The content discusses the diverse players in the finance-for-good sector, including banks, impact investors, and business incubators. It emphasizes the complexity of financing for social good, particularly in the private sector, while acknowledging that many financial investments are motivated by profit rather than social impact, despite notable exceptions.
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Isn’t ESG a Finance Term? Can’t our CFO
The landscape of business leadership has evolved, emphasizing authentic and ethical risk management through ESG practices. Companies increasingly recognize the importance of holistic approaches and employee well-being. Initiatives like mindfulness and community support enhance productivity and engagement, illustrating that broader thinking contributes to organizational efficacy beyond mere profit and time management.
Why Should Businesses Care About The SDG...
In this series of articles on the alphabet soup of corporate citizenship, I’ve pondered the changes in how we make impact; laid out some history & definitions of some of the concepts; shared a few examples of small and large companies leading the way; and delved into how individuals, companies and governments are influencing others and […]
Who are some of the big companies doing ...
You may or not have heard about some of the big companies making sustainability and social responsibility a key part of their brand and way of doing things. And, you may or not believe what many of them say. I want to share a few good examples — because they inspire through their focus on the vision, willingness to navigate complexity on the way to achieving it; and because they can offer a path to follow to inspired profitability.
Implementing and Sustaining CSR ESG Init...
I had an interesting discussion about how business leaders move from reading the statistics and liking the concepts, to actually designing and maintaining initiatives. There’s a lot that can be said, but the short answer is…
A Quick History of Corporate Sustainabil...
In my last post, I talked about the mindset of corporate citizenship, and my own path to working to support and expand it. In this one I’ll share a bit about the history and pieces of that field of work.
The concept of sustainability has been widely discussed since the 1950s, albeit primarily in the international development and agricultural arenas. As it moved into business spheres, the number of terms and related concepts were further developed to address…
The Way We Make Impact is Changing
It’s a wild and exciting thing to see the corporate and non-profit mindsets coming together– embracing a little complexity in analytics and realities, and doing well, while doing good. Folks are seeing that doing business better, listening to all stakeholders, managing for the long-term, and doing good… can be good for business.
Where Have You Been the Last Two Years? ...
There’s a more-than two year break in the blog postings, what’s been happening? The answer is… a lot, actually — at the global, organizational or Glocal level, and personally for our founder. It includes what everyone has experienced — the pandemic and the life and work changes it imposed- and how we’ve internalized it at […]