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Embracing an Ecosystem Approach for Philanthropy

Funders are shifting from being at the center of social change efforts to working in close partnership with the…

Corporate/CSR

Flying through Interference

We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…

Corporate/CSR
Are You Ready for a World of Purpose-Led Companies?
November 22, 2019
Marc Pfitzer
We’re reaching a tipping point in purpose-led companies, as governments, investors and consumers increasingly indicate that they prefer companies that address …
Strategic Learning & Evaluation Systems Thinking
How Do You Evaluate Systems Change? A Place to Start.
November 22, 2019
Joelle Cook Hallie Preskill
Systems change has received much attention in recent years as grantmakers have increasingly set out to change underlying conditions that hold systemic challeng…
Foundation Strategy Systems Thinking
Advancing Systems Change with Southeastern Council of Foundations
November 19, 2019
Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH Ursula Wright Abigail Ridgway
Last week, FSG was pleased to join the 50th-anniversary Southeastern Council of Foundations conference for a workshop with representatives from 60 foundations …
Collective Impact Corporate/CSR Foundation Strategy Systems Thinking U.S. Health
Lauren Smith Joins the Business of Giving Podcast
November 14, 2019
Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH
Lauren Smith, Co-CEO of FSG, recently joined Denver Frederick, Host of The Business of Giving on AM 970 The Answer WNYM in New York City. The interview also ap…
Corporate/CSR Global Health Shared Value U.S. Health
Putting a Dollar Value on Physical Activity: New Research from Vitality Group
November 14, 2019
Flynn Lebus
If all adults aged 18-64 walked just 15 minutes more a day, the world economy would grow by an estimated $100 billion a year until 2050.
Corporate/CSR Foundation Strategy Systems Thinking
Listen to FSG’s Veronica Borgonovi and Hayling Price Discuss Racial Equity with Tamarack Institute’s Liz Weaver
November 4, 2019
Veronica Borgonovi Hayling Price
This week, FSG’s Veronica Borgonovi and Hayling Price joined Tamarack Institute’s Liz Weaver for a webinar, “Reckoning, Repair, and Change: Authentically Advan…
Corporate/CSR Shared Value
Institutional Investor: Where ESG Fails
October 17, 2019
Michael E. Porter George Serafeim Mark Kramer
A new article on Institutional Investor shares evidence that shared value investing can deliver superior returns by tying social impact to competitive advantag…
Corporate/CSR Inclusive Markets
Lessons From India on Scaling Up Market-Based Solutions
October 16, 2019
Ashish Karamchandani
In a new blog post on Stanford Social Innovation Review, FSG's Ashish Karamchandani shares lessons from more than a decade of work in India on Market-based Sol…
Corporate/CSR
Harvard Business Review Blog: Business as Usual Will Not Save the Planet
October 15, 2019
Mark Kramer Rishi Agarwal Aditi Srinivas
In a post on Harvard Business Review, FSG's Mark Kramer, Rishi Agarwal, and Aditi Srinivas examine business' commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (S…
Corporate/CSR Shared Value
Reflections on Impact Investing from the GIIN Forum
October 10, 2019
Nina Jais
What are currently hot topics in impact investing?

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