By Jay Coen Gilbet, Co-Founder, B Lab It’s not often we get the opportunity to witness history. Thousands of visionary business leaders are building the foundation for the kind of systemic change that can create a new economy with millions of new high quality jobs and improve the quality of life in communities across our [...]

By Jay Coen Gilbert, Co-Founder,  B Lab Or, at least they could. Bill Clinton has already done his part today, and now Gov. Andrew Cuomo has the opportunity to return the favor. Cuomo came to New York City today to talk to President Clinton and other Clinton Global Initiative members about capital access. Cuomo, like [...]

Ever wonder if customers are really looking for certified better companies? Let’s check out the stats: In a recent LoHAS study it was confirmed that 75% of consumers are looking for green companies, not just products.  Consumers seem to be catching on that the environmental effects of a product are not contained within the actual [...]

Nine Certified B Corporations have been named by Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek as ‘America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs’ of 2011. Azavea, Change.org, Dimagi, Emory Knoll Farms, Freelancers Insurance Company, Greyston Bakery, Nest Collective, Re:Vision Architecture and World Centric are all recognized this year as leaders in this growing sector of mission-driven businesses. The nine honorees this year [...]

Innov8Social‘s Neetal Parekh paid a visit to California’s Capital last week to hear about Benefit Corporation Legislation from AB 361 presentor California State Assemblymember Huffman, and Wendel Rosen attorney and AB 361 advocate Donald Simon. Watch her videos and hear from the sources about the legislation, where it is in the process, why it’s important, [...]

By David Chen, Equilibrium Capital Group, LLC In a recent blog post on Sustainable Business Oregon, Doug Morris asks an important question: How will investors respond to B Corps? I think there are a growing number of investment firms, both boutique and global, that are asking this question. A major institutional financial service institution has [...]

By Janet Pomeroy, President of the Green Chamber of Commerce One of the major themes in President Obama’s State of the Union speech was the need to maintain our economic strength by out-innovating other nations.  “In America, innovation doesn’t just change our lives,” he said. “It is how we make our living.” The president put [...]

Everyone has different theories about the right way to achieve development.  The debate over microfinance versus small to medium enterprise is well documented and at times, heated.  Do you give someone a loan to start a business?  Or, do you provide a job in a small factory?  Is it better to give 20 women $100 [...]

Thomas Friedman wrote several weeks ago about our interconnected yet uncertain future. “In a world where our demand for Chinese-made sneakers produces pollution that melts South America’s glaciers, in a world where Greek tax-evasion can weaken the euro, threaten the stability of Spanish banks, and tank the Dow, our values and ethical systems eventually have to [...]