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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Last year, our social impact startup hit a milestone that eludes 96 percent of female founders: we hit one million dollars in revenue. We know that for social entrepreneurs trying to solve global challenges, the system is rigged. Underneath every accomplishment lies a profoundly broken funding landscape for social innovation.

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

To combat this crisis, governments and international bodies have turned to diverse policy frameworks for biodiversity preservation at national, regional, and global levels. These policies hold a clear expectation for global corporations to engage in and promote biodiversity conservation and restoration.

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Putting Health at the Center of Climate Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Companies can also create goals for their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies that both improve the well-being of suppliers in the near term and lay a foundation for them to minimize their environmental footprints in the future. To be both a business and societal success, the company must rethink its design.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

As a former Windows on the World worker and a co-founder of ROC who witnessed the restaurant’s opening (2005) and closing (2020), I believe it is important to assess what worked, what did not, and what can be learned from the experience that might inform future co-op and social enterprise efforts. million yearly.

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5 Ways Organizations can Fight Climate Change to Build a Better Future

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

While there are many possible solutions for fighting climate change , it’s important to recognize that only by standing united in the commercial, governmental, and public realms can we truly make a difference. It all starts with a green policy. The Social Enterprise turning Plastic Waste into Currency. We want to help.

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The Robin Hood Interviews: Selling Soap and Good Causes

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

Novelli started his career at Unilever, where he marketed laundry-detergent products in New York. I had come from Unilever and working on the same kind of products—packaged goods. Then they gave me another account, which was public broadcasting. He then founded his own public-relations firm with Jack Porter in Washington, D.C.

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The Power of Self-Renewal: Sustaining Your Impact as a Leader

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Throughout my 35-year career as an optometrist turned social entrepreneur, I have practiced continual self-renewal in pursuit of a world where equitable access to eyeglasses is universal, especially for the poorest and most remote communities. Compassionate capitalism and public-private partnerships held the key to jumpstarting our impact.