CSR Blogs

If only sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) were simple and easy to execute. On the contrary, their very complexity is shifting and shaping the current and global professional landscape. And with these changes come a host of new questions, a bevy of new challenges, countless creative successes, and even more demoralizing failures as businesses, nonprofits, governments, and individuals attempt to embrace sustainability and CSR on both the professional and personal levels.

In this everchanging space, Justmeans Staff writers use their knowledge and expertise to bring you the leading stories and facts to help readers stay current on all these issues. As the business world continues to grapple with sustainability and CSR, Justmeans will continue to write about it.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Japanese Companies and ADB Plan $750M Green Energy Fund in Asia
The rapid economic growth enjoyed by many of the Asian countries has brought with it acute power shortages and given rise to serious environmental issues. Large amounts of capital investments in alternative energy projects are required to address these challenges.

Research, Reports & Publications

Environmental Cost of Livestock in Brazil 20 Times Higher Than Revenue
Another report points to the devastating environmental and economic impact that livestock can have.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Why Businesses Are Embracing Sustainability
Climate change is motivating businesses to embrace sustainability, as a recent webinar by the Climate Reality Project titled "The Business of Climate Solutions" revealed.

Innovation & Technology

Businesses Can Adopt Sustainable Patent Strategies to Foster Innovation
Incentivizing businesses for their sustainable innovations begins with their intellectual property. The intangible nature of intellectual property makes it well-suited for sharing.

Innovation & Technology

The Secret’s Out: B Corp Consulting is the Coolest Gig
Ryan Honeyman and Conscious Brands Give the DL on How to “B” an All-Star Consultant : Part 1

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Shanghai Stock Exchange Launches SSE 180 Carbon Efficient Index With China Securities Index

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

World Economic Forum Names 2015 Technology Pioneers
This year’s World Economic Forum announced a number of companies that they designated as Technology Pioneers in three categories: Information Technology, Life Sciences & Health, and Energy Environment & Infrastructure. Fourteen of these were in the last category, several of which have some very innovative and potentially significant products.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Wall Street Jitters Drive Small Investors to Homegrown Prosperity
Today’s markets are becoming too erratic and volatile for investors – driven by frantic speed trading and speculators.

Environment

Study Finds Significant Shifts in Earth’s Climatic Zones
A scientific report published last month in the journal Nature reveals the fact that our planet has already experienced measurable changes in its very makeup as the result of anthropogenic climate change.

Events, Media & Communications

Sustainable Vegan Market Booming in Berlin
On the last weekend of August in Berlin, the German capital was blessed with relentless sunshine and temperatures to rival Spain’s. Zoom in on the city’s iconic square AlexanderPlatz, home to the futuristic TV tower, and tens of stalls show the city how veganism has grown stronger in the city.

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