Impact Investing
Leveraging Expertise Across Asset Classes for Institutional Impact
TIAA-CREF traces its social impact investing to the mid-1980s when it invested in affordable housing for low- and moderate-income communities in New York.
Tag: Socially Responsible Business
Podcast
Human Rights
Social Responsibility Versus Slave Labor Tainted Products
Katrina Benjamin describes the environmental sustainability problems associated with slavery, and suggests ways that organizations can work to eliminate slavery through cooperative social responsibility.
Socially Responsible Business
Keeping Pro Bono Projects on Track
A Q&A with Taproot Foundation’s Eileen Yang on how professionals and corporations can maximize pro bono impact.
Socially Responsible Business
Facebook’s Shared Value Status: It’s Complicated
Facebook and Google may be the new poster children for shared value, but is Internet access a critical social issue?
Podcast
Food
Supply Chain Environmental Sustainability, Responsible Corporate Citizenship
Employing social enterprise to improve packaging, Coca-Cola uses renewable resources and recycling projects to enhance environmental sustainability and international development.
Socially Responsible Business
Donations on Tap
At a "philanthropub," a new kind of bar and restaurant, a portion of each patron's bill goes to a worthy cause.
Podcast
Business
Redefining Consumerism: Innovations in Product Sustainability
Today's consumers do not use resources efficiently. But a new model could change how we buy and what we throw away.
Podcast
Social Innovations
Corporate Responsibility Through the Stakeholder’s Lens
CB Bhattacharya explains why the traditional approach to CSR should be reexamined and why a change from top-down to stakeholder-driven initiatives means higher returns.
Microfinance
Microfinance and Ethics: Three Pivotal Questions
An exploration of questions central to the microfinance debate.
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Business
Small Business, Big Change: A Microentrepreneur’s Guide to Social Responsibility
Small Business, Big Change offers guidance for socially responsible small businesses seeking to maximize their impact.