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