A few weeks ago, the UN released a report summarizing the data on global progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The conclusion was unambiguous – we are falling behind. If current trends persist, extreme poverty will still affect 575 million people...
It’s easy to tune out when you hear the verb scale. For many in the social sector, that’s what venture-funded startups bent on world domination try to do, sometimes with ethics optional. We need to pay attention, though, because we should be actively seeking impact at...
The streets of many U.S. cities reveal an urgent reality: The current systems for addressing homelessness aren’t working. Lack of affordable housing and behavioral health resources, as well as poor coordination among programs and providers, are the most well-known...
The Global Impact Investing Network states, in its latest review of the development of impact investing at a global scale, that only 41% of the participants of its survey believe that there are enough qualified professionals to deploy impact investing at the pace that...
On March 22 the United Nations will hold a Water Conference, the first major UN meeting on water, sanitation and hygiene – often grouped together under the acronym WASH – in nearly 50 years. The meeting will highlight the progress – or lack thereof – toward reaching...
Women entrepreneurs should be able to thrive. Yet they are bound by outdated expectations. The views that a woman should be the primary childcare giver and the man should be the breadwinner are so ingrained they remain consistently unchallenged. New research from...
