From the Field: Impact First
Social enterprises in East Africa seem to have two quite distinct commonalities: a comprehensive, impact-driven business model, and a plan to “scale big.”
Social Enterprise Innovative ways that organizations are using and adapting business strategies to advance social and environmental well-being
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Thirty Million Dollars, a Little Bit of Carbon, and a Lot of Hot Air
Carbon for Water is engaged in a loopy funding scheme and offers a lousy public health solution.
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Saisir les clés du financement social
Pierre Carpentier, Jean-Michel Lecuyer, & Céline Claverie join for a panel discussion on social innovation and finance; not translated from French to English.
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Mode d’emploi pour réussir dans l’entrepreneuriat social
Amandine Barthelemy et Romain Slitine nous expliquent la teneur de l'étude et en dressent une grille de lecture sur l'entrepreneur lui-même, le projet et la méthode employée.
Being the Only B
The owner of the only certified B Corporation in Kentucky assesses the pros and cons of the certification.
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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.