Bridging the Generations
Older people and foster families are forming mutually supportive communities, with help from a group called Generations of Hope.
Social Enterprise Innovative ways that organizations are using and adapting business strategies to advance social and environmental well-being
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Donations on Tap
At a "philanthropub," a new kind of bar and restaurant, a portion of each patron's bill goes to a worthy cause.
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Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East
Looking beyond the region's prominent conflicts, Startup Rising instead examines a quieter development in the Middle East: a surprising, burgeoning entrepreneurship.
Bay to Bei: Fostering the Tech Ecosystem in Lebanon
Lessons from Silicon Valley on how to establish a business culture that rewards innovation and propels Lebanon into the digital age.
Environmentally Friendly Housing for the Masses
Existing base-of-the-pyramid construction models must change.
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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.