retirement savings plans,
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Oxford Conference on Business and Poverty
Welcome to the second annual Oxford Business Fights Poverty Conference. As you view this summary of the conference you will read from a series of topics like Responsible Leadership, Honoring Entrepreneurs, Employee Ownership, Mentoring, Crowdsourcing & Addressing Poverty. Please
The Greatest Givers: Meet America’s Top Philanthropists
Actions speak louder than words: While it may be easy to make promises, true generosity involves actually giving away the greenbacks. To discover who doled out the most money in 2017, Forbes partnered with Boca
How The Rich View The Poor
More than four years have passed since the Occupy Wall Street movement divided the country into percentages, calling the 99 percent out against the 1 percent. A voice was raised from Zucotti Park in New York City demanding reform
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- North Carolina's election fraud scandal has both parties planning for another campaign December 14, 2018Republican and Democratic officials in North Carolina are beginning to maneuver for position in anticipation of a fierce and protracted second campaign in the state's scandal-ridden 9th Congressional District.
- Bomb threats emailed to multiple locations across the country December 14, 2018Dozens of businesses and institutions across the United States and Canada received email threats Thursday afternoon, prompting evacuations and sweeps of buildings.
- Springfield Police to launch review of destroyed rape kits following CNN investigation December 14, 2018The police chief in Springfield, Missouri, on Thursday told a rape victim advocacy group that the department will review sex crimes cases in which the agency destroyed rape kits.
- EU tells May Brexit deal not up for renegotiation as wounded UK leader seeks lifeline December 14, 2018The European Union will not throw British Prime Minister Theresa May a lifeline over Brexit, after she survived a bruising confidence motion triggered by members of her own party.
- Second Canadian detained in China as diplomatic spat intensifies December 14, 2018A second Canadian has been detained in China in a potential act of retribution that threatens to escalate the diplomatic dispute between Washington, Beijing and Ottawa following the arrest of a Chinese Huawei executive in Canada.
- Exclusive: Chinese battery firm halts purchases of cobalt from Glencore - sources December 14, 2018Chinese battery firm GEM has stopped buying cobalt from Glencore as the price of the battery material crashed below that agreed in a three-year deal between the two companies, sources close to the matter said.
- Oil prices edge up on hopes global supplies will tighten December 14, 2018Oil prices climbed more than 2 percent on Thursday, after data showed inventory declines in the United States and as investors began to expect that the global oil market could have a deficit sooner than they had previously thought.
- Asian shares wobbly, euro steady after ECB ends QE December 14, 2018Asian shares were on the defensive on Friday as investors kept a wary eye on economic tensions between Washington and Beijing while the euro was steady after the European Central Bank halted new bond purchases as expected.
- Japan business mood steady but outlook sours: BOJ tankan December 14, 2018Confidence among Japan's big firms remained unchanged from three months ago, a closely-watched central bank survey showed, but sentiment on the outlook soured for the first time in three quarters as trade frictions and global growth concerns hurt the business mood.
- Nissan board may fail to select new chairman on Monday: Nikkei December 14, 2018Nissan Motor Co's board may fail to select a chairman to succeed Carlos Ghosn as had been planned on Dec. 17 after a panel tasked to choose a candidate was unable to agree on a nominee in a meeting held Thursday, the Nikkei reported.
- These workers are more likely to borrow from their 401(k). It might not pay off December 13, 2018New research from J.P. Morgan Asset Management finds middle-income workers are more likely to dip into their retirement savings to cover cash-flow needs.
- How to make sure a balance-transfer card will help you pay down your debt December 13, 2018You'll make little headway in reducing debt if you pay only the monthly minimum due on a transferred balance.
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- Social Security can buy seniors luxury living in these five overseas spots December 13, 2018Dreaming of a penthouse retirement? You can do it on a Social Security income by retiring abroad.
- New York sues Target, Walmart over lead-contaminated toys December 14, 2018Target Corp , Walmart Inc and toy importer LaRose Industries were sued on Thursday over the sale of lead-contaminated children's toys, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood said.
- U.S. appeals court narrows order on Trump birth control rules December 14, 2018A federal appeals court on Thursday narrowed an order that had blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing new rules that undermine an Obamacare requirement for employers to provide insurance that covers women's birth control.
- Inflammatory bowel disease tied to heart attack risk December 13, 2018(Reuters Health) - - People with inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis may be up to 12 times more likely to have a heart attack, a U.S. study suggests.
- Sleep problems may be worse when menopause is hastened by surgery December 13, 2018(Reuters Health) - - Women who have surgery to remove their ovaries go through menopause abruptly, and a new study suggests this comes with an increased risk for the kinds of sleep troubles many women experience when they go through menopause gradually.
- Crosswords and sudoku may not stop mental decline December 13, 2018(Reuters Health) - - Mental engagement through problem-solving games like crossword puzzles, sudoku and brain teasers may not offset cognitive losses due to age-related dementia, a new study suggests.