Environment
Innovative Solutions for Climate Change Need More than Money
Climate-change entrepreneurs need funding, but they also need the expertise, networking, and intellectual capital that incubators and foundations can provide.
Tag: Climate Change
Environment
Businesses and Investors Need to Act on Climate Now
A look at trends related to the economy and climate change, and three steps businesses and investors can take to move forward.
Environment
Public-Planet Partnerships: Time to Ratify Our Free Trade Agreement with Nature
We protect nature. We learn from nature. But we are not collaborating with nature to solve the greatest challenges a human generation has ever faced.
Education
Keeping Children in School During Natural Crises
In the context of a changing climate, how can we ensure that schoolchildren who live in rural areas are consistently able to attend school?
Environment
Connecting Climate Resilience to the Bottom Line
The time is ripe for companies to look beyond quarterly earnings and depreciation schedules, and into frameworks and strategies that will build long-term resilience.
Environment
Want to Make America Prosperous Again? Bet on Nature, not Fossil Fuels
Land restoration, clean energy, and sustainable agriculture offer better investment returns and more US jobs than oil, gas, and coal.
Impact Investing
When Impact Investing Is All About the People
Impact investing strategies often focus on returns, but one family foundation’s sights are set on building human capacity, collaboration, and diversity in the field.
Business
Corporate Social Responsibility for a Data Age
Proprietary data can help improve and save lives, but fully harnessing its potential will require a cultural transformation in the way companies, governments, and other organizations treat and act on data.
Impact Investing
Taking Our Rightful Seat at the Institutional Investor Table
Most foundations have endowments with invested assets—but many don’t see themselves as institutional investors. As a result, they are leaving behind some of their influence.
Business
The Business of Biodiversity
The benefits of environmental conservation and restoration reach far and wide, and across all sectors. More businesses need to realize the positive effects biodiversity has on their bottom line—and more governments need to pass legislation that protects biodiversity.