Richard Branson: Reinventing How We Live and Work to Become a Force For Good
The energetic and playful entrepreneur believes the time is right for a radically different approach to business. He’s ready to explore the next great frontier. Your new vision for the future is a marked departure from the “business as usual” model. At what point in your career, and based on what personal experiences, did you start to recognize that business needed […]
Planning Your Weekend? This Young Man is Planning our Future
The Global Shapers Community is an initiative of the World Economic Forum and is a network of Hubs developed and led by young people who are exceptional in their potential, their achievements and their drive to make a contribution to their communities. Real Leaders Marketing & Alliance Coordinator, Jesse Pyrch, is a Global Shaper from […]
Plastic Soup: What Goes Into our Oceans Goes Into you
The ocean is Vincent Kneefel’s biggest passion and his mission is to make people fall in love with the oceans. The Dutchman became a dive master and PADI instructor at the age of 18 and after seeing the extraordinary creatures and incredible marine life that live in our oceans, he decided to become an underwater […]
How to Survive a Flight Without Fuel
In silence, without using a drop of fuel, but with much wonder in the eyes of hundreds of enchanted supporters, Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) took off on 21 April to complete a crossing of the Pacific. Si2, the solar airplane of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, capable of flying day and night powered only by the energy […]
Avangard Innovative is Monetizing Recyclables
Rick Perez, explains how most companies are unaware of where waste fits into their balance sheets. “Waste should be a saving, not an expense,” he says.
Landfills Shouldn’t Be Laundry Piles
Today is Earth Day and companies around the world are thinking about how best to save the environment. Most of us would never consider our clothing being part of the problem, but it is. Savers, a global thrift retailer, is challenging people to rethink their clothing footprint. A larger-than-life clothing spill installation (pictured above) on the famous Alki Beach in Seattle, […]
Bottletop: A Luxury Purchase That Gives Back
Bottletop has taken an eye for detail, combined it with community craft and projected it into the realm of luxury. Oliver Wayman and Cameron Saul have unearthed skills from different cultures, that use different waste materials and refined them for an audience who wouldn’t normally come across these beautiful pieces. “We set out to […]
Amazing Female Leaders That History Forgot
Source: Brighton School of Business and Management
Michelin Builds Eco-Friendly Tire Path in Yellowstone National Park
Visitors driving to Yellowstone National Park’s iconic geyser, “Old Faithful,” also will travel via tire once they exit their cars for a closer look. Old Faithful now boasts a porous, clean flexible walkway made mostly of recycled Michelin tires. The pavement surface, known as Flexi-Pave and manufactured by the company K.B. Industries (KBI), is gentler to […]
Where the World’s Top Companies Stand On Gender Balance
Every year, the 20-first Global Gender Balance Scorecard looks at a single measure of progress: the gender balance of the Executive Committee of the TOP 100 companies in three key regions of the globe. A growing number of studies show the correlation between gender balance in leadership and improved corporate performance. The complementary skills and […]
