Business
A New Framework for Sustainability
An excerpt from All In: The Future of Business Leadership
Excerpt
Tag: Sustainability
Innovations in environmental and social behavior that enable organizations and society to operate for the long term
Social Enterprise
The Competitive Advantage of Social Enterprises
How can social enterprises compete in markets that aren’t focused on impact? Corporate partnerships can help.
Nonprofits & NGOs
How to Create a Checklist for Nonprofit Exit
When designing and implementing exit strategies, nonprofits need to put the focus on impact and sustainability, rather than timelines and money spent.
Scaling
Accelerating an Impact Industry: Lessons from Clean Cookstoves
The experience of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves in accelerating investment, collective action, profitability, and impact provides lessons for other impact industries attempting to do the same in base of the pyramid markets across the developing world.
Water & Sanitation
Irrigation Innovation
aQysta’s Barsha pump aims to deliver water for agricultural irrigation without fuel, electricity, operating expenses, or greenhouse gas emissions.
Environment
Teaming with Suppliers for Sustainable Food
Even companies making steady progress toward sustainability cannot go much further without collaborating across the value chain.
Business
6 SSIR Articles on Business Sustainability
A reading list of our articles examining how businesses should define and achieve sustainability.
Philanthropy & Funding
Philanthropy in Pakistan
Why civil society organizations get bypassed in favor of donations to individuals.
IMPACT INDIA
Circular Social Innovation in India
Social enterprises in India are using restorative and regenerative, circular economy principles to address the deep-seated sustainable development challenges.
Social Enterprise
Cultivating the Social Intrapreneur
Lessons for success from large companies that have found ways to tap into the entrepreneurial talents of their employees.