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Environment, Global Development, Inclusive Markets

Just Climate Transitions in Bangladesh: Accelerating Multistakeholder Action in Textile and Apparel and Construction Industries

Bangladesh’s economy grew 24-fold between 1980 and 2023, reducing poverty rates by two-thirds. In the same period, Bangladesh’s greenhouse…

Foundation Strategy, Nonprofits/NGOs, Systems Thinking

The Water of Systems Change

Foundations involved in systems change can increase their odds for success by focusing on the least explicit but most…

Corporate/CSR Shared Value
The Essential Link Between ESG Targets and Financial Performance (HBR)
September 16, 2022
Mark Kramer Marc Pfitzer
Mark Kramer and Marc Pfitzer describe why doing the math on the “impact intensity of profit” is necessary to meet both financial and ESG targets.
Collective Impact Equity
Centering Equity in Collective Impact
March 1, 2022
John Kania Junious Williams, Jr.Paul Schmitz Sheri Brady Mark Kramer Jennifer Splansky Juster
The year 2021 marked 10 years since the publication of the article “Collective Impact” in Stanford Social Innovation Review. Over the last decade, organization…
Inclusive Markets
Global Assessment of Grant-Funded, Marketbased Sanitation Development Projects
November 9, 2020
Rishi Agarwal Akshay Kohli Subhash Chennuri Marion W. Jenkins
Access to basic sanitation or meeting SDG 6.2 remains a critical challenge across the global south. Market-based sanitation (MBS) approaches have gained popula…
Corporate/CSR Shared Value
Where ESG Fails
October 25, 2019
Michael E. Porter George Serafeim Mark Kramer
Despite countless studies, there has never been conclusive evidence that socially responsible screens deliver alpha. A better model exists: shared value.Writte…
Collective Impact Foundation Strategy
Collective Impact without Borders
August 25, 2017
Philippe Sion Arani Kajenthira Grindle
Funders are increasingly interested in applying the principles of collective impact—a structured, cross-sector approach to solving complex social problems—to c…
Foundation Strategy Systems Thinking
Systems Change in a Polarized Country
May 3, 2017
Mark Kramer
Foundations in the United States have increasingly turned from siloed giving in their grantmaking to embrace systems thinking. With the United States governmen…
Collective Impact Shared Value
The Ecosystem of Shared Value
September 6, 2016
Mark Kramer Marc Pfitzer
Creating shared value—pursuing financial success in a way that also yields societal benefits—has become an imperative for corporations. But companies operate w…
Collective Impact
Collective Impact: A New Twist on an Old English Art
July 1, 2016
Mark Kramer Flynn Lebus
The United Kingdom’s austerity program has reduced government benefits to some of the most vulnerable populations. By tapping into the UK’s art of collaboratio…
Foundation Strategy Systems Thinking
The Dawn of System Leadership
November 7, 2014
Peter Senge Hal Hamilton John Kania
Complex social problems require a unique type of leader: the system leader, individuals who catalyze collective leadership. Co-authored by Peter Senge, Hal Ham…
Collective Impact
Collective Insights on Collective Impact
September 1, 2014
Since the initial publication of “Collective Impact” in Stanford Social Innovation Review (Winter 2011), collective impact has gained tremendous momentum as a …

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