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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…
Spotlight on CocoaAction: 4 Questions with Nira Desai
June 13, 2016Despite significant investments in cocoa sustainability initiatives by the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in recent years, cocoa farming continues to f…
The Realty Debate: Developing Affordable Housing in India
June 10, 2016Does India have land for developing affordable houses where they are needed? Some argue that where there is affordable land, there is no demand for housing, an…
Just Add Water—Cooking up Successful Corporate-NGO Partnerships
June 8, 2016What do you get when you combine a quarter cup of water with table salt and a zap from a car battery? Enough chlorine to purify 200 liters of drinking water.
Striving for Equity in Specialty Care
June 3, 2016Over the past year, FSG has partnered with the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation to explore the critical challenge of eliminating systemic health disparities for…
5 Leading Practices for Evaluating Ecosystem Investments
June 1, 2016Everyone in philanthropy seems to be talking about how funding programs alone won’t solve big social problems. Many organizations are shifting from program inv…
Resilience—What Does This Buzzword Really Mean?
May 30, 2016Over the past few years, resilience has emerged as a buzzword in the global development sector. The United Nations defines it as the ability to withstand unexp…
Menstrual Health and Gender Equity
May 27, 2016Menstrual Hygiene Day, which brings awareness to the issue of menstrual hygiene management, is on May 28. Menstruation is a monthly challenge for billions of w…
What’s Next for Shared Value?
May 25, 2016This post originally appeared on the Shared Value Initiative's website.The Initiative wrapped up our 6th annual Shared Value Leadership Summit last week. As th…
Social Impact Through Employee Engagement
May 23, 2016At FSG, our clients often ask how a corporation’s societal engagement programs—such as employee giving, volunteering, sustainability initiatives, and shared va…
New Systems Thinking Tool: Ecocycle Mapping
May 20, 2016This post is a part of our systems thinking tools blog series where we’re introducing and sharing guidance for using different tools to support systems thinkin…