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Switzer Network News: Business & Finance Posts

Making Affordable Housing Green
Thursday, September 13 2012

Housing developers are always looking to improve their bottom line.  Homeowner's Rehab, a small nonprofit that owns over 1,000 units of affordable housing in Cambridge, Massachusetts, goes about this in a unique and sustainable way.  They "green" their portfolio by installing energy efficient devices in their properties, which helps them meet both financial and social goals.

Infusing Organizations with Sustainability
Wednesday, February 1 2012

How do you take a sustainability mandate at the corporate level and infuse the entire organization with it? 1992 Switzer Fellow Tim Greiner is Managing Director of Pure Strategies, a sustainability consulting firm helping companies improve the sustainability performance of their businesses, products, supply chain, and internal operations.

Voting With Your Dollars
Monday, November 1 2010

GoodGuide provides the world’s largest and most reliable source of information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of consumer products. Dara O'Rourke, Switzer Fellow and Co-Founder of GoodGuide, believes that GoodGuide is responsible for changing the balance of power from manufacturing to the consumers.

Building Funds for Positive Change
Thursday, September 9 2010

From rebuilding fisheries in New England to redeveloping former industrial sites, CLF Ventures builds monetary funds around three criteria: positive social, environmental and economic results. Learn more from Switzer Fellow Jo Anne Shatkin, Managing Director of CLF.