Capitalizing on Care
Premilla Nadasen’s Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism demonstrates how the labor of caring is a site of economic extraction.
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Sectors - Articles
SSIR Online, Spring 2024 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about DEI, impact investing, learning from failure, and generational conflict in social justice organizations.
Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity
Hundreds of companies have pledged to follow new reporting recommendations from the international Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures. Is it enough to make a difference?
Designing for Better Mental Health Policy
Why building capacity for design into mental health policymaking will produce more effective services.
The Strategic Value of Trust-Based Philanthropy
The core practices that define a trust-based approach can, through multiple pathways, lead to both increased resource efficiency and outsized impact.
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Starting in Our Own Backyards
An excerpt from Wealth Supremacy on building an economy for all of us
Inclusive Board Meetings
Diverse teams get better results, but it takes skill and thoughtfulness to make the most of diverse experience at a board table.
Nonprofits and Governments Are Looking for Love
From crush to marriage, the spectrum of relationships between nonprofits and governments
Instead of Carbon Offsets, We Need ‘Contributions’ to Forests
Because of problems created by the incentive structure for carbon offsets as a mode of climate mitigation, companies should switch to a “contributions” framing to preserve a crucial flow of climate investment.
Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?
Understanding the historical roots of many foundation endowments is a critical step in considering the question of philanthropic reparations.