Nurturing the next generation of social entrepreneurs

It is not easy to start a social enterprise. In addition to keeping the enterprise afloat financially, the entrepreneurs have to find buyers who are aligned with their vision. To help nurture the next generation

How government causes poverty and how government can fix it

Why are people poor? Conservatives and liberals offer very different explanations.

Conservatives point to a “culture of poverty” and suggest that much deprivation is the result of flawed choices and behavior by the poor themselves. They

Sweden and social enterprise: Making the new national strategy count

The past year has seen growing interest in sustainable business in Sweden. This was particularly noticeable at July’s Almedalen conference – the annual Swedish get-together of everything politics, business and civil society. Originally a

Stop Wasting Money and Start Saving Time: A Guide to Being Smart With Both

People search for ways to “save money” on Google more than three times as much as they search for ways to “save time.” There's evidence that applying time-saving strategies to financial management can actually help

Why do so many people fall for financial scams?

In hindsight, david carter sees the deal differently. The 63-year-old has a Master’s degree in technology. A successful career meant he found a six-figure salary offer perfectly plausible. He knew from reading newspapers that tech stocks

Why Retirement Is Broken And Needs To Be Reinvented

Retirement is the #1 financial worry with 65% of Americans worried about it and a majority thinking about it 4 times per week. The core problem is uncertainty - people have no idea how much they need, because

The Roots of Economic Inequality

The United States is divided by wealth and social class, and the gap is widening. In 1980, according to the World Inequality Report, the richest 10% of the population held just under 35% of national

How Poverty Is Causing Deforestation Across Africa

Gitika Bhardwaj speaks to campaigner Obed Owusu-Addai about why solving the problem of deforestation across Africa requires tackling one of its biggest causes – poverty. Up to 58,000 square miles of forests are being lost

Housing could play the biggest role in ending child poverty

It was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who wrote, more than 50 years ago, “The curse of poverty has no justification in our age.” Yet poverty continues, and quite often it’s children who feel the

Warming, sea-ice loss: Arctic Report Card..

Now in its 13th year, the 2018 Arctic Report Card is a peer-reviewed report that provides an annual status update on the region and compares these observations to the long-term record. It was compiled from

A Tribe in Northern Minnesota Shows the Country How to Do Community Solar

Last summer on a reservation in northern Minnesota, students from Leech Lake Tribal College earned their solar installation licenses while they dug, drilled and connected five photovoltaic arrays. The panels shine blue on the plain,

Ethiopia: Distributed Energy Systems – Best Path for Poverty Reduction

By Desta Mebratu Despite being a continent with abundant energy resources, a great chunk of the African population still lacks access to electricity. This could change by focusing on the use of distributed energy resources,

Potential arthritis treatment prevents cartilage breakdown

Osteoarthritis, a disease that causes severe joint pain, affects more than 20 million people in the United States. Some drug treatments can help alleviate the pain, but there are no treatments that can reverse or

The Little-Known Way Pharma Companies Hook People On Their Costly Drugs

Kip Burgess was relieved last year when pharmaceutical giant Amgen overnighted him a $2,976 check to help pay for his go-to arthritis drug, Enbrel. The 36-year-old psychologist had run into an increasingly common problem: The

Epicenter of fake pharma

One consequence of African poverty is that quality medication is often unavailable. Health-care systems tend to be weak, and the marketing of pharmaceuticals is not regulated effectively. Many patients depend on sub-standard or even counterfeit

Investing for impact: Putting your money to work to do good

Despite low unemployment, strong economic growth and a booming stock market in recent years, countless communities across the country are still struggling. Many continue to face underperforming and often underfunded schools, inadequate housing, limited public

The Continued Growth of Sustainable Investing

With $12 trillion now invested in the United States, sustainable investing is not just a trend, it's becoming part of the fabric of investing. That's my take after reading the Report on U.S. Sustainable, Responsible and

Where next for ESG? A look at what lies ahead

If ESG tickets are now on sale at the box office, it’s the ‘E’ that’s got the main billing. Indeed, the transition to a low-carbon economy will dominate the sustainable investing story for some time

Bandit Industries completes ESOP sale to employees

Bandit Industries, Remus, Michigan, announced that it finalized its transition to a 100 percent employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) company on Nov. 1. Former owners Mike Morey Sr., Dianne Morey and Jerry Morey announced their

Employee Stock Ownership Plans: Can They Close the Wealth Gap?

Much has been written about the growing trend of income inequality in the US; we hear less often about the wealth divide, which is even more stark. While the top 10 percent of US households today own 51

Employee Stock Plan Could Brew Up Productivity For Great Lakes

There’s a tradition at Cleveland’s Great Lakes Brewing Company. Each day around 4 o’clock, employees gather in the brewpub for a complimentary “shift beer.” It’s a chance to celebrate the fruits of their labor. Soon

Oxford Conference on Business and Poverty

Welcome to the second annual Oxford Business Fights Poverty Conference. As you view this summary of the conference you will read from a series of topics like Responsible Leadership, Honoring Entrepreneurs, Employee Ownership, Mentoring, Crowdsourcing & Addressing Poverty. Please

The Greatest Givers: Meet America’s Top Philanthropists

Actions speak louder than words: While it may be easy to make promises, true generosity involves actually giving away the greenbacks. To discover who doled out the most money in 2017, Forbes partnered with Boca

How The Rich View The Poor

More than four years have passed since the Occupy Wall Street movement divided the country into percentages, calling the 99 percent out against the 1 percent. A voice was raised from Zucotti Park in New York City demanding reform