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Increasingly, leaders in different business functions will be called to apply sustainability practices to their work. And an upcoming daylong intensive course on energy efficiency from PresidioPRO could be a valuable skill for a diverse range of jobs. Terry Shire, from EcoFactor will be teaching the course running June 18. Energy Efficiency: Fundamentals and Job …

For David Bennett, it makes perfect sense that an upcoming sustainability leadership program exploring the potential for large-scale collaboration will take place while white water rafting down Idaho’s Salmon River. “What I like is this leadership program is taking the conversation into the outdoors, which is creating the context for people to think about ecology …

HIP Investor’s CEO R. Paul Herman has an inspiring message for young people: you don’t have to choose; you can do good and make money. It’s this message Mr. Herman recently underscored when teaching a PresidioPRO Master Class on Impact Investing April 16. Paul is an internationally recognized expert in impact investing. In 2004, he …

Phenomenally underrepresented behind the camera, women make up only about 20% of key roles in the motion picture and television industry.  This translates to roughly 4.8 males working behind-the-scenes to every one female. Sadly, in media aimed at children the gender gap is even worse. From 2006 to 2009, not one female character was depicted …

In sports, it’s easy to figure out whether a team is ahead or behind: You just need to look at points, runs or goals scored. If only another score keeping measure—the one used to determine a country’s economic well-being—gave us such clear results. Instead, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) provides a “score” that’s inaccurate or incomplete …

Impact Investing – More to the Story! On March 20th, Presidio Presents featured a panel of entrepreneurs at the leading edge of impact investing in conversation with Presidio President and CEO, William Shutkin. Prior to attending, I assumed the panel would indicate that traditional philanthropy and government resources alone will be unable to fully address …

Presidio Graduate School MBA alumnus Dave Groves, 32, admits the idea is “whimsical,” but is convinced it is important enough to embrace — social impact bonds for environmental change or a system whereby private investors are rewarded when environmental impact is achieved. “Right now the vast majority of thinking around investment is limited to private …