Financing Broadband in Hard-to-Reach Communities
To close the digital divide, we need a capital market that powers community broadband.
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New Analysis Points the Way Toward the Most Effective Impact Investments and a Need for Better Data
With impact investment assets under management approaching $1.6 trillion, the industry needs to build better analytical methods to make the most of every penny. A new approach from the Global Impact Investing Network may show a way forward, but the need remains for more, better, and more widely shared data.
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Will Consumers Pay for Sustainability?
An excerpt from Every Purchase Matters on virtuous premiums
Resilient Business Strategies in an Anti-Civil Rights Era
As the politicization of what should be apolitical anti-discrimination practices grows, the stakes for workers, consumers, investors, and communities have never been higher.
Building for the Future
Chicago-based HIRE360 connects underrepresented workers and businesses to opportunities within the traditionally insular world of construction.
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The Sweet Spot of Discomfort
D. Christopher Kayes offers a compassionate, albeit slim, guide to resilience-building for leaders.
Activist Directors Cause Problems for Stakeholders
Push for short-term gains generates greater complaints about ESG issues among stakeholders.
Reimagining Business Ownership in the Global South
Alternative forms of enterprise ownership have the potential to enable economic development in more inclusive and equitable ways.
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Nine Conditions for Scaling
An excerpt from This Little World: A How-To Guide for Social Innovators on proven strategies for increasing the relative size and scope of a social impact project
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Impact Curious?
An excerpt from The Little Book of Impact Investing on impact investing for everyone