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By Yuliya Chernova: Startup NEXTracker Inc., which developed a support system that moves solar panels to maximize exposure to sunshine, attracted $25 million in equity and debt to satisfy fast-growing demand. To read the full…

By Eric Wesoff: Producing gigawatts’ worth of thin-film solar panels with domestic manufacturing is still a real possibility for CEO Brad Mattson and CTO Markus Beck of Siva Power. The San Jose, Calif.-based solar startup…

By Patrick McGreevy: Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who has written extensively about the gap between the nation’s rich and poor, will be among the speakers to be heard as California Senate Democrats embark on…

Glam’s Fearless Founders series shows how a new crop of brilliant female founders is changing the game, creating innovative ways to shop, consume, share, and learn. Julie Wainwright is one of them. The chic CEO…

Nancy Pfund is profiled as a leading investor in a 2014 issue of the Journal of Environmental Investing Journal of Environmental Investing 5, no. 2 (2014). To read the full article, visit The Journal of…

By Sonal Shah:  When it comes to our greatest social and environmental challenges, let’s first ask: What problem are we trying to solve? Once we know where we’re headed, we can better understand which methods…

As reported in Electricity Policy:  The Solar Electric Power Association is asking for fresh thinking about how to balance the conflicting interests of utility, solar power, and other stakeholders in energy markets. SEPA calls it…

By Ariel Schwartz: Patagonia, the outdoor clothing company known as much for its creative approach to environmental responsibility as for its clothing, announced today at Fast Company’s Innovation Uncensored conference that it has made an…

By Diane Brady: As president of the Rockefeller Foundation, Judith Rodin is less attuned to making money than to giving it away. And yet The Resilience Dividend, her new book that goes on sale on…

By Jenni Avins:  In today’s fashion industry, a social mission is a highly effective branding tool. Eyewear company Warby Parker, which contributes a pair of glasses to someone in need for every pair it sells,…

By Sarah Max:  When the co-founders of SolarCity, Lyndon and Peter Rive, along with their cousin Elon Musk, were raising money for their solar energy start-up in 2007, they called on just one outside investor….