Environment
A Big Deal for Conservation
A group of conservationists, former bankers, and management consultants have imported ideas from Wall Street to create a new way to protect large ecosystems.
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Economic Development
A Fresh Take on Building Prosperous Cities
Local government strategic planning is needed to move cities forward at the necessary rate of reform.
Socially Responsible Business
Leveling the Playing Field
US Federal subsidies encourage waste and incentivize unsustainable business practices.
Nonprofit Management
Five Levers of Social Change: Part 4
Practical Advice Series: Five basic “levers,” or strategies, to help businesses or nonprofits achieve social change.
Global Issues
Philanthropy’s New Bottom Line: A More Sustainable Capitalism
It’s time to look at investment and social-ecological resilience—not just as philanthropists and impact investors but as a species.
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Business
The Social Innovation Imperative
The Social Innovation Imperative outlines a business approach that takes into consideration the difference between innovating for profit and innovating for social good.
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Socially Responsible Business
Leveraging Corporate Responsibility: The Stakeholder Route to Maximizing Business and Social Value
Leveraging Corporate Responsibility explores stakeholders' impact in order to help companies fully realize the potential of their corporate responsibility initiatives.
Foundations
Tracking the Field of Environmental Philanthropy
Highlights from a newly released environmental philanthropy report.
Environment
Shrinking Your Plastic Footprint
Getting companies to reduce their use of plastic is the focus of the Plastic Disclosure Project.