The Paris Accord Changed Business Practices Forever For 25 years, Ceres has been a force to be reckoned with as they drive sustainable business practices in the world’s largest companies. Ceres engages investors, executives and policymakers to use their own business practices and resources to stop “the bus coming towards us and our kids called… Continue reading Leveraging Sustainable Business Practices – with Mindy Lubber, CEO of Ceres
Investing in Companies to Benefit Society – & Your Wallet Doing well by doing good is a universal value – but is it only for the lucky few? Nancy Pfund, Managing Partner of DBL Investors, who has been featured in the New York Times as a pioneer, talks with Green Connections host Joan Michelson about… Continue reading Double-Bottom Line Investing – with Nancy Pfund, of Tesla fame
“It’s easier to change the world if you have money.” Julie Lenzer Kirk, award-winning serial entrepreneur and head of the Economic Development Administration Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) at the U.S. Commerce Department. As a mentor to entrepreneurs and an author, Kirk shares juicy insider tips for fulfilling the entrepreneur’s ‘hierarchy of needs” based on her own successes (and failures). Grab something to write with….
Listen to this engaging and informative discussion with Green Connections host Joan Michelson as Kirk encourages entrepreneurs to think big, define your niche and where to go to get the money, services and support you need because “you being starving does not help anyone.”
Jobs, Clean Tech Investing, Carbon Tax & Bridging the Ideological Divide Remarkable clean energy innovations, the challenges of a carbon tax, jobs, and investing in clean energy – told with great stories. All from a man who carries the legacy of one of the most renowned (and provocative) United States Presidents. Listen to this engaging… Continue reading A Clean Energy Investor & Evangelist with a Ted Roosevelt IV
Remember the last time you lost power…it doesn’t have to be that way Remember the last time you lost power…Did you lose documents on your computer? Was your home suddenly dark, leaving you fumbling around for a flashlight? Was it a bad storm? Our power-dependent lives are brought to a screeching halt when we lose… Continue reading Can Microgrids Prevent Power Loss – and Pay YOU?
Here are Do’s and Don’t from a Pioneering Master in SRI, Barbara Krumsiek Do you want to invest with principle but are concerned about making the most financial return too? The long time CEO of Calvert Investments (now retired), Barbara Krumsiek frankly discusses the pros and cons of socially responsible investing (SRI) in this engaging… Continue reading Profitable Socially Responsible Investing
Luminaid CoFounder Andrea Sreshta Explains Two young entrepreneurs, Andrea Shreshta and her cofounder Anna Stork, won $200,000 from Mark Cuban, along with his mentorship, on “Shark Tank” for their solar powered inflatable light, LuminAID. And they have grown in leaps and bounds since. How did they do it? Developed in response to the massive earthquake in… Continue reading How Do You Win ‘Shark Tank’?
As 2015 becomes 2016, it is striking how many issues that were once dismissed as “just a public relations issue” or “nice to haves,” underfunded and relegated to departments deemed less influential, are now high priorities in the C-suite. (Photo credit: Doug Mills) What’s going on? Has the Star Wars “Force” awakened the C-suite?
Planning your finances for this year? Listen to my interview with the immediate past CEO of Calvert investments, Barbara Krumsiek. In the 17 years at Calvert she has elevated Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) into the mainstream and proved it to be financially viable. Also called Sustainable Responsible Investing, what is the definition and what are… Continue reading Your Guide to Socially Responsible Investing
An interview with Leda Huta, founder of DC EcoWomen, a non-profit organization that provides an educational forum for women that empowers women to become leaders in the environmental community and the world.
