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Award-winning organisations urge global leaders to concentrate on renewable energy and stop subsidising fossil fuelsGovernments must end subsidies for fossil fuels and focus instead on supporting renewable energy sources,...

Access to energy alone is not enough to combat poverty, says UN report, it needs to be allied with microfinance and education programmesWomen should be the focus of efforts to bring access to modern energy to those who lack...

Even a year gone since the failure of Lehman, fundamental questions remain regarding the core underlying assumptions of our financial system. Though currently derivatives trading and black boxes appear out of favour, what...

It was a trifecta of inspiration for all social entrepreneurs this evening.   The founders from three bay area start-ups gathered in HUB’s first bay area home in front of a sold-out crowd to talk about their origins,...

The iPhone is not the only reason to be excited about mobile phone technology.  Smart social entrepreneurs and like-minded investors would be smart to think about the breadth of opportunities that a cell phone creates for...