The ‘Be the Future Challenge’ calls for social enterprise ideas linked to one of the UN’s sustainable development goals, and able to make a profit through selling a product or service. Deadline now extended to 17 July.
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New Zealand’s University of Auckland takes number one spot in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for second year in a row, while three Australian institutions shoot up into the top five.
Despite some efforts to nurture the responsible business leaders of the future, our education system – along with legislation and business practice – still prevents corporations from fulfilling their broader purpose. What needs to change?
Large firms tend to dedicate CSR efforts to tracking and measuring, while their innovation teams focus on growth. It’s time to connect the two – or miss a massive opportunity to drive social impact.
How do you allocate just the right amount of resources to measuring the effectiveness of a global development programme? Reflections from the Inclusive Business Action Network.
The UK government’s £160m IMPACT Programme helps boost impact investment in emerging markets. As a first batch of grants are announced, the programme's team leader shares three insights that will shape its priorities in the years to come.
Ghana is world-leading in tracking spending on Sustainable Development Goals – making it ripe for impact investors. GSG's Krisztina Tora on the growing momentum (and infrastructure) for impact investment in the west African nation.
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