Dignified Work for Disabled Kenyans
Social enterprise Riziki Source promotes professional development for one of Kenya’s most disadvantaged communities.
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Rewilding Portugal
NGO ATN preserves and restores the biodiversity of northern Portugal to counterbalance the effects of climate change.
5 Myths Preventing Catalytic Capital From Going Where It’s Needed
Without a clear understanding of the gaps in the market, it is difficult for impact investors to develop sound strategies to fill them.
SSIR’s 2023 Social Innovation Reading List
Highlights of this year’s book reviews and excerpts on topics including cities, the imagination, disruption, capitalism, and careers.
Need a Boost? 13 Stories That Inspired Us in 2023
Innovation stories on leadership, philanthropy, education, gender equity, and grassroots movements that will leave you feeling hopeful.
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Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition
Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention, but along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does.
Design Thinking for Social Innovation
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
The Problem With Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.
Rediscovering Social Innovation
Social entrepreneurship and social enterprise have become popular and positive rallying points for those trying to improve the world, but social innovation is a better vehicle for understanding and creating social change in all of its manifestations.
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.