The Center for Responsible Business at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business has just launched a $5,000 research prize for work on the role of impact investment aimed at improving society or the environment. The…
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The 18th annual Global Social Venture Competition, which attracts social impact startup ventures from around the world, is about to get underway with the biggest prize pool yet. This year, the winners of the…
By Cameron Scherer GSVC Student Fellow Re-posted from impactmba None of us expected the night to end with a water gun fight – but I’ll get there later. Last month, three classmates and I had…
An Austrian startup that developed an electronic reader and computer tablet for the blind won the $25,000 first place award at the 2016 Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC), hosted this year by Thammasat Business School…
By Edmund L. Andrews Few companies have tied their identities more closely to environmental responsibility than Patagonia, the outdoor apparel manufacturer founded decades ago by the rock climber Yvon Choinard. Patagonia’s mission statement is “build…
By Edmund L. Andrews The 2016 Global Social Venture Competition is now in the final stretch. After reviewing new business ideas from almost 500 start-up social ventures in 50 nations, judging panels…
By Edmund L. Andrews Investment funds that focus on social and environmental responsibility have enjoyed explosive growth over the past decade, amassing $5 trillion in assets by the end of 2014. As a general matter,…
By Laura D. Tyson Re-posted from the MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth February 16, 2016 Economist Laura Tyson, the Center’s new senior advisor for microentrepreneurship, offers three insights for how governments, non-governmental organizations, multinational corporations…
By Laura D. Tyson Philanthropy University, the global online training program for social sector leaders that is anchored at Berkeley-Haas, has achieved even more in its first six months than most of us dared hope….
By Edmund L. Andrews Katya Cherukumilli, a Ph.D. candidate in environmental engineering at Berkeley, has won a prestigious prize for her work at the Gadgil research lab on a novel strategy to protect…