Pioneering Mutual Aid In India
A couple in tribal Gujarat show their Uplift membership cards. They are excluded from mainstream insurance in India because of their age. Ashoka In India, 90% of the workforce is in the
B the Change Week in Review
In the wake of recent climate strikes around the globe and last month’s U.N. Climate Action Summit, the push for action to protect our planet and its future becomes more urgent. Certified B Corporations are among those answering the call and recognizin...
Impact Strategies All Businesses Can Use to Be(e) a Force for Good
Best For The World: Changemaker Honoree GloryBee Shares What Guides the Company to Have a Positive ImpactGloryBee, a family-owned business based in Eugene, Oregon, was founded in 1975 as a honey stand operated by Pat and Dick Turanski, right. They now ...
Business Can Lead on Addressing the Climate Crisis
B the Change Weekly: October 11, 2019(Photo by Karsten Würth (@karsten.wuerth) 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 f...
The Multibillion-Dollar Potential Of Social Innovation
Germany-based Discovering Hands taps into the superior skill of blind women to detect early-stage breast cancer (training tools are pictured above). A new study by McKinsey and Ashoka argues
Gauge These 4 Key Traits to Find Employees Who Engage and Inspire
How to Assemble the Right Team and Build a Purpose-Driven Enterprise(Photo by sydney Rae on Unsplash)By Omar HarrisCompanies spend millions of dollars and significant time defining meaningful mission statements. But rarely do they execute the harder wo...
The Southeast Guide to B Corps
See If Your Southeastern State Provides a Governance Structure for Businesses Seeking Purpose and Profit(Photo by Heather Shevlin on Unsplash)In our experience, Certified B Corporations and benefit corporations are not common knowledge in Tennessee or ...
Growing with Purpose Podcast: “Our Growth Is the Story of Our People” with Steve Palmer
On this episode of the Growing with Purpose podcast, host Paul Spiegelman talks with Steve Palmer, Managing Partner of Indigo Road Hospitality Group.
5 Ways to Maintain the Culture as Your Company Grows
Entrepreneurs talk a lot about what makes a company culture great, but what about keeping a culture great? In the early days of a company, it’s pretty easy for founding members to cultivate and protect a shared identity and set of values. But what h...
For Such a Time as This: Climate Action and True Leadership in a Time of Crisis
(Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash)The U.N. General Assembly including the U.N. Climate Action Summit, Climate Week NYC, the youth-led Global Climate Strike, and the U.N.’s report on the impact of climate change on the world’s oceans and frozen region...
How the Best For The World Make It Work
B the Change Weekly: September 27, 2019The expected career trajectory is changing rapidly as new generations move into the workforce. Studies show that millennials often change jobs, and even industries, an average of four times in their first 10 years...
Women’s representation on boards reaches a milestone
By Anne Stych, BizWomen Women now hold more than 20 percent of the board seats at the top 3,000 publicly-traded companies, an achievement that reaches the goal set by national advocacy group 2020 Women on Boards a year early. Data governance company Equilar Inc. analyzed gender representation on the boards of directors at companies in the Russell 3,000 Index, … Continue reading Women’s representation on boards reaches a milestone
5 Ways to Create a Flexible Work Culture
The Average Worker Is Productive for Only 3 Hours a Day. Here Are a Few Tips to Make the Most of Their Time(Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash)By Ester BrierlyIn the modern business world, employers often expect that they will boost corporate productivity i...
Transitioning From a Traditional Business to a Social Enterprise
Transitioning from a Traditional Business to a Social EnterpriseSocial Entrepreneur Bernie Geiss Shares Insights and Lessons Learned on the Path to Restructuring His Company for the Impact-Driven Spacehttps://medium.com/media/f3d1ea2a30673458e6e9e41347...
Spreading Wealth and Healing While Dismantling White Supremacy
Edgar Villanueva Sees Path to Social Justice Through Philanthropyhttps://medium.com/media/e30fd1b3301cef00a7fb1a7b5ce4eac0/hrefEdgar Villanueva is a nationally recognized expert on social justice philanthropy. He currently serves as chair of the Board ...