Topic: sustainable business

A renewable energy company provides clean electricity and job opportunities to India’s rural poor.

A company sourcing Brazil nuts creates both environmental benefits and solid profits.

Bringing clean energy to India’s rural poor consumers creates cascading economic and social benefits, in addition to profits.

This piece originally appeared in The Economic Times (India).

Do the revised reporting guidelines for the oil and gas industry go far enough?

WRI’s annual MindShare Meeting helps companies stay in front of the latest environmental trends.

Is it possible to do good in the world while also making a profit? A growing group of investors, known as “impact investors”, believe that it is.

A new mapping tool identifies and measures exposure to water risk.

Kirsty Jenkinson talks about how New Ventures, WRI’s center for environmental entrepreneurship, helps environmentally-focused small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets compete in a global economy.

Limited transparency around corporate sustainability risks can lead to investments that are bad for the environment, and investors’ bottom lines.

Leading companies are learning the value of ecosystems services, to the environment and to the bottom line.

Ecolabelindex.com allows consumers and companies to compare green certifications side-by-side.