Business
Freedom of Choice
A lens for understanding business leaders' ability to act in alignment with their values.
Tag: ESG
Impact Investing
Why Catalytic Capital Needs a Better Definition
The decline and fall of ESG offers a cautionary tale for social impact financing and highlights the need for the sector to sharpen its understanding of catalytic capital. A new definitional framework for catalytic capital can help drive clarity, measurement, and greater market participation.
Governance
Activist Directors Cause Problems for Stakeholders
Push for short-term gains generates greater complaints about ESG issues among stakeholders.
Environment
Plan C for Greening Business
Engaging directly with business was never the environmental movement’s first choice—and for good reason.
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Environment
Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity
Hundreds of companies have pledged to follow new reporting recommendations from the international Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures. Is it enough to make a difference?
Business
In a War on ‘Woke Capitalism,’ What’s a Good Company to Do?
What strategic organizations can learn from Disney and Bud Light.
Impact Investing
A Realist’s Guide to Investing for Good
What’s the best way for small individual investors to generate returns and deliver impact? (Spoiler: It’s probably not an ESG fund.)
Impact Investing
10 SSIR Stories on Impact Investing’s Next Phase
Ten SSIR articles that examine the growing field of impact investing from a range of perspectives, including investors, philanthropists, nonprofits, researchers, social entrepreneurs, and local communities.
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Impact Markets: The Next Frontier
There is a ripe opportunity to innovate, fueled by market forces currently at play.