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- Foundation Strategy
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…
Deal or No Deal?
March 29, 2011A newly minted – and controversial – agreement has been reached between the UK government and 170 large companies to promote public health. Whether it eventual…
Handsome Is as Handsome Does
March 16, 2011Last week, Corporate Responsibility magazine released its list of the top 100 best corporate citizens. The companies on the list issued dozens of press release…
CSR vs. CSV – What’s the difference?
February 18, 2011In response to the recent Harvard Business Review article on Creating Shared Value I wrote with Michael Porter, I’ve received questions about the relationship …
On Attitudes to Business
February 7, 2011An article in last week’s Economist spotlights a recent survey conducted by global public relations firm, Edelman, that looks at differing attitudes to compani…
Leveling Up: Socially Responsible Digital Media
January 10, 2011This week, with business news abuzz about the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, The Wall Street Journal reported that video game company Nintendo is on the defen…
Biotech and Global Health
January 3, 2011The scarcity of R&D for the developing world is not a new problem. It has been 50 years since we had a new TB drug – because the issue has been addressed in th…
Shared Value & Corporate Reputation
December 23, 2010Today, the BBC News website posted several short vignettes about companies who’ve had a pretty tough year in reputational terms.
Talent in CSR
November 15, 2010Once a strategy has been designed, someone needs to implement it. And perhaps, like architects, we at FSG hope that our blueprint is implemented with fidelity …