Big Society Capital Marks a Paradigm Shift
How the UK’s social investment bank will harness entrepreneurship and capital to solve societal problems.
Impact Investing Socially responsible investing that produces triple bottom line results
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CSR Rule #1: Do No Harm
Corporate philanthropy is complicated and may have multiple objectives, but Peter Karoff, Founder of The Philanthropic Initiative, argues its ultimate intention should be to do no harm.
ReCoding Good: Part 6
From the Field Series: An ongoing report of the Philanthropy, Policy, and Technology Project, which explores the use of private resources for public good.
Elizabeth Littlefield
Elizabeth Littlefield heads up OPIC, a federal agency that helps steer billions of dollars of private investment capital to developing countries.
Risky Business
How The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation approaches high-risk philanthropic ventures.
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The Trouble With Impact Investing: P1
There’s only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.
Community Engagement Matters (Now More Than Ever)
In adopting data-driven practices, leaders must design and implement programs in ways that engage community members directly in the work of social change.
Market-Minded Development
Acumen Fund uses impact investing to tackle global poverty. It's approach has garnered attention, but does it change aid?
Offsetting Green Guilt
Voluntary carbon offsets allow people to invest in projects that allegedly counteract their greenhouse gas emissions. But can voluntary offsets help slow global warming? Or are offsets a way for consumers to buy their way out of bad feelings?
Unpacking the Impact in Impact Investing
A longer version of "When Can Impact Investing Create Real Impact?" from the Fall 2013 Up for Debate feature.