Shifting the Focus to Soil Health and Sustainability Can Bring Environmental, Economic, and Social Benefits — This article by Heeseung Kim, Maya Fischhoff, and Abby Litchfield is part of “The Basics” series by the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS) that provides essential knowledge about core business sustainability topics. What if there were a better way of farming? A way that improved the soil, addressed climate change…

Nonprofits Can Provide Guidance for Companies Hiring Refugees — By Jadyn Kuah In today’s job market, it can be challenging for companies to find good employees. Hiring refugees can help fill staffing gaps while creating social benefit and advancing corporate goals. Companies that have not hired from this talent pool before can partner with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to smooth…

The Role of Businesses in Effectively Managing Migrant Talent — By Milda Žilinskaitė and Aida Hajro We often hear that we live in a time of unprecedented mass migration. Looking at news headlines, you might think that there’s a dramatic rise in refugees escaping war, conflict, and climate change. …

‘Degrowth’ Provides a New Alternative for Business and Society — This article by Charles Duprez is part of “The Basics” series by the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS) that provides essential knowledge about core business sustainability topics. Our global economy is built for growth. Governments pursue economic growth to compete with other countries and finance public services. Growing companies are…

How Reporting Can Help Businesses Lower Their Climate-Related Financial Risk, Build Innovation, and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions — By Christian Blanco and Chelsea Hicks-Webster The world is beginning to experience longer and hotter heat waves, more frequent floods, and more powerful tropical storms. This is a result of global warming. Since 1850, the Earth has warmed by 1.2 degrees Celsius because people are releasing greenhouse gases into the…

Here’s How Educators Can Help Students Drive Positive Social and Environmental Change — By Sharon F. Ehasz and Maya Fischhoff Universities and business schools are seeing growing student interest in sustainability. In a recent global poll, 92% of students saw sustainability as a priority issue in higher education. Students want to pursue careers — and lives — aligned with their values. Faculty who…

Tapping the Power of Imagination, Emotion, and Meaning to Build a Sustainable Future — By Maya Fischhoff and Theo Moers Maybe you love literature, music, or the visual arts. Those passions might seem far from work on business sustainability. Progress on social and environmental issues is often associated with engineering and science. But the arts — everything from architecture to poetry — can actually…

How Companies Can Best Address Climate Change Through Measurements and Accountability — By Patrick Callery & Chelsea Hicks-Webster Climate change is already a problem, as anyone who follows the headlines can see. Flooding, property damage, human displacement, agricultural loss — all follow from changing weather patterns. In the battle against climate change, companies are important actors. …

A Real-World Lesson on the Importance of Linking Action to Purpose — By Maya Fischhoff & Jury Gualandris When the Ukraine War began in February, civil society demanded that organizations respond. Jury Gualandris heard that call. Gualandris is a professor at Ivey Business School, and he is accustomed to reacting to situations with the tools of academic research. …