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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. That’s why, on its own, ESG for Assurance isn’t enough. ESG for Impact.

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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.

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How eCommerce Businesses And Marketplaces Are Ditching Plastic Packaging In 2021

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Tieing up with manufacturers following environment-friendly practices. If you have spare resources, you can invest in your suppliers and manufacturers and enable them to adopt more sustainable practices; just like Apple does with their suppliers to stay one step ahead of the technological advancements. Other related articles.

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Putting Health at the Center of Climate Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Businesses—in their myriad roles as employers, suppliers, and investors—need to lean into end-to-end sustainability by taking actions that improve not only the environment but also livelihoods, particularly among vulnerable communities in their value chains.

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A Guide to Outsourcing for Nonprofit Organizations

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

According to Statista information, the global market value of the outsourcing industry was about $92.5 Get Free Stock Photos for your Nonprofit, NGO or Social Enterprise. billion in 2019 with leading sharing contributed by IT outsourcing, which is about 66.5 billion by 2027. Other related articles. You have a story to tell.

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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.