The world is on the cusp of a momentous shift in the climate change discussion. Leaders from around the globe are in Paris to participate in this year’s Conference of the Parties 21, or COP21, a United Nations conference designed to facilitate dialogue between countries on how to effectively combat rapidly rising temperatures. ...
As sustainability surges to the forefront of everyone’s minds, nearly every segment of society is experiencing a shift towards going green - whatever that might mean for any given industry, organization, or person. In the private sector, most business leaders have already pivoted dramatically across nearly every conceivable in to ...
When it comes to the private sector, companies are as diverse and varied as the people who make them up. This extends to their understanding of the importance of centering sustainability as a corporate value. For-profit organizations often err in favor the bottom line above all else, failing to recognize the long-term benefit (and, ...
This fall, the U.N. General Assembly officially approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which included 17 goals explicitly designed to address global challenges on in a multinational effort to improve the quality of life all over the world. These Sustainable Development Goals are reminiscent of the previous Millennium ...