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The 25 most sustainable public-sector companies in the world

Corporate Knights

In its deep dive into the worlds most sustainable private- and public-sector companies, Corporate Knights revealed an undeniable fact: public-sector companies are doing essential work when it comes to moving the needle toward a greener global economy. It is also one of the biggest green financiers globally. That now includes 7.6

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Great Bear Sea's blueprint for doing business with nature

Corporate Knights

A more intelligent resource economy On June 25, the governments of British Columbia, Canada and 17 First Nations formally launched the Great Bear Sea initiative. It’s a marine sequel to the Great Bear Rainforest agreement of 2007, which invested $120 million in Indigenous-led conservation over 64,000 square kilometres of B.C.’s

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Accelerating the Adoption of Inclusive Business Models in Multinational Corporations: Challenges, Solutions and Success Stories

James Militzer

Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is falling short , and there are still around 4 billion people living on incomes below $8 per day — the widely used income threshold for the “base of the pyramid” in today’s global economy. By 2022, Jaza Duka had provided over Ksh 1.

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How U.S. Businesses Can Compete with China in Emerging Markets: Transitioning from a ‘Death Economy’ to a ‘Life Economy’

James Militzer

Its loans to lower-income countries total nearly as much as those of all other governments combined , according to the World Bank. A major cause of China’s meteoric rise in emerging markets is that its EHM strategy promotes the ideal of a life economy. John Perkins is an author, speaker and former economist.