Sourcing Locally for Impact
By mapping a company’s relationship to the economy in which it operates, businesses can do much to advance their strategic objectives and advance local economic growth.
Socially Responsible Business
Innovative, ethical, and community-minded business practices
The Problem with Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.
Roundtable on Shared Value
Executives from 10 major corporations discuss the innovative ways that they are putting societal issues at the core of their companies’ strategy and operations.
Being the Only B
The owner of the only certified B Corporation in Kentucky assesses the pros and cons of the certification.
Crowdsourcing Microfinance
The Grameen Foundation’s Bankers Without Borders initiative applies skills-based volunteering to poverty alleviation.
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Achieving Sustainability Through Integrated Reporting
Integrated reporting—the combination of a company’s financial and nonfinancial performance in one document—is a crucial step to creating a more sustainable society.
Retailing with Heart
At Panera Cares cafés, there’s a donation box where customers pay on the honor system.
Turning a Profit by Helping the Poor
Politically radical social workers didn’t expect to be working in a bank any more than white-collar bankers expected to be holding meetings in a crowded public market.
Beyond the Purple Berry
Sambazon’s commitment to social entrepreneurship creates a fair market for farmers in the Amazon
Positive Distraction Workforce
Habitat International has grown its bottom line using a largely disabled workforce.
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