Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Using market mechanisms, many social entrepreneurs have followed the example of Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank to set up enterprises with a main objective of tackling social or environmental issues. We believe these links would create alternative ways for promoting social enterprises in this layer of society.

Social Entrepreneurship 108

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. Constant downward pressure on price and inequitable distribution of value results in high social and environmental costs for farmers that consumers and investors rarely see.

Agriculture 96

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Its roots lie in the environmental justice movement in the United States, where, in the 1990s, activists called out the disproportionate impact of pollutants on Black communities in North Carolina. It has also highlighted human and environmental interconnectedness and galvanized large-scale, rapid collective action to respond and recover.

Civil Society 78

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Energy 78

EveryAction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

We gather more than 800 board members, chief executives, staff, and nonprofit professionals for two days to discuss the newest thinking and best practices in nonprofit governance. It also offers an interactive opportunity to discuss key forms and governing documents(Form 1023 and Forms 990 and 990-PF.). Finance / @southwestfdns.

Nonprofit governance and management 102

Nonprofit governance and management Finance Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 102

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 28, 2023

For example, New York City created the innovative concept of a Voluntary Local Review (VLR), based on the Voluntary National Reviews that nations submit to the UN, in which local and regional governments adopt and track their progress toward the SDGs.

Collaborations 90

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 90

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

These volunteers—numbering nationwide in the tens of thousands—represent a form of civil resistance and autonomy, seeking to protect the ancestral way of life and Indigenous territory from violence and environmental destruction. According to reports , Guard members happened at one point to come across a tortoise.

Children 133

Children Civil Society Culture Health 133

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Access to news is key to an engaged civil society, and without it, social worlds shrink and become suffused with disinformation and bias. Mainstream media sometimes offers the kind of investigative reporting that exposes bad corporate actors and sheds light on the power structures governing politics and the economy.

Public and Nonprofit Management 122

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Civil Society Foundations 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Under his watch, the company was fined $18 million in 2009 for environmental pollution in Rhode Island where Brown is located. and Cambodian governments to repatriate over 30 ancient Khmer sculptures in their possession after a years-long investigation into looted artifacts from the country.

Ethics 111

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 111

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Ecological destruction and historic inequalities stem from much more than moral failings, government inaction, lack of knowledge, or elite interests. In some locations, solidarity economy is institutionalized and recognized by the state but in others involves civil society and informal practices. Walsh, C and Mignolo, W.

Non-Profits 108

Non-Profits Universities Collaborations Civil Society 108

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 16, 2023

This was a moment of reckoning within the climate movement: environmental justice advocates were rightfully mad at the ultimate outcomes done behind closed doors at the last minute, and other folks who are far more focused on carbon reduction were lauding the bill. It’s all carrots, very few sticks.

Public and Social Policy 78

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Public and Nonprofit Management Energy 78