Combatting climate change needs the good vibes of women

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ccording to research conducted by University of Miami and the China Europe International Business School, "a CEO who has a female child increases a firm's corporate social responsibility (CSR) rating by about 11.9%".

In plain English, having a daughter can make you a boss who is more concerned about social justice, the environment and even the welfare of your employees.

The researchers behind the project looked at how male executives partially internalise their daughters' experiences and values, that is, the fathers and mothers of daughters tend to pick up on what their child is concerned about, be it the environment, the refugee crisis or sustainable energy in the home.

Read the 1 Million women story - “How women spread good vibes around the world”.

Climate change will impact on us all, but mostly on women

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e are all affected by climate change.

Each and every one of us. There's no rock to hide under, or cave to crawl into. The planet is cooking, and we're spinning on the microwave hotplate.

If it gets any warmer in here – we're talking more than two degrees - in the next one hundred years our quality of life on Earth will be dramatically compromised.

Sound grim? It is.

And that's not the worst bit. Recent studies have shown that climate change will affect women more severely than men (as if we didn't have enough to deal with!) and us ladies in developed world countries are no exception.

Read the One Million Women story - “Why Climate Change is a woman's fight”.