Why Sustainable Investment Means Investing in Advocacy
Combining traditional impact investment approaches with investment in advocacy is the only way businesses and investors can fuel meaningful social and environmental progress.
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How Venture Capital Can Join the ESG Revolution
Venture capital has lagged behind on adoption of ESG practices. Here are four ways they can become more mainstream.
When Men Ally With Women
Misperception of men’s private beliefs about gender bias can undermine their willingness to speak up against it.
How the Divestment Movement Wins
Activists use moral analogies with rogue industries and states to stigmatize fossil fuels.
An Arsenal of Operator-Investors for Africa
Like FDR’s “Arsenal of Democracy,” Africa should build from the bottom: Internal instead of external, bottom-up instead of top-down, and focusing on repeatability instead of scalability.
The World May Be Better Off Without ESG Investing
With environmental devastation and social injustices pushing the planet to the breaking point, a stronger environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings system is needed to ensure investors get the positive impact they're paying for.
Getting Entrepreneurs of Color Access to the Tools of Success
We must do more to remove the structural barriers that prevent entrepreneurs of color in the United States from launching and sustaining a venture, or a more just nation may remain out of reach.
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Human-Centric Business
An excerpt from Convergence argues that today’s leaders must recognize the many signals of accelerating disruption and the increasing convergence where people, technology, and business intersect.
How to Make the Most Out of Business Accelerator Programs for Development
Research on 23,000 ventures reveals factors that donors, managers, and entrepreneurs should consider as they choose to support, run, or use accelerators, the increasingly popular training programs that help businesses succeed.
Reorient the Business Case for Corporate Sustainability
Corporate sustainability programs have grown dramatically, but biases have crippled their effectiveness. We identify three critical steps for reform.