Innovative ways to enhance corporate social responsibility (more)
In response to the coronavirus epidemic, SSIR has temporarily halted seeking submissions for a series on extreme polarization and how it affects civil society's efforts to solve social problems, and how to build collaborations, communicate with the public, and manage conflict in a divided world.
In landscapes where people and natural systems co-exist and intermingle, conservationists must go beyond protection and work to develop community-level incentives for wildlife conservation through sustainable and locally managed use.
Give big, give now, give smart, and give to address inequity: a conversation on making the most of your generosity with Jeff Raikes, cofounder of the Raikes Foundation; Fred Kaynor, vice president of business development and marketing at Schwab Charitable; and Michael Voss, publisher of SSIR. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360.
The Ecosystem Services Market will enable farmers to use improvements in soil health—the key to water conservation and soil carbon sequestration—to generate ecosystem-service credits that they will be able to sell. A What's Next article from the Winter 2020 issue.
After Reesha and Ronald Howard's infant son experienced problems with dairy, they understood the importance of giving other families options to conveniently purchase vegan products in public spaces for health reasons. A What's Next article from the Winter 2020 issue.
The Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance, a network of 304 entrepreneurs from 34 African countries, believes that business, rather than aid, is the key to eradicating poverty on the continent. A Case Study from the Winter 2020 issue.
The book presents a thought-provoking framework for categorizing and implementing performance management strategies based on the causal relationship between an organization’s activities and outcomes and on its control over those outcomes. A book review from the Winter 2020 issue.
When corporate engagement with governments serves narrow interests and money is critical for campaigns and influence, the system causes “corruptive dependencies,” exacerbates inequality, and leads to the perception that our “captured economy” is rigged and unjust. Part of the Winter 2020 issue's Realizing Democracy supplement funded by the Ford Foundation.
Rather than a model with a fixed approach, as collective impact is, the community system solutions framework can be adapted to different types of situations. The Editor's Note from the Winter 2020 issue.
Businesses straddling the worlds of commerce and development offer the chance to address poverty at scale, but very few succeed. To improve them in India and elsewhere, investors and practitioners should note four common challenges and ask five simple questions.
