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How Resident-Owned Communities Can Create Mass Affordable Homeownership

NonProfit Quarterly

An underappreciated tool for closing this gap—potentially benefitting millions of US households—involves resident-owned manufactured housing communities. A Freddie Mac Multifamily survey conducted in 2019 estimated 45,000 manufactured housing communities operating across the United States. There is another option—a cooperative option.

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ESG Needs a Shared Language

Stanford Social Innovation Review

While nonprofits and social enterprises tend to want to use it as a tool to force companies to contribute to the SDGs, investors want consistent measures to evaluate financial decisions (namely risk), and business leaders want not to incur higher costs. ESG for Assurance. ESG for Impact. Helping tap into new markets and customers.

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

manufacturing and service organizations), reducing their land footprint entails optimizing the utilization of existing built spaces, infrastructure, and parking areas. To genuinely prioritize biodiversity conservation, companies must reduce the volume of toxic chemicals throughout their entire value chains.