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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…
How Companies can Advance Racial Equity and Create Business Growth
April 8, 2019As businesses across the nation vie to increase revenue and market share, they are seeking not only to retain customers but also to continually expand into new…
Engaging Executive Leaders in Building a Culture of Health
March 19, 2019FSG’s Co-CEO, Lauren Smith, MD, MPH is a faculty member for a new Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health executive education course, “Driving Business Perfo…
Leading with Purpose to Support Shared Value Performance
March 14, 2019These days, companies frequently talk about purpose as a way to engage society. Business leaders leverage a compelling purpose statement—a company’s fundamenta…
How to Create a Corporate Culture that Supports Shared Value
March 5, 2019Many of the world’s leading companies are adopting strategies that have shared value at their center. These companies recognize that there are opportunities t…
New in Harvard Business Review: 12 Practices for Advancing Women in Retail Jobs
March 4, 2019Even though the women comprise half the workforce, they are overrepresented in frontline positions and consistently underrepresented in higher-paying managemen…
The Backlash to Larry Fink’s Letter Shows How Far Business Has to Go on Social Responsibility
February 1, 2019Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, the world’s largest investor with $6 trillion under management, evoked heated controversy with his remarks last week that his com…
A Conversation on Creating Shared Value at Davos
January 23, 2019Today we met with 25 investors and corporate leaders in Davos to discuss the changes needed to get more investors to allocate resources to shared value compani…
Three Lessons for Creating More Sustainable Smallholder Supply Chains
October 4, 2018The sustainability of smallholder supply chains is top of mind for corporate leaders in the food and agriculture sectors, whether they are consumer-facing comp…
Companies Changing Colombia through Shared Value
September 28, 2018The Empresas INspiradoras list recognizes companies operating in Colombia that are adopting a shared value approach. FSG worked closely with Colombian National…
What Business Leaders Wish NGOs Knew about Transformative Partnerships
September 13, 2018As a leader of an NGO, you know that public, nonprofit, philanthropic, and private actors must work together to make progress on the most pressing global issue…