Priming the Pump and Getting Out
How an early-stage impact funder and start-up social business in Arusha, Tanzania, struck a deal to get things started and create an opportunity for early exit.
How an early-stage impact funder and start-up social business in Arusha, Tanzania, struck a deal to get things started and create an opportunity for early exit.
By mainstreaming efforts to empower women, companies can promote a variety of business goals.
Social enterprises can help build stability in countries facing political crises by addressing root causes of civilian discontent.
Those advocating social change through multinational corporations need to raise their expectations.
Creating an ethically sourced apparel company in West Africa is hard enough, but when Ebola strikes, the challenges become almost insurmountable.
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.
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The problem with assuming that companies can do well while also doing good is that markets don't really work that way
Nonprofits and businesses are converging - in the value they create, the stakeholders they manage, the organizations they form, and the financial instruments they use.