Various studies have long shown that women are underrepresented in top leadership roles in business, academia, government and NFP organisations...
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Sustainable Development
Experts share their environmental and social knowledge, skills and experiences with an ultimate commitment to global sustainable development, in alignment with the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Africa’s developing economies have a choice to make between using fossil fuels or renewable energy. For many developed countries, there...
Shared responsibility; people, businesses, and agencies. Imagine a complete stranger calling you the C-word. How would you feel? – Angry? Upset? Offended? Well, of course, that would be natural, who wouldn’t be? But then again, many of us are called the C-word daily and do absolutely nothing about it. The...
Revolution comes in all shapes and sizes. We had the steam engine, the silicone chip, and the world wide web,...
In the same way that technology has altered cultures and nations across the globe, it is set to do the...
The question of how the world can end extreme poverty and improve human wellbeing will take on new urgency in 2015, as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire and a new set of goals – the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – are finalized. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s...
A review of the leadership literature provides one with a plethora of definitions and theories, all of which are defined...
Despite their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, many companies are blamed for societal issues. According to a recent report by...
Alice Korngold is the President and CEO of Korngold Consulting LLC where she provides expert advice on strategy to multi-national corporations on sustainability, advancing corporate-nonprofit partnerships, and placing hundreds of top senior executives on NGO/nonprofit boards. In addition to her 12+ years of experience in consulting Fortune 100 companies, Korngold...
Helen Clark: a global leader directing millions of people and billions in funds towards making the world a better place. She...
Since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), public-private partnerships have become...
Through four tele-summits in 2013 and 2014 that I hosted, I interviewed amazing entrepreneurs about their systems, their struggles and successes and how they found significance as entrepreneurs in their work. It is important to align business for success, be innovative as an entrepreneur, and know the principles and practices...
For thousands of years, people have used cannabis for different reasons, including medicine, food, and entertainment. As one of the...
If the class of super rich people are sometimes seen as out of touch with the rest of humanity it...
Discover how social entrepreneurship works and why it is important: Social entrepreneurs are visionary individuals with creative solutions for solving some of the world’s most perplexing social problems. These people have the ability to identify the problem, develop a way to change the system, and disseminate the ideas so that...
Social branding, also known as a sustainability brand, was once the domain of nonprofit organisations. At the time of writing social...
Social marketing campaigns are those that borrow from commercial marketing techniques for social engagement – influencing a target audience to...
