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Crowdfunding For Good Now A Growing Global Movement
Imagine raising $17 million in one day. Using the Razoo platform, GiveMN, a statewide crowdfunding campaign for Minnesota nonprofits, did just that on November 14, 2013, when over 52,000 individual donors combined to set a record for the most money raised in a single day through crowdfunding (as far I can tell).
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‘Pay for success’ social-impact bonds help train ex-convicts
Social-impact bonds offer investors a more direct connection between the dollars they invest and the impact they have on a social problem.
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- Impact Assessment
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Social innovation means business becoming a force for good
Business needs to reconnect with the community and better serve society, Terry Slavin reports from the Guardian Sustainable Business Quarterly workshop
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Tata Social Enterprise conference – expect the unconventional
Leaders from across the sector gathered to offer their guidance and advice to aspiring social entrepreneurs
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Beyond Bitcoin: some alternative marketplaces lend social empowerment
A variety of companies, like e-Choupal and OneMorePallet, are creating new marketplaces to add value - and boost social and environmental benefits
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- South Asia
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Healthy food chain helps kids get off the streets
Erik Oberholtzer started the program at a time when many CEOs were focused on surviving the recession. But Tender Greens was in the midst of a rapid expansion. The company grew from $7.3 million and 115 employees in 2009 to $28 million in revenues and 450 employees in 2013.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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Why won’t corporations invest in socially conscious startups?
Though social impact investing is a growing asset class, corporations aren't buying into the promise of sustainability – yet.
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“Charge the world, change the world.”
The campaign is on behalf of Schneider Electric, a French company with operations in more than 100 countries including the United States.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment