"The first edition of A Better World, Inc. showed how companies can profit by solving global problems. Increasingly, companies and investors are capitalizing on these opportunities. The three factors necessary for success were revealed to be effective corporate governance, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration. Racial equity and justice, and gender equity, were also themes in the original edition. By drawing on new research and case studies, this...

"Discover the path to becoming a champion of change! From climate challenges to the Black Lives Matter movement to protecting the smallest of endangered species, this book leads you through an overview of issues, essential human rights background, and stories of how other young activists tackle local, national, and international problems. Before you know it, advocate and crusader will be words others use to describe you while you continue to discover...

"This book is not easy: it contains no quick-fix plan for a better, brighter tomorrow, and gives no ready-made answers. Instead, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira presents us with a challenge: to grow up, step up, and show up for ourselves, our communities, and the living Earth, and to interrupt the modern behavior patterns that are killing the planet we’re part of. Driven by expansion, colonialism, and resource extraction and propelled by neoliberalism...