Editors | Jan/Feb 2009 issue Rinaldo Brutoco is the founder and director of The World Business Academy in Ojai, California. Through lectures and publications, the Academy works to promote a shift in mentality among business leaders toward corporate responsibility and … [Read more...] about Interview with Rinaldo
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Built to last
Cement is a basic building block of economic growth. Its manufacture also produces twice as many CO2 emissions as aviation. How Bertrand Collomb and industry giant Lafarge are laying the foundations for sustainable cement. Peter Van Dijk | October 2008 issue Homes, offices, … [Read more...] about Built to last
Fixing the free market
How co-ops—businesses in which the employees are also the owners of the company—merge economic growth with social goals. Steven van Yoder | October 2010 issue In Quezon City, a new approach to funding funerals is just one way the Inner City Development Cooperative is bringing … [Read more...] about Fixing the free market
Silent spring, again
Speaking up to protect the voices of the wilderness. Amy Domini | July 2008 issue Silence can be a source of healing, a refuge from the stress of modern life, a pathway to enlightenment. Or it can have a more sinister meaning. In 1962, Rachel Carson, an accomplished biologist … [Read more...] about Silent spring, again
The gospel according to Adam Smith
Is doing good compatible with making money? It is if you practise spiritual capitalism. Carleen Hawn| June 2008 issue Art DeLorenzo and I were having a hard time connecting. He’s a 67-year-old retired financial adviser in the New York City area whose budding consulting practice … [Read more...] about The gospel according to Adam Smith