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As US cities race to build out strategies for fostering local innovation and technology, there is a tremendous opportunity for forward-thinking leaders to support social entrepreneurs.
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Impact Assessment: Corporate Sustainability 2.0
Unless companies commit to measuring impact, their sustainability initiatives will solve only pockets of social problems or have no real impact at all.
Rewriting the Future: A Latino Prosperity Movement
Latino philanthropists, entrepreneurs, and technology innovators are establishing important building blocks for the creation and strategic deployment of Latino wealth.
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Lessons for large, multinational organizations looking to embrace shared value and more effectively blend purpose with passion.
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A Connected World
Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of the Omidyar Network, discusses why he is optimistic about the “age of connectedness” and how increased connection has changed basic expectations about how society gets things done.
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With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
Engaging Employees to Create a Sustainable Business
The key to creating a vibrant and sustainable company is to find ways to get all employees personally engaged in day-to-day corporate sustainability efforts.
The Next Phase of Business Sustainability
The era of corporations integrating sustainable practices is being surpassed by a new age of corporations actively transforming the market to make it more sustainable. Open access to this article is made possible by The Regents of the University of Michigan on behalf of the Erb Institute.
What Business Execs Don’t Know—but Should—About Nonprofits
Business leaders play vital roles in the nonprofit sector – as board members, donors, partners, and even executives. Yet all too often they underestimate the unique challenges of managing nonprofit organizations.
ESG Is Not Impact Investing and Impact Investing Is Not ESG
Understanding these six important differences will both facilitate better conversations and help channel funds appropriately.