Expert Perspective
Structural Inclusion: What It Means and Why It Matters
Why It’s Vital to Review the Workplace Foundation Before Effective Diversity and Inclusion Work Can BeginLast year, when our team sat down to review our Inclusive Economy Challenge goals and metrics, an employee posed an honest yet blunt question: How ...
Supporting Social Entrepreneurs and Mindful Funders for a New Economy
Chuck Brown Connects Impact Investors with Social Enterpriseshttps://medium.com/media/d5e23e731d82466f09dbbe76a5042b24/hrefChuck Brown is the founder of Orion Advising, a consultancy in service of social entrepreneurs and investors seeking a just trans...
How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Investors into Champions
By Barbara Yastine, Managing Director of Golden Seeds Fundraising takes hard work and a lot of time. So, it is no surprise that once the checks clear, entrepreneurs are eager to get back to building their businesses. Their investors want that, too. However, once the money is in the bank, some entrepreneurs may forego building … Continue reading How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Investors into Champions
B the Change Week in Review
Around the globe, businesses looking for long-term success are turning toward practices that consider the impact of their operations on the environment and workers, customers and communities. By certifying as benefit corporations, these businesses take...
Upending Shareholder Primacy Around the Globe
B the Change Weekly: July 26, 2019Delivered 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 from the B the Change team alongsid...
Conscious Capitalism: Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility?
The future of business will require companies to do more than add on a CSR program—purpose will need to be incorporated into the business model and integrated into the entire organization. Photo by Pixabay.Certified B Corporations have taken a bold sta...
B Corp on Track to Reduce Workers’ Carbon Footprint While Traveling
Better Places Joins Program That Encourages Trains Over Planes(Photo by Ryan Tang on Unsplash)Better Places, a Certified B Corporation and trailblazer in sustainable travel, recently joined the Climate Perks program that rewards workers for choosing tr...
Why Entrepreneurs Need to Do One Thing at a Time
By Aytekin Tank, Entrepreneur Back in 1897, Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal — winner of the Nobel Prize — wrote a book called Advice for a Young Investigator. He argued that instead of spending hours reviewing books, lectures and broad research, scientists should focus deeply on a single object of study. This state, he wrote, “refines judgment, enriches … Continue reading Why Entrepreneurs Need to Do One Thing at a Time
Motivated by the Heart and Building Purpose-Driven Businesses
Social Entrepreneur Leads B Corp Through Nearly 30 Years of Brand-Building and Over $2M in Community Contributionshttps://medium.com/media/774dd789d072ff433f4db9f960ca5be8/hrefRuss Stoddard is the founder and CEO of Oliver Russell, a socially geared bu...
Business Sustainability: Natura Shows an Authentic Commitment to Purpose
With Move to Acquire Avon, B Corp Natura Broadens Beauty Network and Strengthens Long-Term Strategy“Ding dong, AVON calling!” was a catchphrase in the ’60s that represented more than door-to-door direct selling of cosmetics; it represented financial in...
How Creating An Estate Plan Can Protect You Legacy
By Prudential, Corporate Sponsor Women are doing incredible things: Leading multimillion-dollar companies, making a meaningful impact as entrepreneurs, and much more. While such achievements are certainly noteworthy today, you don’t want to overlook your tomorrow and the type of impact you’ll have then. The financial legacy you’re able to leave in the future is directly … Continue reading How Creating An Estate Plan Can Protect You Legacy
B the Change Week in Review
People increasingly are looking to connect with businesses that go beyond the profit-only operation. The Certified B Corporation community does just that by embracing a better way of doing business. Through certification that shows their supply chains ...
5 Ways Your Business Can Take Action on the Climate Crisis
From Employee Involvement to Recycled Packaging to Sustainable Travel, UK B Corps Share Earth-Friendly TipsBusiness has a huge impact on the planet. With this comes an opportunity to change, improve and take action. Certified B Corporations believe in ...
How B Corps Find Strength in Collaborations
B the Change Weekly: July 19, 2019Delivered 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 from the B the Change team alongsid...