IBM
Reinventing CSR in Digital Economy.
Based on a white paper titled ‘Reinventing Corporate Social Responsibility for the Digital Economy,’ IBM identifies three ways to best design their programs for social good and how other companies can best instill CSR practices.
3 / 2020
Northridge Group
Why corporate social responsibility is essential for success.
Why is CSR essential for success and is it truly a win-win for local communities, as well as businesses? Answers from the experienced perspective of Daren Moore, President of The Northridge Group, can be found in this podcast.
Strategic Management Society
The relative value of firm and nonprofit experience.
An animation explains that “non-profit organizations can act as natural vehicles for corporate intervention through models of collaborative efficiency.”
1 / 2020
Forbes
The 2% solution: Inside billionaire Robert Smith’s bold plan to tunnel billions to America’s Black-owned businesses.
The perspective of the wealthiest Black investor in the U.S., Robert Smith, as he explains the best approach to Corporate America reversing its history of structural racism being to engage in a CSR approach he titles the “2% solution.”
Yahoo Finance
As U.S. unrest continues companies look to embrace corporate social responsibility.
The corporate response to systemic racism and ensuing protests in 2020, including a pledge by Adidas to increase the percentage of their Black and Latino workforce, as well as to invest in Black communities.
Forbes
Investing’s Final Frontier: Impact Measurement
Investors increasingly are demanding a more rigorous evaluation of companies’ social impact. And this growing pressure for “impact measurement” is not unique to social enterprises. It’s also being felt by nonprofits, foundations, and even governments.
11 / 2018
Forbes
Impact Investing is Catching Fire: Here’s What You Need to Know
What is impact investing and how is it different from conventional investing and philanthropy?
10 / 2018
TED Talks
The Business Benefits of Doing Good
“The only way we’re going to make substantial progress on the challenging problems of our time is for business to drive the solutions,” says social impact strategist Wendy Woods. In a data-packed talk, Woods shares a fresh way to assess the impact all parts of business can have on all parts of society, and then adjust them to not only do less harm but actually improve things. Learn more about how executives can move beyond corporate social responsibility to “total societal impact” — for the benefit of both a company’s bottom line and society at large.
2 / 2018
TED Talks
The Era of Corporate Social Responsibility is Ending
Rachel Hutchisson’s talk is about why the end of Corporate Social Responsibility is A GOOD THING. Why is it a good thing? Because it will be replaced, by “Human Social Responsibility.” Hutchisson outlines why the phrase Corporate Social Responsibility is so problematic, before offering her advice to businesses of all sizes in how to identify and operate a successful program. The key? Listening and empowering the workers of the business, and listening to your community. Hutchisson ends her talk with a call to leadership — Keep the HUMANS central.
10 / 2016
PWC
Michael Porter: Why business can be good at solving social problems
Why do we turn to nonprofits, NGOs and governments to solve society’s biggest problems? Michael Porter admits he’s biased, as a businesss school professor, but he wants you to hear his case for letting business try to solve massive problems like climate change and access to water. Why? Because when business solves a problem, it makes a profit – which lets that solution grow.
Barry Kahan
The Kahan Family Fund