Sustainability Resources

Duke University's, "The Meaning of "Social Entrepreneurship," provides a brief history of social entrepreneurship.

Harvard Business Review discusses"The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability" and "Why Sustainability Is Now the Key Driver of Innovation."

Mind Tools provides a reader-friendly article about measuring an organization's wider impact.

Businesses have the resources to make contributions to the collective good. Watch these TED Talks to see what can happen when corporations make saving the environment and helping people a priority, plus talks on how business principles might even be more effective for creating change than non-profit models.

Triple Bottom Line: Profit, People, and Planet

• "The Triple Bottom Line," published by the University of Wisconsin.

• Sustainability Illustrated's series of short videos gives a nice overview of triple bottom line concepts and makes a strong business case for sustainability.

• A brief history can be found in the article, "Triple Bottom Line," from The Economist.

• Information about calculating the Triple bottom line can be found in this article published by the Indiana Business Review.