Stories: Markets & Enterprise

“The Thinkers 50” biennial poll of the most influential business people in the world is topped by WRI board member C.K. Prahalad. The recognition speaks volumes about business-led approaches to sustainability around the world.

Rob Katz blogged his way through the Pop!Tech conference in beautiful Camden, Maine. Read his blog on the day’s developments with an eye toward the base of the pyramid.

Who reads the thousands of sustainability reports that corporations release each year? As of today, there is a better way to answer those important questions.

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2007 issue (subscription area of Web site) of Green@Work Magazine.

Conserve–a private, non-profit organization–is turning those ubiquitous plastic consumer bags into upscale, avant-garde products: and generating hundreds of jobs as well.

Taxing carbon while reducing payroll taxes is a simple and efficient way to address global warming and stimulate the economy.

This article in the journal Innovations provides an in-depth but concise introduction to Base of the Pyramid theory, and the findings in the recently published Next 4 Billion report.

NextBillion’s latest case study looks at bringing affordable medicines and doctors to Mexico’s poor.