Speaking to media.

The Rise of ESG in China, American Chamber of Commerce
October 2023

China, climate change and El Nino: an emerging food, water and power crisis, SCMP
July 2023

Sustainable Food in Asia – A Different Reality , Rabobank
November 2019

China’s recycling revolution: confronting the global plastic crisis, SCMP
September 2019

How China Is Trying To Stem Its Massive Plastic Pollution Problem, Huffington Post
July 2019

China’s War On Waste: Shanghai Rolls Out New Garbage-Sorting Initiative, CGTN
June 2019

Worker Well-Being: Moving Beyond the Audit (download PDF), German Chamber of Commerce
January 2019

What It Takes To Be A Good Corporate Citizen In China, Global Giving
January 2019

The toxic business of ‘recycling’ China’s car batteries leads to illegal dumping, pollution and poisoned water, South China Morning Post
November 2018

China No Longer Wants Your Trash. Here’s Why That’s Potentially Disastrous., Huffington Post
January 2018

What Happens When One Of The World’s Biggest Cities Doesn’t Recycle, Huffington Post
January 2018

Hong Kong quest for the Tesla of food, So World Can Still Feed Itself in 2050 by Changing Diets and Farming More Sustainably   South China Morning Post
September 2017

How can Shanghai Formalise Its Army of Rubbish Collectors?   Eco-Business
July 2017

China’s Informal Army of Recyclers Keep Plastic Bottles Out of Landfill, The Guardian
June 2017

China Has Fished Itself Out of Its Own Waters, so Chinese Fishermen Are Now Sticking Their Rods in Other Nations’ Seas Quartz
April 2017

Emissions Controls Start at Major Chinese Ports    Journal Of Commerce
January 2017

Positive Influence: Bringing Corporate Social Responsibility to China, ANZ Bank
December 2016

China’s Mining Towns Try To Economically Transition, Attract Tourists — But Who Wants To Go There?   Forbes
November 2016

What You Need to Know About Environmentally Friendly Food in China, City Weekend
August 2016

China studies shore power to supplement new emissions rules, Trade and Container Shipping
July 2016

The Deadly World of China’s Fireworks Factories, Asia Society
July 2016

Shanghai Focuses on Service, South China Morning Post
June 2016

Why top-down sustainability strategies are often doomed to fail , Eco-Business
April 2016

China Emission Control Areas Hinge on State Support, Trade and Container Magazine
January 2016

Breathing Space: Why China’s Population Worries About Air Pollution But Ignores Climate Change Talks In Paris, International Business Times
December 2015

Why other U.S. companies won’t imitate Yum’s China spinoff, Fortune
October 2015

Putting the Past Behind in China, New York Times
October 2015

“Half the houses will be demolished within 20 years”: On the disposable cities of China, CityMetric
October 2015

China’s eco-cities are often neither ecologically friendly, nor functional cities, Reuters
September 2015

Can hundreds of new “ecocities” solve China’s environmental problems?, City Metric
August 2015

Pain, Bitterness and Sustainability in China, Virginia Tech
May 2015

MNCs reeling from food scandals in China? (video), China Europe International Business School
October 2014

can civil society thrive in China?, The Guardian
August 2014

McDonald’s, KFC hit by food scandal in China, Marketplace
July 2014

Teaching China’s business leaders the importance of CSR, South China Morning Post
April 2014

China & the Climate Change Debate (video), China Europe International Business School
March 2014

Teaching China’s Business Leaders the Importance of CSR,
March 2014

Good business: Broad Group, Making It Magazine
May 2013

Economic incentives key to ‘responsible’ China supply chains, Global Sources
May 2013

Business, Society, and Environment 2013 Projects Get High Marks, CEIBS
April 2013

Economic Incentives Key to ‘Responsible’ Supply Chains, Global Sources Business 2 Community
April 2013

What it Will Take to Clean Up China’s Rivers?, Wall Street Journal
March 2013

Ten Minutes to Help You Understand China’s Environmental Emergency, The Atlantic
January 2013

China burning as much coal as rest of world combined, South China Morning Post
January 2013

More Western clean-tech companies take off in China, Climate Wire
January 2013

Ten Minutes to Help You Understand China’s Environmental Emergency, Atlantic Monthly
January 2013

Hands on the CSR wheel, China Daily
October 2012

HandsOn the CSR Wheel, China Daily
October 2012

Old Age in China Is a Fledgling Business Opportunity, New York Times
October 2012

Who’s Really to Blame for Apple’s Chinese Labor Problems?, The Atlantic
March 2012

Why Apple’s Problems Go Beyond Foxconn, Asia Society
March 2012

Who’s Really to Blame for Apple’s Chinese Labor Problems?, The Atlantic Monthly
March 2012

Who’s Really to Blame for Apple’s Chinese Labor Problems?, Asia Society Blog
March 2012

The Social Enterprise Emerges in China,Stanford Social Innovation Review
March 2012

Cleaning Up Apple’s Supply Chain: Whose Job is it Anyways?, Supply Chain Asia
February 2012

Why Some Chinese Worry That Buying Organic Isn’t Good Enough, PRI
November 2011

Some Chinese buying organic to avoid food contamination — but is it enough?, PRI News
November 2011

China’s City of Future Rises on Wasteland, NY Times
September 2011

China’s City of the Future Rises on a Wasteland, Scientific American
July 2011

Foreign Policy: In China Apple’s Got A Rotten Core, VPR News
May 2011

Get Responsible, Network HR
May 2011

Walking The Talk (PDF download), The Link
April 2011

Putting Green Into Practice, Shanghai Family
February 2011

CSR Around the World, Corporate Eye
December 2010

Chaos in China Over Saving Energy, Newsweek
November 2010

A Good Cause: China’s Grapple with Charitable Giving, Knowledge Wharton
October 2010

Green Technology at Shanghai Expo, CRI English
October 2010

Volunteering, The Most Direct Way to Help Your Community, German Chamber
July 2010

Lessons from Dongtan, the continually shriveling eco-city, Ethical Corp
July 2010

A Green China?, ABC Radio National
June 2010

Can China’s eco-cities bridge fantasy with reality?, National Geographic
June 2010

Business Schools Help Firms Deal With Climate Change, Wall Street Journal
June 2010

Can China’s eco-cities bridge fantasy with reality?, National Geographic
June 2010

Plans Shrivel for Chinese Eco-City, New York Times
June 2010

Meet and Greet Richard Brubaker: Social Entrepreneur in China, What Gives?
May 2010

Addicts & Enablers, China and Coal, SIERRA Magazine
April 2010

Who should pay for your mistake? , Jointing
April 2010

World Expo takes lesson from Beijing Olympics, Seattle Times
April 2010

Shanghai Prepares World’s Fair While Wondering About Costs, Washington Post
March 2010

Shanghai Puts on a Green Face, New York Times
March 2010

Is Shanghai EXPO Sustainable, Swiss Television RS
March 2010

Sustainability of Shanghai EXPO, France24
February 2010

Are America’s Fears of a Greentech Race with China Unfounded?, Yale 360
February 2010

Critics Worry About Shanghai’s EXPO Legacy, NPR
January 2010

Carbon and You One Step Ahead of Green in China, CHaINA
December 2009

5 ways to engage in the Shanghai community in 2010, Shanghaiist
August 2009

Sustainability in China, ITV Asia
May 2009

Hands on CSR: An Interview with Richard Brubaker, China Philanthropy
April 2009

China’s Grand Plans for Eco-Cities Now Lie Abandoned, Yale 360
November 2008

FDA China branch to monitor food – Marketplace (American Public Radio)
August 2008

Energy Shortages in China, NPR Marketplace Radio
June 2008

The Real China Price, CNBC Squawk Box
June 2008

The Logistics of Sichuan Relief Operations, NPR Marketplace Radio
May 2008

Responsible Volunteering in Sichuan, SMG International Channel
May 2008

Earthquake Response, What Firms Can Do, BBC Radio
May 2008

Corporate Social Responsibility & VolunTourism, VolunTourism.Org
May 2008

A Manufacturer’s Nightmare, Inc.
February 2008

Putting China’s Pollution on a Map, Guardian
December 2007

Go West, Young Scientist, SEED Magazine
October 2007

Corporate Social Responsibility in China, CNBC Squawk Box
May 2007

Globalisation, city development and citizenship education in China’s Shanghai, ScienceDirect
January 2007

The NGO Community in China, China Perspectives
November 2006

Helping Voluntary Organizations to Help Others, China Daily
May 2004