Sustainability Videos
- TED Talks: SustainabilityScientists and inventors offer visionary solutions for a greener future.
- YouTube #sustainable businessList of sustainable business videos, including; Intro to sustainable business strategies, best practices, and eco-business models sorted by "View Count"
- UCSF Office of SustainabilityVideos of the best sustainability talks from GreenBiz.com, TED conferences and other online content of interest.
ESG/Sustainability Podcasts
Books
Sustainability in Press
- 3BL MediaCSR news, blogs, and a daily video digest.
- Business & Human Rights Resource CentreTracks CSR news for industries, countries, and the positive and negative impacts of over 19,000 companies worldwide.
- CSRWireThe best real-time source for finding major news and updates focused on corporate social responsibility.
- GreenBizIncludes commentary, analysis, and insightful reporting on business, tech and sustainability.
- BSR: Business for Social ResponsibilityOrganization of sustainable business experts which provides insights, advice, and disseminates initiatives about CSR.
- CeresNonprofit organization dedicated to promoting a sustainable future. Includes toolkits, resources, news, and relevant links.
- Business RoundtableAssociation of CEOs from America's leading companies. Includes policy perspectives on trade, tax, innovation, DEI, regulation and more.
- SHIFTOnline platform for finding and comparing cross-sector sustainability tools. Information access provided by the sustainability initiative at MIT.
- CorpWatchProvides accurate, timely and easily accessible articles, reports and data on violations by multinational corporations.
- Corporate KnightsResearch division which produces corporate rankings, research reports and financial product ratings based on corporate sustainability performance and "clean capitalism."
- Good Jobs FirstIncludes various corporate accountability research tools.
- Sustainable BrandsIncluding the SB Knowledge Library, SB is a global community of brand innovators who provide insights, proven solutions, and news on sustainable business.
- Business Ethics MagazineThe mission of Business Ethics is “to promote ethical business practices, to serve that growing community of professionals and individuals striving to work and invest in responsible ways.”
- Inc: Corporate Social ResponsibilityInterviews and analysis of leading corporate social responsibility organizations, individuals, and topics by Inc. magazine
- Inside Climate NewsInside Climate News is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that provides essential reporting and analysis on climate change, energy and the environment, for the public and for decision makers.
- Canary MediaCanary Media’s overarching goal is to provide the most relevant information and expert analysis on climatetech and clean energy.
- Net Impact BlogThrough over 400 chapters world wide, Net Impact mobilizes next-generation leaders to use their skills and careers to make a positive impact.
- Global Reporting InitiativeIndependent, international organization that helps businesses and other organizations take responsibility for their impacts, by providing them with the global common language to communicate those impacts.
- TreehuggerOne of the best sustainability blogs on the internet. Includes Business & Policy news.
- The SustainAbility InstituteTimely news and reports on ESG disclosure developments, SEC rule changes, as well as case studies and other insights.
- MIT Sloan Management Review: Social ResponsibilityArticles, news, interviews, and special reports on corporate social responsibility.
- Springwise Innovation LibraryConsists of 18 sectors, each filled with at least 1,000 positive-impact innovations collected over 20 years.
- SOSV InvestmentsVC firm that funds and tracks tech founders focused on human and planetary health. Think Y Combinator for the planet.
- Wharton ESG InitiativeThe Impact Investing Research Lab and ESG Initiative at Wharton seeks to advance academic research on impact investing.
- Journal of Business EthicsRecent: "Board Gender Diversity and Corporate Response to Cyber Risk: Evidence from Cybersecurity Related Disclosure" (2022)
- Journal of Business Ethics QuarterlyRecent: "The Ethics of Alternative Currencies" (2022)
- International Journal of Corporate Social ResponsibilityRecent: "Green bonds issuance: insights in low- and middle-income countries" (2021)
- Journal of Cleaner ProductionRecent: "Sustainability motivations and challenges in the Australian agribusiness" (2022)
- Stanford Social Innovation ReviewRecent: "Designing Your Circular Business Model" (2022)
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental ManagementRecent: "B Corp versus ISO 9001 and 14001 certifications: Aligned, or alternative paths, towards sustainable development?" (2022)
- Business Strategy and the EnvironmentRecent: "Disruptive innovation and circularity in start-ups: A path to sustainable development" (2021)
- International Journal of Social EconomicsRecent: "Gender, social networks and job access: evidence from the Algerian labor market" (2023)
- Social Enterprise JournalRecent: "The impact of corporate social responsibility expectations on purchase intention of social enterprise products" (2022)
Note: "Although it’s true that some researchers have found a relationship between ESG performance and financial returns, thus far they've merely established correlation. We don’t actually know if strong ESG performance causes better returns, or if both are a function of good management" (Parker 2021).
Berg, F., Koelbel, J. F., & Rigobon, R. (2019). Aggregate confusion: The divergence of ESG ratings. Review of Finance. https://academic.oup.com/rof/article/26/6/1315/6590670
- 903 Google Scholar citations (February 2023)
Garcia, A. S., Mendes-Da-Silva, W., & Orsato, R. J. (2017). Sensitive industries produce better ESG performance: Evidence from emerging markets. Journal of Cleaner Production, 150, 135-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.02.180
- 378 Google Scholar citations (February 2023)
Latapí Agudelo, M. A., Jóhannsdóttir, L., & Davídsdóttir, B. (2019). A literature review of the history and evolution of corporate social responsibility. International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility, 4(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40991-018-0039-y
- 701 Google Scholar citations (February 2023)
Xie, J., Nozawa, W., Yagi, M., Fujii, H., & Managi, S. (2019). Do environmental, social, and governance activities improve corporate financial performance?. Business Strategy and the Environment, 28(2), 286-300. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/bse.2224
- 311 Google Scholar citations (February 2023)
Yu, E. P. Y., Van Luu, B., & Chen, C. H. (2020). Greenwashing in environmental, social and governance disclosures. Research in International Business and Finance, 52, 101192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2020.101192
- 142 Google Scholar citations (February 2023)