by Jordana S. Grunfeld | Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Impact Measurement & Management, North America, Policy & Regulation, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change
As a long-time philanthropist, I have years of experience trying to draw direct causal relationships between monetary support of an organization and the change I’d like to see in the world. But as a recent impact investor and graduate student focused on the...
by Dmitriy Ioselevich | Circular Economy, Global, Impact Economy, North America, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 15 - Life on Land, SDGs, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change, Tech for Social Good
Transcend is an Impact Entrepreneur nominee for the 2025 Earthshot Prize How does someone go from the #7 employee at Uber to a real estate developer to an entrepreneur revolutionizing the death care industry? That’s the story of Matthew Kochmann, founder of Transcend...
by Romain Baud | Africa, Asia, Circular Economy, Editor's Picks, Europe, Global, Impact Economy, Latin America, North America, Scaling Solutions, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 14 - Life Below Water, SDG 15 - Life on Land, Systems Change
In our economy, most of the things we do are linear. We take from nature, we build things with what we take, and then we dispose of it once we don’t need it anymore (take, make, waste). The first problem that arises from this linear economy is that we live in a world...