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Part Five of Born On Third Base starts with the author outlining two problems he sees in society: climate change and the growth of wealth inequality. The author sees the climate change issue as one that can only be solved by an effort from the wealthy or the "1 percent", this is because the grassroots efforts frequently rising up will hit a ceiling, remaining stagnant and blocked from real change. On the other hand, the author lays out three societal changes to solve the growing gap of wealth equality–raising the floor, leveling the playing field, and reducing the concentration of wealth. As a pessimist, I, at first, found the author's outline extremely conceptual and lacking any real action. I think many of these concepts are ideal but not realistic because of the complexity of the current world and the lack of inequality of effort. As I read on though, I was persuaded with his thoughtful solutions and examples... making the macro idea of "wealth inequality...

To: Clark Hansen, CEO, Anima Mundi Development Partners From: Allegra Vianson Date: March 1, 2019 Subject: Investment Opportunity: Veja Sneakers Triple Bottom Line The Triple Bottom Line changes the traditional view of a firm's financial bottom line to also include its social responsibility and business ethics. The Triple Bottom Line consists of three parts: social responsibility, economic value, and environmental impact. -people -planet -profit Social Enterprise A social enterprise is an organization that uses its commercial efforts to improve the wellbeing of others financially, socially, and environmentally. Carbon Footprint An organization's carbon footprint is the total amount of carbon dioxide and carbon compounds are emitted due to their practices. Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility is the concept that firms, including private companies, are responsible to ensure benefits to their stakeholders (ie customers, society-at-la...