News and commentary on COSA’s work, partnerships, and ideas.
December 2018: Sustainability ROI gateway to financial stability
Leading financial investors can see the writing on the wall and are increasingly searching for ways to credibly measure the sustainability and resilience of investments.
Annual Letter 2018
The year we saw sustainability shift.
We saw some amazing good work emerge this past year, even as 2018 also revealed troubling forces in the background. As we head in to 2019, we reflect on both […]
June 2018: Are CEOs seeing sustainability goals for 2020 with 20/20 vision?
Will 2020 sustainability claims become sources of public embarrassment for corporate leaders?
March 2018: What sustainable development can learn from social movements
What is the tinder that can spark widespread social movements that shift power from the few to the many?
June 2017:
Is Group Genius Part of your Strategy?
When the wheel was first created in Mesopotamia some 5,500 years ago, did anyone imagine how often others would claim to have re-invented the concept? In development, we face a […]
March 2017:
The Dis-connect of Smallholder Farmers
For many of us, it was a startling claim. We know that there are as many as 500 million smallholder farms supporting about 2.5 billion people. We also know that, […]
November 2016:
Measuring Performance
Sustainability is defined and achieved in many ways. For two decades, standards and certifications have been the backbone of the discussion. There is also an increasing body of evidence, both […]
Annual Letter 2016:
A Turning Point for Sustainability
2015 marked a defining moment for sustainable agriculture with the signing of the Sustainable Development Goals and a growing number of public-private partnerships that aim to help realize them. As countries, […]