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Public Administration
January 30th, 2012
In America today and around the world there is an increased reliance upon innovation to kick-start the economy and address social needs. Enter the ‘impact economy’ and the revitalized public administrator to take center stage in social innovation.
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The Guardian
January 9th, 2012
Shared ownership helps to diversify rather than concentrate wealth and roots the value it generates in communities.
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Calvert Foundation 
January 3rd, 2012
Congregations and religious retirement funds continue to be some of the most significant contributors to impact investing institutions, and this commitment to social justice through investment was established decades prior to the current excitement about impact investing.
Read More (+12 rating) Loading ...Solar Start-Up Improves Quality of Life for 700,000
This Big City
December 28th, 2011
The company has ignited private enterprise across Africa and Madagascar with its unique model for distributing affordable solar electricity.
Read More (+7 rating) Loading ...Peru’s Vice President Inaugurates a Coffee Processing Plant in Canchaque
Equal Exchange
December 22nd, 2011
The cooperative, presided over by Artemio Jimenez Huaman, has 233 members and approximately 323 hectares of coffee cultivation which annually produce 2 thousand one-hundred pound sacks of coffee.
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Echoing Green
January 26th, 2012
How do I know if a business is the right way to make the difference to the area I want to explore? I’d say let it grow organically.
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B Corp
January 4th, 2012
Founder Yvon Chouinard Leads Largest Group of Businesses
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(+11 rating) Loading ...Visualizing a Plenitude Economy
YouTube 
December 28th, 2011
There is a different way to move forward when considering how the world’s economic health can be attained for the betterment of all. Consider a Plenitude Economy!
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Calvert Foundation
December 23rd, 2011
Every day, we at Calvert Foundation hear stories that give us hope for a brighter future. Every day, people use capital from our investors and donors to start new businesses, build affordable homes and make their communities better.
Read More (+5 rating) Loading ...A Not-So-Unreasonable Conversation: Female Social Entrepreneurs on a Gender Lens
Criterion Ventures
December 21st, 2011
The multiplied social and financial returns that result when gender is taken seriously – in investing (and impact investing), in business (and social business) – are inextricably tied.
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