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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

What little optimism remains to tackle such complex challenges is mostly placed in supranational schemes, such as the COP climate change conferences, or transformational national policy, such as the Green New Deal in the US. ” Scaling up social innovation takes time, but there are also varying ways it can be done.

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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. Influencing Policy. Companies can also look beyond their own walls for innovative ideas.

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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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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Lauren Lawson-Zilai

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Lauren Lawson-Zilai is the director of public relations and national spokesperson for Goodwill Industries International , a social enterprise that provides job training to nearly ten million people a year through the sale of donated clothes and household goods. We meet to discuss their progress on their goals and objectives.

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The Invisible Rural Access Barrier

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Without access, these communities become isolated and, as a result, experience reduced economic, educational, and social opportunities. World Bicycle Relief (WBR), a nonprofit social enterprise (where the other two authors of this article work) helps to solve that challenge by distributing bicycles to individuals like the three women above.