by Juli Iacuaniello | Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Editor's Picks, Gender Lens, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, North America, Racial Equity & Justice, Regions, SDG 1 - No Poverty, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 16 - Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, SDG 2 – Zero Hunger, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, SDGs, Systems Change
A healthy community depends on healthy food. Food access, affordability, and nutrition is interwoven into the fabric of every other social, racial, and health challenge that we are trying to solve for. How can we solve food access without understanding and changing...
by Kim Venkataraman | Africa, Editor's Picks, Impact Economy, Latin America, Place-based Investing, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 2 – Zero Hunger, SDGs
In March 2016, Taylor Quinn met Dr. Jude, a pediatrician, at a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. At the time, Liberia was reeling from the Ebola outbreak, and the hospital’s rooms and hallways were filled with starving children. The doctor said that while many of the...
by Caroline Vance | Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Circular Economy, Editor's Picks, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Scaling Solutions, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 2 – Zero Hunger, Systems Change
This month, millions of Americans will sit down to Thanksgiving dinner with friends and family to celebrate the traditional abundance of the harvest, realizing that abundance through endless dishes of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and perhaps a green vegetable or...
by Jeri Jensen | Circular Economy, Editor's Picks, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Scaling Solutions, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Twenty Twenty-Two opens with the clear recognition that the economic landscape has been forever disrupted. The past two years — which laid bare the market’s structural inequalities, climate emergency, and systemic barriers to inclusive prosperity – clearly posed the...