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By Virginie ISSUMO *
We are still today at the early stage of a massive transition towards sustainability and it becomes therefore urgent to go from words to action to prevent from huge human and economic losses caused e.g. by natural catastrophes, pollution and waste.
Limited mobilization to shift the current model is notably due to the short term view of decision makers, to the poor assessment of the risks from scarcity of vital resources such as water and clean air and to defective data(1). To accelerate the trends to more sustainability and ethics, there is therefore the need for a strong leadership. Corporate, venture capital and private equity funds and investment managers start to learn from impact philanthropy the basic rules on governance and...
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