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Embracing an Ecosystem Approach for Philanthropy

Funders are shifting from being at the center of social change efforts to working in close partnership with the…

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Flying through Interference

We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…

Corporate/CSR Gender Shared Value
The Potential of Gender Equity for Business and Society
June 26, 2017
Laura S.L. Herman Lolita Castrique-Meier Flynn Lebus
In the past few years, we have seen growing commitment and excitement around the world amongst foundations, non-profits, and companies who are re-thinking what…
Corporate/CSR Economic Development
Five Lessons from Walmart’s CSR Strategy Efforts
June 6, 2017
Greg Hills
“We think of ourselves as social change strategists,” explained Gayatri Agnew, Director of Career Opportunity at the Walmart Foundation, distinguishing the as…
Corporate/CSR Economic Development Education & Youth Foundation Strategy Systems Thinking
Engaging Employers: Three Lessons from Impact Hiring
April 11, 2017
Nicole Trimble Abigail Carlton
This post was originally published by The Rockefeller Foundation.
Corporate/CSR
How CSR Executives Can Lead Strategy in Uncertain Times
March 6, 2017
Greg Hills Elizabeth Hawkins
If you lead your company’s corporate social responsibility or sustainability efforts, you are likely getting calls about the unpredictable political context i…
Corporate/CSR
Introducing the Corporate Racial Equity Advantage
February 7, 2017
Angela Glover Blackwell Mark Kramer
Now, more than ever, the future of America depends on equity—just and fair inclusion into a society in which all can participate, prosper, and reach their full…
Corporate/CSR
Saving Business from Itself
August 24, 2016
Justin Bakule
This blog was originally published on sharedvalue.org. Greedy. Dishonest. Destructive. Exploitive.
Corporate/CSR Shared Value Systems Thinking
Corporations Can Accelerate Solutions to the Worldwide Refugee Crisis
August 1, 2016
Nina Jais Philippe Sion
The current volume of worldwide refugees is staggering—20 million people are categorized as refugees out of 60 million displaced from their homes according to …
Corporate/CSR Global Development
Just Add Water—Cooking up Successful Corporate-NGO Partnerships
June 8, 2016
Patty Russell
What do you get when you combine a quarter cup of water with table salt and a zap from a car battery? Enough chlorine to purify 200 liters of drinking water.
Corporate/CSR
Social Impact Through Employee Engagement
May 23, 2016
Chile Hidalgo
At FSG, our clients often ask how a corporation’s societal engagement programs—such as employee giving, volunteering, sustainability initiatives, and shared va…
Corporate/CSR
CSR Executives Test New Framing to Describe Their Giving Strategies
April 5, 2016
Greg Hills
As a consultant, sometimes it’s hard to know if the frameworks we create resonate with practitioners who are actually doing the work. So it was a powerful mome…

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