Our First Nature

05/31/2013

Businesses With A Strong Sense Of Purpose Are More Successful

Want to make more money? Make sure your employees feel like they’re working for something greater than just profit.

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682123/businesses-with-a-strong-sense-of-purpose-are-more-successful?partner=newsletter

You may have already sensed that companies with a clear sense of purpose do better than those without one. A new study from Deloitte confirms it: organizations that focus their energies beyond pure profit do better than those without a "culture of purpose." And yet, the survey also reveals that most...

05/28/2013

Deepak Chopra: Wisdom is the New Criterion for Sustainable Life

In fact, there can be no social or world transformation unless there is your own inner transformation.

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130527010600-75054000-commencement-address-the-future-of-leadership

Deepak's commencement address to: President Margaret Drugovich, Trustees of Hartwick College, Guests, Parents and Students of the 2013 Graduating Class at Hartwick CollegeToday as you celebrate this

05/24/2013

Eco-spirituality: Towards a Values-based Business Model

Corporate visions of sustainability focus on material prosperity – but leaders must respect the soul as well.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/eco-spirituality-values-based-economic-structure?CMP=&et_cid=36513&et_rid=5861670&Linkid=Eco-spirituality%3a+towards+a+values-based+economic+structure

Corporate visions of sustainability focus on material prosperity – but leaders must respect the soul as well as the soil, writes Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

05/23/2013

7 Tips for Transforming Business

It takes courage to break rank from business as usual. To do so, we must both let go of the old, tried-and-tested ways that are ingrained in our collective psyche and embrace novel, as yet unproven ways of being.

http://www.csrwire.com/blog/posts/859-7-tips-for-transforming-society-why-leadership-of-the-future-starts-with-silence

'7 Tips for Transforming Society: Why Leadership of The Future Starts With Silence' blog post by Giles Hutchins.

05/10/2013

Sustainability and Joy: The Power of Fun Can Transform the Corporate World

Only when we integrate making money with a sense of purpose and fun can business move to a more sustainable footing.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/blog/sustainability-joy-power-of-fun?CMP=

Only when we integrate making money with a sense of purpose and fun can we reach a more sustainable footing, writes Jo Confino

05/03/2013

A Sea Change is Swelling in the Way Capitalism is Being Envisioned

At a fundamental level, the change is toward a reorientation of the very purpose of the corporation.

http://www.csrwire.com/blog/posts/830-a-call-for-corporations-making-a-firm-commitment-to-society

'A Call For Corporations: Making a “Firm Commitment” To Society' blog post by Francesca Rheannon.

04/29/2013

Business With a Net Positive Impact

Some companies are becoming "good" rather than "less bad".

http://www.csrwire.com/blog/posts/824-concept-vs-impact-is-corporate-responsibility-truly-dead

'Concept vs. Impact: Is Corporate Responsibility Truly Dead?' blog post by Jeffrey Hollender.

04/17/2013

The Best Businesses for the World

B Lab, the sustainable certification organization, has released a ranking of the companies that do the best on its assessments of overall social and environmental impact.

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681861/the-best-businesses-for-the-world-according-to-b-lab?partner=newsletter

You can find the complete list here: http://bestfortheworld.bcorporation.net/

B Lab’s nearly six year-old certification program for B Corporations (companies that meet high social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency standards) is growing rapidly. As of November 2012, approximately 650 companies have achieved B Corp status; 12 states have recognized...

04/15/2013

Measuring Profit and Doing Good in the World

The Social Progress Index (SPI) not only measures economic growth but also measures a country's performance on basic human needs, the foundations of well-being, and opportunity.

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681830/forget-gdp-the-social-progress-index-measures-national-well-being?partner=newsletter

For many years, the powers that be thought that economic indicators were the ultimate measure of a country’s wellbeing. That’s starting to change. As we have discussed before, the general happiness of a country doesn’t always correlate with its wealth.

04/03/2013

A Passion for Doing the Right Thing is Bubbling Up Around the World

People want to do the right thing. Corporate greed is finally going out of fashion. The question is "How do we know and do what is right?"?

http://www.csrwire.com/blog/posts/784-creating-good-work-adaptive-action-in-all-directions

03/27/2013

Take Part in Neighborday: April 27, 2013

Neighborday is about about transcending the old story of self to create a new story of us. It's about expanding our definition of self to include those who live with us.

http://www.good.is/posts/a-neighborday-manifesto-because-we-re-better-together/

A Neighborday Manifesto: Because We're Better Together

03/22/2013

Business and Human Rights in Pictures

The principles of sustainability and CSR are coherent with the UN Global Compact's ten principles of human rights.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/gallery/business-and-human-rights-in-pictures?CMP= #/?picture=405946241&index=0

A series of images that illustrate the UN Global Compact's ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption