Measuring Social Impact
Lost in Translation
It’s time for people in the nonprofit community to reclaim the language of nonprofit evaluation.
Tag: Transparency
Government
A Mandate for Responsibility
In the wake of a recently passed law, companies in India are figuring out how to meet their CSR requirement.
Environment
Auditing the Auditors
Simple steps to reduce conflicts of interest can improve both pollution reporting and regulatory compliance.
Human Rights
The Environmental Movement’s Unfunded Army
Why fostering diversity among senior leadership at environmental organizations is important to the success of the environmental movement.
Podcast
Business
Environmental Sustainability in China Advanced Through Supply Chain Transparency
Ma Jun, Director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, describes the positive results achieved through the China Water Pollution Map.
Foundations
Managing Organizational Knowledge: Five Lessons
Better knowledge management depends on knowing what you don’t know.
Government
Innovation to Impact: Obama’s Social Innovation Fund at Four
Progress, pitfalls, and what lies ahead.
Measuring Social Impact
Assessing Funders’ Performance: Five Easy Tools
Measuring impact is so tough that many funders give up, but there are some insightful and actionable tools for funders that aren’t daunting.
Health
Meeting the Challenges of Global Health
In bringing health care to the developing world, innovators can benefit from lessons others learned the hard way. Includes magazine extras.
Nonprofits
Why Nonprofit Mergers Continue to Lag
The three hurdles that nonprofit managers must overcome to create successful mergers. Includes magazine extras.