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Could this “UBI for social enterprise” help fund business for good?
It may be a stretch to call it a universal basic income, but the Boulder-based social enterprise accelerator COMMON wants to give all its member companies a flat monthly stipend from a crowdsourced fund.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- North America
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Press release: Lidya Raises $6.9 Million in a Series A Round Led by Omidyar Network
Lidya, the digital financial services platform focused on improving access to credit for micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Africa, today announced that it has raised $6.9 million in a Series A investment round, one of the largest in Nigerian tech history
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- Inclusive Fintech, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Memo To BlackRock: 7 Ways To Hold Corporate Feet To The Social Responsibility Fire
If Blackrock expects its companies to act in a socially responsible way, it has a big practical problem. How will it communicate what constitutes socially responsible action? and How will it measure whether or not companies are getting more or less socially responsible?
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- North America
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Report: Improved financial inclusion could boost global bank revenues by US$200b
Driving greater financial inclusion – the availability of affordable, accessible and relevant financial products – will generate sizeable economic benefits, according to the report, boosting GDP by up to 14% in developing economies such as India, and 30% in frontier markets such as Kenya.
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Forbes And JUST Capital Release JUST 100 Ranking Of America’s Most Just Companies
“This year’s list of America’s Most JUST Companies serves as a report card for corporate America, providing unbiased data about how corporations are performing on the issues Americans care most about,” said Forbes Chief Content Officer Randall Lane. “At a time when corporate America, as a whole, faces low public approval, the companies in this list provide an example for their peers on how to win back the trust of the American people.”
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- North America
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Research Shows Corporate Action on SDGs Already Stalling Out Just Two Years Into 2030 Agenda
In the two years since the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals, the number of companies reporting against the SDGs is on the rise, but research indicates that there is a clear gap emerging between thinking and action, with tangible plans and active involvement in collaborations on the SDGs stalling over the last 12 months.
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People Think Companies Can’t Do Good and Make Money. Can Companies Prove Them Wrong?
Even in one of the most market-oriented societies in human history, it appears very difficult to make most people appreciate that ethical and profitable business practices do not fundamentally conflict.
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Reimagining Slums: Innovative Solutions to Bangladesh’s Urban Housing Dilemma
Bangladesh's housing deficit has quadrupled in the last decade and, in the absence of adequate measures, it is projected to increase to 8.5 million units by 2021. Due to extreme demand and lack of rent control in slums, housing prices are sky-high. BRAC's Asif Saleh and Mahira Khan say these challenges highlight an opportunity for testing out models for urban development that leverage government, private business and the development sector.
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