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Sustainability

The Sustainability of Bitcoin and its Impact on the Environment

Source: NBC News: Mining rigs at work in Romania farming for Ethereum and ZilliqiaWhen it comes to cryptocurrencies, anyone with the right hardware and software can become miners. Consequently, the ease of availability

Eunice Rho

10 min read

Sustainability

The Impact of Solar Energy on the American South

Image Credit: Tsvetan IvanovSolar power has grown immensely in the last decade, becoming a dominant energy source in the transition to renewable energy. Already, solar power employs more US workers than oil, gas,

Tyler Bates

2 min read

singapore

ESG Investments for Startups in Singapore and SEA

How do investors/VCs value ESG principles when investing in startups? Image Credits: Westend61 GmbHTrue innovation in a post-pandemic world begins with entrepreneurship. With the upcoming Industrial Revolution 4.0 and an integrated

Nirat Singh Rajpal

5 min read

Harvard

The Complexity Around Fair Trade

The rise of fair trade can stem all the way back to the age of colonization when traders exploited countries in Asia, South America, and Asia of their commodities. While traders profited off

Meiyi Yan

3 min read

Harvard

ESG: A New Mindset for Investing

For many outside the industry, the lexicon used by the world’s financial leaders and firms can often seem built more on buzzwords than meaning, with terms rising and falling out of fashion

John Berkay

5 min read

Kellogg

A Reflection on The Rise of Social Investing

In this episode, we interview two Northwestern University about their views on social investing. We explore the attraction of the field, its recent rise, and much more.

Rohan Jain

1 min read

Berkeley

The Push for Net-Zero Emissions -- Corporate Reality or Fantasy? How Apple is Leading the Charge

Achieving net-zero is an admirable goal. Concepts and techniques behind net-zero are often complicated, unclear, and occasionally untested. To effectively guide companies through net-zero, three key questions must be answered.

Ethan Soe

6 min read

Berkeley

GRC Project Spotlights: Microgrids, California Schools, and the Value of Resiliency

Credit: Center for Resource Solutions. This article is part of a series called GRC Project Spotlights, where GRC project team members illustrate their experience on a GRC project and the skills they leveraged!

Ethan Soe

4 min read

governance

The World Economic Forum: Its Past and Present

Every January, the world’s attention turns to the small Swiss town of Davos, as societal elites gather for the World Economic Forum (WEF). This meeting of world leaders, top business executives and

David Hu

3 min read

Cambridge

More than Meats the Eye: The Growing Industry of Alternative Proteins

Sales of plant-based meat alternatives in the US have almost doubled every month in 2020. This article examines the reasons for such growth and the potential challenges ahead.

Ruoh Wen Cheong

5 min read

ESG

Shoes for Social Impact: An Interview with the Chief Strategy and Impact Officer of TOMS

TOMS Shoes (Credit: Ajay Suresh 2021). Licensed under CC BY 2.0.When I was ten years old, my mom and I purchased matching navy blue and floral shoes from TOMS. I was

Kaitlin McGrath

8 min read

Development

The Movement for Agricultural Reform in India

Economists generally agree that India’s agricultural sector needs reform, starting with reducing incentives to produce crops like rice and wheat. As of September 2020, 70 million tons of rice and wheat were

Tanya Venkatesh

6 min read

ESG

The Future of the Keystone Pipeline

The election of Joseph R. Biden in early November will return to the normal diplomatic and economic relationship between Canada and the United States from the “America First” policy implemented during the Trump

Constantine Li

3 min read

Energy

Green Hydrogen: Fuel of the Future?

Scientists are certain that without drastic countermeasures and new technology, global warming will continue to cause ever more disruptive environmental, economic and social disasters. Furthermore, current research emphasizes that to slow global warming

David Hu

4 min read

ESG

Amplifying Social Impact through Resilience: An Interview with the DSCI's George Bailey on Digital Supply Chains

What if I told you that when managing supply chains for social-benefit enterprises and NGOs, optimization and cost-effectiveness aren't enough? Looking back on the pre-pandemic world, supply chain strategists' laser focus on these

Chris Walsh

5 min read

ESG

Changing Nonprofit Cooperation: Non-Monetary Nonprofit Alliances

Historically, local nonprofit organizations have taken two main methods in order to increase their impact: social alliances, which includes the incorporation of a for-profit entity as a main sponsor for the nonprofit organization,

Global Research and Consulting Group

8 min read

ESG

How RPA Automation Can Transform Your Organization

What are the benefits of automation? Business process automation might be the next step an organization needs to achieve its vision. Business process automation is the technology-enabled automation of complex business processes. Automation

Carter Hartmann

2 min read