Believing that environmental resources are becoming increasingly constrained, we often point to the need for corporations to drive toward a more sustainable future. However, it’s important to also note the dramatic rise in (and extent to which) people also feel responsible for the environment. What will it mean for transactional businesses — and a GDP dominated by consumer spending — if 70% of Americans now believe they cause the world’s environmental…
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The Circular Economy Offers A More Systemic And Sustainable View Of Business.
October 23, 2014 No Comment 541 ViewsThe Circular Economy is a future imperative to combat increasing rates of consumption and severely constrained global resources. In a world soon to be of 9 billion consumers actively buying manufactured goods, it is abundantly evident that economies and business who act in a mode of extraction only are not sustainable and will ultimately fail. When you consider that the FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) sector accounts for more than 90% of our agricultural output, and…
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A Record Breaking 40% of Women Are Now The Sole or Primary Breadwinners of Their Homes.
September 26, 2014 No Comment 11 ViewsWhile this phenomena continues to grow, it’s worth noting that this stat actually is made up of two very different HH’s: women who are married and out-earn their husbands (37%), vs those who are single parents (67%). Interestingly, while single mothers struggle to live above the poverty rate, married families with a breadwinner mom-out earn all other families, even those where the father earns more. Unfortunately though, many of these married breadwinner mothers aren’t…
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