Impact Investing
Marginalized Returns
Impact investing has been seduced by a false narrative of combining social impact with financial gains.
Tag: Socially Responsible Business
Business
Sustainability Managers Could Lead the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Corporate sustainability leaders can turn challenges into opportunities for society and companies alike.
Leadership
Can Business Elites Save the “Africa Rising” Narrative?
Four strategies in particular may help Africa’s wealthiest businesspeople effect social change and drive economic growth.
Business
The Next Sustainability Frontier: Gender Equity as a Business Imperative
Corporate environmental sustainability initiatives can provide a roadmap for companies seeking to empower women.
Technology
Giving Your Genius: A New Approach to Corporate Philanthropy
When companies deploy the same processes they use to create commercial value to create philanthropic value, they can truly help charities achieve their social missions.
Environment
Businesses and Investors Need to Act on Climate Now
A look at trends related to the economy and climate change, and three steps businesses and investors can take to move forward.
Collaboration
Saving Lives Through Partnership
How a structured but adaptable collaboration model is mobilizing organizations to achieve a common goal.
Cities
Inclusive Prosperity in an Age of Local Action
Communities cannot and should not wait for external forces to bridge local opportunity divides.
Environment
Public-Planet Partnerships: Time to Ratify Our Free Trade Agreement with Nature
We protect nature. We learn from nature. But we are not collaborating with nature to solve the greatest challenges a human generation has ever faced.
Impact Investing
Measure Profit to People—All People
Corporate profitability is too narrow a measure of a company’s financial impact.