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Indonesian Sustainable Village Project Wins Grand Prize at Social Enterprise Forum in Taiwan
The unique approach of addressing civil society issues with design ingenuity won an Indonesian social enterprise organization the Grand Jury prize at this year’s Asia Pacific Social Enterprise Summit (APSES) in Kaohsiung.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Asia Pacific
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The Drive to Embed ‘Planetary Health’ Impacts Within Corporate Sustainability Strategy
The connection between the health of the planet, the quality of the air and the cleanliness of our drinking water have very direct impacts on health.
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- Environment
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Top Companies Say They’re Working to Help the Environment. Now the CEO of Food Giant Danone Is Funding a Un-Backed Tool That Will Keep Them Accountable.
It has partnered with the United Nations and a team of researchers to develop a tool that allows companies to set up customized plans for meeting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Danone CEO Emmanuel Faber is among the funders.
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- Environment
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Viewpoint: Can Digitalisation Save Us?
On the research side, sustainability scholars and practitioners have largely ignored digital upheavals. And pioneers of digitalisation have shown little interest in the most pressing global problems. This must change.
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- Technology
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Putting Energy to Work: Community and Business Partnerships for Sustainable Local Futures
Most attempts to create energy access without considering its social impact will simply end up as a checked box on a list, without moving the needle on any of the SDGs, writes Saurabh Biswas, a PhD candidate at Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability. He explores a new study where researchers were embedded with companies and non-profits in Nepal, the Philippines, Uganda and Bolivia. The research points to the value of “multi-dimensional partnerships” that bring together not only energy companies and consumers, but other diverse stakeholders.
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- Energy
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A New Ally in Cocoa Sustainability
Acumen partnered with Hershey to publish Cocoa Interrupted:The Role for Social Enterprise in Cocoa Sustainability. The report presents an opportunity for the cocoa industry to bring new ideas and new solutions to the challenges facing cocoa farmers and their communities through collaboration with social enterprises.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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World Changing Ideas 2019: 17 winning solutions that could save the planet
Fast Company is excited to announce the winners of the 2019 World Changing Ideas awards. World Changing Ideas, now in its third year, celebrates businesses, policies, and nonprofits that are poised help shift society to a more sustainable and more equitable future.
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- Technology
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Ten big global challenges technology could solve
None is easy, but all are incredibly important.
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- Energy, Technology
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