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

Collective Impact Environment Global Development
Spotlight on CocoaAction: 4 Questions with Nira Desai
June 13, 2016
FSG Nira Desai
Despite significant investments in cocoa sustainability initiatives by the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in recent years, cocoa farming continues to f…
Environment
Untapped Potential
September 9, 2014
Arani Kajenthira Grindle
The conclusion of World Water Week, which wrapped up on September 5 in Stockholm, seems an appropriate time to reflect on the ways in which this seemingly ubiq…
Environment
It Is Not Enough Just to Teach a Man, or Woman, to Fish
June 24, 2013
Laura S.L. Herman Amanda Oudin Goldberger
Corporate/CSR Environment
Where Food and Funders Meet
September 21, 2012
Laura S.L. Herman
Imagine you are sitting down to enjoy a delicious meal at your favorite restaurant. Have you ever wondered how many workers helped get that meal to your plate?…
Environment
Sustainability fatigue: could healthy competition be the cure?
August 13, 2012
Dane Smith
This post originally appeared on The Guardian's Sustainable Business Blog.
Environment Shared Value
Environmental Shared Value Opportunities
February 27, 2012
Chile Hidalgo
There is a natural link between shared value and environmental issues: use less and create money. Reducing energy, materials, or natural resources used in prod…
Collective Impact Environment
The Greenest Green
August 17, 2011
Justin Bakule
Unless you’re an aficionado of blues music, your first summer vacation impulse might not be to head down to the Mississippi Delta in August. But, if you happen…
Environment
Integrating Shared Value Beyond the Business
August 1, 2011
Robert Albright
FSG recently hosted a Creating Shared Value (CSV) Summit with 40+ global corporations, senior government officials, and NGO leaders. The summit featured compan…
Corporate/CSR Environment
CSV vs. Sustainability: The Debate Continues
June 10, 2011
Michael Sadowski
…it has always been our intention to be more than a corporation that makes mortgage loans; we wanted to be a force in making positive differences in people’s l…
Environment Global Health
Water, Sanitation, and Sustainability
January 10, 2011
Jennifer Splansky Juster
Do you know that more people have access to a cell phone than a toilet?

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