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Mabuhay, Business: Sustainable Development and Foreign Direct Investment in the Philippines
No longer the "sick man of Asia," the Philippines proved to be economically resilient through the global financial crisis, emerging as a good place to do business. But will increased foreign direct investment inflows support the nation\'s sustainable development goals? During the 19th and early 20th centuries, after it was forced into semi-colonial status through a series of unequal treaties negotiated by the Great Powers, China was known as "the sick man of Asia." In more recent times, however, that phrase has been used to describe the Philippines, which for decades has remained the region's economic laggard. Though Corazon "Cory" ...
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The Co-operators Group and Desjardins Group Ranked Number One and Three Most Sustainable Cooperatives in the World
Two Canadian cooperative leaders have been ranked in the top three of a Corporate Knights' ranking of the Most Sustaina...
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Canadian Benchmark Jantzi Social Index Announces Fund Changes
Sustainalytics has announced changes to the Jantzi Social Index (JSI) based on an annual review. The index of 60 Canadi...
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Q&A with Ory Zik, CEO, Energy Points
From heating buildings to consuming water to keeping supply chains running, businesses are extremely resource intensive...
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Raising Capital in the Capital: Kiva's Microlending Program Comes to Washington
Now anyone in the world with an Internet connection and $25 can help fund loans to support small business entrepreneurs...
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Up in Smoke: The Tobacco Industry Is Getting Burned by Taxes and Ethical Investors
Cigarettes are a multi-billion-dollar business that kills people and the planet. Lawmakers and socially responsible inv...
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PTC Renewal Is a Victory for American Wind, but Only Short-Term
America's wind energy sector is breathing a sigh of relief after the on-again, off-again Production Tax Credit was ext...
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2012: My Year of Learning, Talking and Writing About Sustainability
What I learned, who I talked to and why we need to rethink the idea of a "quantum leap" to get to a sustainable future...
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Look Sharp: H&M Launches Clothing Collection Initiative
Here's a fashion trend we can all get behind The average American throws away an estimated 68 pounds of clothing ever...
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Creating Value with Values: Social Innovation Leaders Share Successes and Look Ahead
The recent Social Innovation Summit demonstrated the power of values-led creation In the past, pediatrician William Ke...
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C4C at COP18: The Role of Business in the Global Climate Fight
The signatories of Caring for Climate, the UN climate action platform for business, met in Doha. Now the real work begi...
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Stock Exchanges Emerge As the New Drivers of the Global Sustainability Agenda
NASDAQ becomes the first North American Exchange to join the United Nations Global Compact Moving from purely profit-d...
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Together We Solve: Tackling Global Development Through Collaborative Social Enterprise
A new public-private collaboration unleashes the power of universities and social entrepreneurship to solve the world'...
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PACE-setter by the Bay: San Francisco's Buildings to Consume Less Energy
Armed with a new green financing program, America's 14th largest city makes a bid to become the home of the nation's...
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Factories, Families and Finance: Closing the Economic Gender Gap
The new education initiative HERfinance targets female factory workers across global supply chains to increase financia...
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Hedging Bets: Can Hedge Funds Be Socially Responsible Investments?
A new discussion paper by the Principles for Responsible Investing Initiative seeks to apply the tenets of responsible...
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SAP's Sustainability Mission: Business Technology for Positive Change
The global IT giant, which is helping thousands of companies execute sustainability strategies, has released its third...
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Celebrating Changemakers: The Global Green Sustainable Design Awards
From buildings to public policy, organizational leadership to industry, the most innovative solutions in sustainable de...
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Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Deforestation and Sustainable Finance
We are rapidly destroying the world's forests. Sustainable forest financing can help Between 12 and 15 million hectar...
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Investors Lobby Congress to Extend Wind Production Tax Credit
Two dozen investors representing over $800 billion in assets under management sent a letter to Congressional leaders to...
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The Giving Tree: The State of Corporate Philanthropy
The annual Giving in Numbers report reveals corporate philanthropy is on the rebound. But when it comes to giving, mone...
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