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- Corporate/CSR, Global Health, U.S. Health
The Power of Precision: How to Reveal What Blocks Health Equity Progress
The journey from surface-level solutions to structural change begins with the courage to confront what lies beneath and the…

- Foundation Strategy
Leading through Uncertainty: Three Questions for Funders
Here are three common questions that we've been hearing from our philanthropic partners during this time of uncertainty.
Putting a Dollar Value on Physical Activity: New Research from Vitality Group
November 14, 2019If all adults aged 18-64 walked just 15 minutes more a day, the world economy would grow by an estimated $100 billion a year until 2050.
Listen to FSG’s Veronica Borgonovi and Hayling Price Discuss Racial Equity with Tamarack Institute’s Liz Weaver
November 4, 2019This week, FSG’s Veronica Borgonovi and Hayling Price joined Tamarack Institute’s Liz Weaver for a webinar, “Reckoning, Repair, and Change: Authentically Advan…
Institutional Investor: Where ESG Fails
October 17, 2019A new article on Institutional Investor shares evidence that shared value investing can deliver superior returns by tying social impact to competitive advantag…
Lessons From India on Scaling Up Market-Based Solutions
October 16, 2019In a new blog post on Stanford Social Innovation Review, FSG's Ashish Karamchandani shares lessons from more than a decade of work in India on Market-based Sol…
Harvard Business Review Blog: Business as Usual Will Not Save the Planet
October 15, 2019In a post on Harvard Business Review, FSG's Mark Kramer, Rishi Agarwal, and Aditi Srinivas examine business' commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (S…
Reflections on Impact Investing from the GIIN Forum
October 10, 2019What are currently hot topics in impact investing?
Published in Colombia: the Business of Solving Social Problems
October 8, 2019A version of this blog post was published in Spanish, in the financial newspaper ‘Portafolio’, as part of the special issue on Empresas INspiradoras, which rec…
Working Together for Equitable Systems Change
October 2, 2019A few years ago, I came to a realization I imagine is all too familiar to many of us working in the social impact space. As the grandchild of sharecroppers and…
Harvard Business Review Blog: For Japanese Companies to Truly Contribute to the SDGs
October 2, 2019In a post on Harvard Business Review (in Japanese), Rishi Agarwal writes about how Japanese companies can truly contribute to the SDGs.Read the blog on Harvard…
Doing Better More Efficiently: Measuring and Enhancing Philanthropic Vitality
September 27, 2019The philanthropic sector is currently facing a paradox. Countries and local communities around the world need more philanthropic engagement than ever. And yet,…