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“A Lap-top Sized Solar Panel Is Lighting Rural Africa” – Bloomberg – July 28, 2015

An article published on Bloomberg on July 28, 2015 profiles M-Kopa, a Nairobi-based provider of solar-lighting systems. “Customers agree to pay for the solar panel with regular instalments. M-Kopa then monitors payments that are made using a mobile-phone money-transfer service. If payments are missed, the panel is deactivated via the SIM card. Once the panel […]

“Tiffany & Co.’s new CSO on polishing the jewelry supply chain” – GreenBiz – July 28, 2015

On July 28, 2015 GreenBiz profiled the work and vision of Anisa Kamadoli Costa, who was recently appointed chief sustainability officer (CSO) of Tiffany & Co. Ms. Costa is the longtime president and chair of the Tiffany Foundation. The article describes Tiffany’s efforts to address issues in its global supply chain.  For example, Tiffany backs […]