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NexThought Monday: And the big winners in the move to SDGs are … why not everyone?
As we move from the Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the transition process is filled with a mix of excitement, expectation and guarded optimism. Perhaps some of the early hesitation voiced by various stakeholders, in both the public and private sector, trying integrate the SGDs will come to pass. However, the flourishing ecosystem of large companies diligently working in corporate social responsibility, shared value and in the inclusive business arena is encouraging.
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- Impact Assessment
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Welcome to the New NextBillion: As we celebrate 10 years online, we unveil a comprehensively redesigned website
Emerging economies – and the businesses that serve them – have come a long way in the past decade. And so has NextBillion. Today represents another key step in our evolution, as we unveil a comprehensively redesigned website.
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- Social Enterprise
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Weekly Roundup 10-30-15: A New NextBillion is Coming Next Week
We hope you can forgive this very abbreviated weekly roundup. See, we’re sort of in the middle of something: A new website.
Yes, next week we’re launching a redesigned and reimagined NextBillion.net. We’re excited about the possibilities and potential for the new site, which we will unveil in the coming days.- Categories
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From ‘Nice to Have’ to ‘Need to Have’: The GIIN’s Kelly McCarthy discusses the growing momentum – and ongoing challenges – of impact assessment
IRIS Senior Manager Kelly McCarthy at the Global Impact Investing Network believes that “the impact investing community is embracing the value of social and environmental impact data, which is very encouraging.” McCarthy spoke about the momentum behind impact measurement, investors’ changing attitudes toward it, and the challenges of getting companies on board in the Q&A.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Weekly Roundup 10-23-15: Impact Investing Recovers from ‘The Cooties’
Most people don’t associate Department of Labor policy changes with excitement. But this week’s announcement of changes to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) has primed the impact investing movement to party like it’s 1994. We explore the move in this roundup, along with some inspiring words on what every social entrepreneur should ask themselves, and some critical points on business school ethics.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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The State of Assessment: Moving the conversation forward to accelerate value creation (Part 2 of 2)
Heather Esper and Yaquta Kanchwala Fatehi of the William Davidson Institute say it's time to stop debating whether businesses should assess social, economic and/or environmental impact, and move on to a conversation about how to extract the most value. They even offer five core activities to accelerate that value.
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NexThought Monday: Four Steps to Unlock the Potential of Impact Investing: SOCAP15 conference highlights critical areas where the sector should focus
The excitement about the growing impact investing field was palpable at the recent SOCAP15 conference, as evidence accumulates that it is moving from the margins to the mainstream. But in spite of this momentum, the sector still has far to go to reach its full potential. Based on conversations and panel discussions at SOCAP15, here are four areas that impact investing should address.
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- Social Enterprise
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