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ESG Needs a Shared Language

Stanford Social Innovation Review

ESG investing has been all over the headlines lately, and not in a good way. As a result, as Witold Henisz puts it , the ESG movement is being delayed, which is already “having a substantive and dangerous impact,” delaying needed climate action and stymying progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Newsletter: 4 Myths About Partnership Case Studies ; How to Do Cause Marketing with an Earth-Moving Equipment Company ; What’s the Difference Between CSR and ESG?

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It's called: Creating Case Studies That Strengthen Your Programs: A Workshop For Businesses & Nonprofits. We need to bring back this donation box strategy. National Manager/Senior Manager, Corporate Partnership Development, Make-A-Wish , Remote 2. What’s the difference between CSR and ESG? Send her this article.

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Debt-for-climate swaps can save the planet. Why aren’t they?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Jonas Gamso Around the world, most developing countries face two crises: climate change and debt. Moreover, developing countries typically lack key technologies and financial resources that could help them become more resilient to climate change and its impacts.

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Putting Health at the Center of Climate Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

And while all companies can evolve their approach to put equal or more weight on building healthy communities, companies that provide essentials like health care services and food supplies have a particular opportunity to develop goals and plans that take overall well-being into account, and that support the environment and society in parallel.

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The Promise of Impact Science

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This is particularly important in social impact, where we need evidence to make decisions related to policy, funding, and programs, so we can solve intractable problems. Yet, according to the United Nations, the world has only made a 3 percent improvement on the Sustainable Development Goals since 2014. .” million studies.

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Secondly, numerous industries depend on ecosystem services like pollination and flood control, which, in turn, rely on maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem processes. Investors and shareholders are also taking notice—biodiversity loss is one of the fastest-growing themes in ESG investments and disclosures.

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How to Align Assets with Mission: Small Steps That Nonprofits Can Take

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Developing a sound approach to managing these assets is part of the fiduciary responsibility of nonprofit boards. Traditionalists have argued that if an investment portfolio is aligned with mission, poor performance follows, sacrificing income that could be spent on operations and programs.