From Climate Policy to Climate Talent
Why climate-related philanthropy must invest in the human capacities to get the work done.
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Giving That Supports Community-Focused Climate Solutions
How have nonprofits adapted their strategies to help mitigate climate change? How can donors best support climate solutions? Leaders from the One Acre Fund and The Nature Conservancy discuss how climate change is shaping their work and ways philanthropy can step in with catalytic funding. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360
Who Should Pay for ESG Infrastructure?
Foundations and nonprofits built the tools that companies now use for ESG reporting, brand credibility, and risk management. Is there a funding model for maintaining these tools so they remain credible, transparent, and financially viable?
Retire ‘Foreign Assistance’
Development aid is not a handout but a catalyst for partnership in global stability.
What the Anti-Slavery Movement Can Offer for a Livable Climate
Climate change and slavery form a vicious cycle. Collective action for a free and livable future is an opportunity to combat both at once.
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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.
The Greening of Wal-Mart
For much of its history, Wal-Mart’s corporate management team toiled inside its “Bentonville Bubble,” narrowly focused on operational efficiency, growth, and profits. But now the world's largest retailer has widened its sights, building networks of employees, nonprofits, government agencies, and suppliers to “green” its supply chains. Here's how and why the world’s largest retailer is using a network approach to decrease its environmental footprint – and to increase its profitability.
Protest Movements Could Be More Effective Than the Best Charities
To do as much good as possible with limited resources, funders should look to woefully underfunded protest movements.
The Case for Causal AI
Using artificial intelligence to predict behavior can lead to devastating policy mistakes. Health and development programs must learn to apply causal models that better explain why people behave the way they do to help identify the most effective levers for change.