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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Asheesh Advani – President and CEO, Junior Achievement Worldwide – the largest NGO dedicated to teaching young people about entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Telisa Yancy – Chief Marketing Officer at American Family Insurance. Co-author: Predictable Magic.

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Global NGOs Spend More on Accounting Than Multinationals

Harvard Business Review

Who, for instance, would have guessed that global NGOs spend nearly 80% more to track their finances and employ nearly twice as many finance staff as comparable for-profit multinationals? As globalization began to shift into high gear in the 1980s, corporations grew by opening international outposts to access new markets.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

However, the company execs and NGO leaders in Beijing tell me that sustainability is still a new pursuit for Chinese companies. Comments The Buzz on Green Business in China I visited Beijing last week, speaking to a group of corporate executives assembled by a major NGO to work on climate change issues.

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How Exactly Will We Move Away from Fossil Fuels?

Harvard Business Review

Investors who have significant money tied up in the fossil fuel industry — every pension and market fund, essentially — are facing a massive risk. Bloomberg New Energy Finance has estimated that between now and 2030, around 70% of the power generation the world will add will be renewables. The Stick: Regulation . They’d better.

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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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. but you’ll not find that here. Sounds like a lifetime of accomplishments in leadership? She’s 37.

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The Largest Risk (and Opportunity) Investors Are Ignoring

Harvard Business Review

The day before the stark story in the Times appeared, I attended a related conference, the Investor Summit on Climate Risk, held at the UN and run by the NGO Ceres. coal market. Economy Finance Sustainability' treasury secretary Robert Rubin, who declared, “climate change is an existential risk.”.

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New Lessons from Fighting an Ancient Disease

Harvard Business Review

Without adequate financing, ministries of health and even private hospitals in developing countries often don''t have the resources needed to purchase diagnostic equipment, train workers, and ensure access to appropriate treatment. Three people die every minute from tuberculosis — a treatable and largely preventable disease.