Impact Investing

New Regulations Boost Social Impact Investing

By Michael Etzel 2

Two federal agencies have removed barriers that have discouraged foundations and pension funds from seeking out impact investments.

Business

Ending HIV/AIDS: A Cross-Sector Responsibility

By Christian Spano 1

The private sector has an important role to play in ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic and improving health systems as a whole.

Business

Corporate Philanthropy for Real-World Health Interventions

By Floyd J. Malveaux & Julie Kennedy Lesch

Corporate philanthropy can play a powerful role in addressing pervasive public health problems—a look at three effective practices from the Merck Childhood Asthma Network.

Impact Investing

Islamic Finance and Social Responsibility

By Umar Moghul 11

As the demand for business to connect with responsibility grows globally, Islamic financial and socially responsible markets have much to learn from one another.

Nonprofits & NGOs

Embracing the Business of Development

By Rubayat Khan 2

If we want to achieve all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, we need to start at the bottom of the list.

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Social Enterprise

Green Giants: How Smart Companies Turn Sustainability into Billion-Dollar Businesses

By E. Freya Williams 1

Green Giants shares the six factors that have enabled these extraordinary firms to crack the code on profitable, sustainable business and offers a blueprint corporate leaders and entrepreneurs alike can follow.

Business

Let Your Values Show

By Nancy Mahon

Using unbranded content to influence global issues can help eliminate doubt about corporate-driven social efforts, help move the needle on global issues, and still fortify the bottom line.

Social Enterprise

Filling In the Gap

By Genevieve Edens

How creative collaborations worldwide are deploying capital and support for promising social enterprises.

Big Picture

Ecosystem Investing: Achieving Impact at Scale

By Jeff Edmondson, Kate Mohan, & Stacey Stewart 8

Six lessons from a large-scale, cross-sector initiative to improve education.

Advocacy

Making the Benefits of Cause Marketing Last

By Grant Garrison 9

When companies champion a cause, their efforts often have a “rented” quality. It’s time to ramp up authentic, lasting connections between companies and social impact.