by Noelle St.Clair Lentz | Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Editor's Picks, Gender Lens, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Impact Measurement & Management, North America, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDGs, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change, Tech for Social Good
When we talk about the “next big frontier” in impact investing, the conversation usually turns to climate tech, ed tech, or AI for good. Yet one of the most urgent — and most overlooked — opportunities is hiding in plain sight: the global mental-health crisis,...
by Elizabeth Gilbert Kaetzel | Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Editor's Picks, ESG Investing, Financial Inclusion, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Intrapreneur, Latin America, North America, Policy & Regulation, Racial Equity & Justice, Regions, SDG 1 - No Poverty, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDGs, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change
This April, 250 attendees convened in San Francisco for the GIIN West Coast Impact Forum — a gathering of asset managers, philanthropic investors, and other industry leaders focused on impact investing across North, Central, and South America. The smaller, regionally...
by Rohini Manyam Seshasayee | Editor's Picks, Europe, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Measurement & Management, North America, Policy & Regulation, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Systems Change, Tech for Social Good
Jevons’ paradox — a 160-year-old economic theory first described by English economist William Stanley Jevons — suggests that when technological advances improve the efficiency of a resource, we paradoxically end up using more of that resource, not less. In the...
by Chukwuebuka Emebinah | Africa, Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Global, Impact Economy, Policy & Regulation, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, SDGs, Systems Change
Oxford, April 2025. Inside the vaulted Sheldonian Theatre at this year’s Skoll World Forum, a standing room only crowd gathered for “Resourcing Resilience Across Africa.” Moderated by Raj Panjabi, the conversation brought together health system innovators from...
by Russell McLeod | Financial Inclusion, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Latin America, North America, Policy & Regulation, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 1 - No Poverty, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change
If your social enterprise can’t survive without grants, don’t kid yourself, you’re running a charity. This is the harsh truth the social enterprise sector needs to face if it wants to deliver on its original promise. Social enterprises have been hailed as champions of...
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