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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I'm glad you were able to tell his story so others can see what the fruit of one man's commitment can produce. She has only been finished her Residency in anesthesia for little over a year and is coordinating international WHO’s and the efforts of the likes of the Clinton Foundation, The UN and othe NGO’s.

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The Social Franchise Model Works in Times of Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

When my organization, Education For Employment , began operations in 2006 as a demand-driven answer to Arab youth unemployment, I felt that creating a social franchise model was the best way to meaningfully address an issue of this scale. In regions in turmoil, this can be the difference between expanding operations and closing shop.

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The 10 Most Important Sustainable Business Stories from 2014

Harvard Business Review

Both in response and pre-emptively, the world’s leading companies continued to aggressively pivot their businesses toward more sustainable and innovative ways of operating. also committed to 100 percent renewables by 2020 (Disclosure: I’m on advisory boards for both RE100 and for Unilever U.S.). Financing the clean economy.