Adopting environmental and social sustainability principles enhances performance, with an ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) corporate culture fostering long-term success. This is detailed in research by Harvard Business School's George Serafeim, co-authored with Robert G. Eccles (Harvard Business School) and Ioannis Ioannou (London Business School).

Their paper, "The Impact of a Corporate Culture of Sustainability on Corporate Behavior and Performance," highlights these benefits. Download the working paper. Courtesy of FS Insight and Holland Financial Centre.

Hazel Henderson is a futurist, columnist, and world-renowned expert on sustainable development. She is the author of *Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy*.

This presentation features Henderson discussing quality of life indicators, incorporating feedback from the audience.

Van Jones, founder and president of Green For All in Oakland, California, is dedicated to creating "green pathways out of poverty" and expanding the coalition fighting global warming. Learn more about Van Jones on his website.

His latest book, Rebuild the Dream, can be ordered via Amazon. A complete video featuring Van Jones is also available here.

Deirdre Kent, co-founder of the New Economics Party in New Zealand, outlines specific recommendations for transforming our economic system into a sustainable one.

For more information and ideas on their proposals, visit the New Economics Party website.

The challenge of citizen dividends in oil-rich nations is explored by Johnny West, a social entrepreneur and writer with 20 years of experience in the oil industry.

West began his career covering energy markets as a Reuters correspondent in the Middle East in the early 1990s. He is the founder of OpenOil and a transparency activist.

Explore Gunter Pauli's "Blue Economy" concept, an animated explanation that moves beyond traditional green initiatives.

Learn more by visiting his official website or YouTube Channel. His book is also available for purchase.

Impact Investing is an approach that seeks both financial returns and positive social and environmental impact.

Co-authored by Jed Emerson, the book *Impact Investing* provides excellent examples and differentiates it from responsible investing.

Order the book on Amazon.com.

Many believe profitable businesses cannot also be environmentally and socially responsible. However, Gil Friend asserts that green business practices benefit both companies and the world, extending beyond mere shareholder value and profit.

Friend, Founder/CEO of Natural Logic, Inc., is the author of The Truth About Green Business.

The standard Triple Bottom Line (TBL) of Planet, People, and Profit often overlooks equity, viewing people as consumers rather than citizens. Julia Anastasio, Director of Sustainability for the American Public Works Association (APWA), emphasizes social sustainability, community well-being, and the vital role of public works.

Anastasio shared these insights during an interview with Ruth Ann Barrett of Earthsayers.tv at the APWA Sustainability in Public Works Conference, held June 27-29 in Portland, Oregon.

Richard Heinberg, a senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute and author of "The Party's Over," "Peak Everything," and "Blackout," discusses the phenomenon of peak oil and its global implications.

He explains that the era of easily accessible resources is over. The new reality of expensive oil will likely become the norm, potentially leading to economic recession.

Stonyfield Farm CEO Gary Hirshberg argues that environmentally sustainable business practices offer significant long-term financial advantages.

Watch the complete video discussion: How to Make Money and Save the World

Larry O'Connor, a La Trobe University accounting lecturer, concluded that accounting is not fostering a sustainable economy. He argues that free market ideology, misrepresented as "reform," actually deforms the system by prioritizing economic value, even transforming universities into profit centers. Thus, accounting reinforces the status quo rather than promoting sustainability.

This video was produced by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv in June 2010, as part of Portland State University's Social Sustainability Network.

Loretta Napoleoni is an international expert on the financing of terror networks and economics. A renowned author and journalist, she regularly writes columns for European newspapers and advises governments on counter-terrorism. She has also authored works of fiction.

This information was presented by AtGoogleTalks on May 26, 2010.

During the reboot of the world's economy, Geoff Mulgan, CEO of the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and a visiting professor, proposes a transformative approach. Instead of allocating bailout money to failing old industries, he suggests utilizing stimulus funds to establish new, socially responsible companies, aiming to improve the world.

Mulgan also questions the effectiveness of GDP as a measurement tool for a new, sustainable economy. His insights are available on http://www.ted.com.

Harry Kreisler of the University of Berkeley interviews Amory Lovins on Natural Capitalism (http://www.natcap.org/). Lovins discusses the Rocky Mountain Institute (http://www.rmi.org/) and analyzes how the profit motive can redesign the relationship between the environment and capitalism.

Drawing on his three-decade career as an innovator, Lovins explains how ideas can impact business practices and government policy. The ultimate goal is to foster environmental sustainability.