In other social enterprise news, the Columbia Business School hosted a conference on Social Enterprise last Friday. EarthTrends intern, Rhys Thom, posted his personal summary of the event on NextBillion.net, WRI's blog on development through enterprise. The conference brought together leaders in social enterprise from the private sector, academia, and non-governmental organizations. The event covered a range of issues including corporate social responsibility, global health problems, private equity in emerging markets, Bottom of the Pyramid business strategies, corruption, climate change, renewable energy and much more.
Here are some of EarthTrends' Social Enterprise related resources:
FEATURES:
The Power of Choice: Governance and Outcomes in Electricity Sector Reforms
Wasting the material world: The impact of industrial economies
Toxic Trade: The Real Cost of Electronics Waste Exports from the United States
Valuing Ecosystem Services
Accounting for Business Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Are Business and Industry Taking Sustainability Seriously?
Ecotourism and Conservation: Are They Compatible?
Financing Carbon: Export Credit Agencies and Climate Change
MAPS:
Carbon Emissions Per Capita, 1999
Cumulative Carbon Emissions, 1950 - 1999
Global Oil Reserves-to-Production Ratios, 2004
Foreign direct investment: Net inflows 2002
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per Capita, 2003
DATA TABLES:
Energy Consumption by Sector 2005
Energy Consumption by Source 2005
Energy Overview 2005
Energy Production by Source 2003
Fossil Fuel Reserves, Production, and Trade 2005
Resource Consumption 2005
SEARCHABLE DATABASE:
Corporations: Number of certified ISO 14001 companies
Trade in Goods: Fuel exports as a percent of merchandise exports
Trade in Goods: Fuel imports as a percent of merchandise imports
Transnational Corporations: Foreign direct investment, net inflows
