Coca-Cola Gives $106 Million to 230 Global Organizations
The Coca-Cola Foundation and The Coca-Cola Company together donated more than US$106 million to more than 230 organizations in 2016. These contributions will directly benefit communities across more than 200 countries and territories, with approximately 97 percent of the grants focused on The Coca-Cola Company’s core sustainability priorities of women, water and community well-being. The […]
Mo Farah: British Track Athlete
Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama “Mo” Farah is a British distance runner, originally from Somalia. Born in 1983 Farah moved to the UK as a child. He was originally based in London and ran for Newham and Essex Beagles athletics club. He is the European record holder for the 1,500 meters, 10,000 meters and half marathon. He […]
Real Leaders Helps Set Guinness World Record
Real Leaders recently became part of record-breaking history when a new Guinness World Record title was set for the most people using virtual reality displays at a conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Mark Van Ness, founder of Real Leaders was in the audience of 1,867 members of The Young President’s Organization (YPO) at the […]
Scientists Gather For Urgent Meeting On Significant Arctic Changes
The scale of the change that is happening in the Arctic is so significant that it’s sending out a warning cry but the rest of the world isn’t listening. While politicians and business leaders walked briskly between meetings to try and stay out of the freezing cold at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this year, […]
Eyes Wide Open: How Perception Shapes Our Reality
In his popular new TED Talk “What reality are you creating for yourself?” former Saved by the Bell teen star-turned-entrepreneur Isaac Lidsky recalls how the clerk he waved to in the store was really a mannequin; how he reached down to wash his hands and realized it was a urinal and not a sink. Objects […]
Tan Le: Co-founder of Emotiv
Tan Le is a Vietnamese-Australian telecommunications entrepreneur who co-founded brain monitoring company Emotiv. Born in South Vietnam, Le migrated to Australia as a refugee with her family in 1982. She began university studies at the age of 16 and completed a bachelor’s degree in law and commerce at Monash University. Her first venture was SASme, a pioneer […]
Strategies for Impact Investing Using a Donor-Advised Fund
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] In Dan Pallotta’s controversial book “Uncharitable” he encourages us to rethink the non-profit model for philanthropy and posits that the traditional structure for charities limits the impact they can have. Three pioneering impact investors got together recently to discuss how they are leveraging a […]
Red Bull Launches Social Entrepreneur Program in US
While Red Bull may not be a brand people immediately associate with social impact, the Red Bull Amaphiko project has started to change all that. And Baltimore’s emergence as a leading social impact city in the U.S. is a big part of the story. Red Bull Amaphiko, a global program that supports social entrepreneurs, is coming […]
Shubhankar Ray: Former Global Brand Director, G-Star
Shubhankar Ray is the former global brand director of Amsterdam-based denim label G-Star. Born in Calcutta, India, in 1968, Ray moved to Manchester, England, where he studied chemistry before moving into fashion branding. He began his career reinventing global fashion and lifestyle brands – a career that has spanned 20 years. Ray is mostly known […]
India’s Solar Farm Overtakes California’s as World’s Largest
India has overtaken California and now has the largest solar farm in one location in the world. It was built in a record eight months, despite monsoons and floods. The vast 2,500 acre site in Tamil Nadu is the size of nearly 60 Taj Mahals, while the area of the solar panels alone could hold […]
