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How Businesses Can Encourage a More Resilient Food System in Africa
During and Beyond COVID-19: Initiatives and Investments Could Bolster Rural Farmers and Create a Sustainable FutureFarmland near Kindia, Guinea. (Photo by Tim Oun on Unsplash)By Dr. Ijeoma Nwagwu, a member of the Sustainability Leadership and Strategy ...
UK charities ‘could have to hand back millions’ if tax break is scrapped
Millions of pounds of investment cash may have to be handed back and hundreds of jobs could be lost if the government scraps a tax break for community ventures, campaigners
Anti-Racism Must Guide Our Work to Fight the White Supremacy Epidemic
It’s Time to Advance Public Policies and Transform an Economic System Built on Violence and InequalityThis is a personal perspective from an employee at B Lab, the nonprofit behind Certified B Corporations. In this series, we invite individual B Lab em...
‘We Have a Responsibility to Become Vocal, Visible Anti-Racist Leaders’
B The Change Weekly: June 5, 2020(Photo by Arthur Edelman on Unsplash)Delivered on Fridays, B the Change Weekly delivers the most important and most relevant stories about people using business as a force for good. The newsletter features a weekly note...
Dismantling Racism Takes Action: Here’s What You Can Do Today
Communities Using Collective Power to Create Change(Photo by Shane Aldendorff on Unsplash)Make no mistake: 155 years after the abolition and 56 after the signing of the Civil Rights Act, racism is still alive in the United States. George Floyd, Ahmaud ...
4 Steps That I and Other White People Can Take to Fight Racism
(Photo by Annika Gordon on Unsplash)George Floyd. Ahmaud Arbery. Breanna Taylor. Trayvon Martin. Tamir Rice. Oscar Grant. Sandra Bland. Walter Scott. Philando Castile. Eric Garner.These names serve as a reminder of how much work we still have to do as ...
Is It Still Hospitality Without a Handshake and a Smile?
How Impact Strategies Can Guide the Travel and Hospitality Industry As It RebuildsContinue reading on B The Change »
Is It Still Hospitality Without a Handshake and a Smile?
How Impact Strategies Can Guide the Travel and Hospitality Industry As It RebuildsContinue reading on B The Change »
3 must-have traits for courageous leadership in a post-pandemic workplace
By Merilee A. Kern, Fast Company A wide-ranging cohort of CEOs and executives weigh in on what courageous leadership really means. While some contest, or outright refute, whether or not former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts,” it has power … Continue reading 3 must-have traits for courageous leadership in a post-pandemic workplace
B The Change Week in Review
Calls for systemic change and a more equitable economy are rising across the United States. While Certified B Corporations have made strides toward these changes, they realize more work remains. Recent articles on B The Change include B Corp lessons an...
Income Advance: Employee Lifeline in the Time of COVID and Beyond
Program Helps Workers Build Long-Term Financial ResilienceBy Ted CastleTwelve years ago at Rhino Foods we piloted an emergency loan program (Income Advance) to provide “no questions asked” (noncredit-dependent) loans of $1,000 to our employees who were...
10 Financial Terms to Teach Your Employees This Month
All thriving company cultures share one key characteristic: transparency. Financial transparency creates clear lines of communication and helps stamp out fear and uncertainty. Not only that, understanding the stories behind your business' numbers arm y...
A call to action: What boards must do to help companies and CEOs cope with the Covid-19 crisis
By Deb Kemper and Kathryn Swintek, Managing Partners, Golden Seeds Funds Editor’s note: As businesses grapple with massive change, two of the Managing Partners of our Funds – experienced investors and board members of both public and private companies – shared their advice on the new and expanded role that boards must play. Anyone serving … Continue reading A call to action: What boards must do to help companies and CEOs cope with the Covid-19 crisis
Is There A Higher Calling For America’s Lawyers?
Ashoka Fellow Purvi Shah, founder of Movement Law Lab. Movement Law Lab Purvi Shah, founder of the Movement Law Lab, learned from years of experience representing powerful movements for change that a