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ESG Needs a Shared Language

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As discussions about ESG become more and more polarized—while progressive politicians push for aggressive regulations, billionaires like Elon Musk call it a “scam” and nonprofits accuse businesses of greenwashing—leaving consumers increasingly confused. ESG for Assurance. scores and find themselves in most big E.S.G.

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The Colors Co-op Experiment: Learning the Right Lessons from Our Failure

NonProfit Quarterly

While ROC has always been a nonprofit organization, its signature restaurant, Colors, was an LLC, created as a co-op and run by former Windows on the World workers. With the help of our late friend, Bruce Herman , a dozen Windows workers traveled to Italy to learn how to manage a successful worker cooperative restaurant.

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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We will share our experience, and those of our peers, to argue that this funding ecosystem needs to be reimagined to truly support social entrepreneurs and collectively address the global problems they are tackling. The False Binary Between For-profits and Nonprofits: Where the Troubles Begin.

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4 Best Professional Development Practices for Nonprofits

NonProfit Hub

Nonprofit organizations are often pressed to do more with less. Your staff is expected to be more efficient, your organization more productive, and your mission more manageable all while your piggy bank is light. Leverage nonprofit-specific development resources. . Understand why development is important. .

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How to Earn Income (and Autonomy) for Your Nonprofit

Getting Attention

We use the generous gifts and grants we receive to deliver programs, services and products to our community. That’s what I hear from most nonprofit organizations intent on doing things the way they’ve always done them — relying on money from funders (private and government) and individual donors to sustain them.

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Making Food Systems Work for People of Color: Six Action Steps

NonProfit Quarterly

Here are a few examples: In East Cleveland, OH, Loiter, a local nonprofit , is revitalizing the city’s historically Black community by building a community-owned business through its acquisition of Wake Robin Foods, a local fermented-food company. This work is worth supporting.

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3 challenges freelancers face, and 3 of the best freelancing tools

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Whether you are a designer or writer, you need to learn how to manage your time, which is where most freelancers go wrong. These include: Time management. However, self-employment comes with challenges, especially in time management. governments has revealed 2,500 scams centered on the Coronavirus. Conclusion.