Calling social entrepreneurs from around the world: the application deadline for the 2016 Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) is coming up fast on Dec. 4. Offering a total of $50,000 in prizes, the GSVC…
By Edmund L. Andrews When people talk about “green” business, they often think about renewable energy and products that have a smaller carbon footprint. But there is also a burgeoning business interest in “green…
By Edmund L. Andrews For more than 30 years, the Danish food entrepreneur Claus Meyer has been preoccupied with the idea that healthy and delicious cuisine can be both an instrument of social change…
The New York Times offers an in-depth look today at Philanthropy University, the new Berkeley-Haas partnership that provides free-online training to social sector leaders around the world. Paul Sullivan, author of the Times’ Wealth…
When it comes to products that are “good” – healthier, safer for the environment, or produced by companies that treat workers fairly – what consumers say they want is often very different from what…
If the social impact arena at Berkeley-Haas seemed busy and ambitious last year, the months ahead will be turbo-charged. Here is a quick overview of major projects underway: Philanthropy University. We have already written at…
By Laura D. Tyson Philanthropy University, our new partnership to provide a global training and innovation platform for social impact leaders, is off to a very fast start. More than 150,000 aspiring change-makers have already…
Investors are pouring money into – and earning solid returns on — companies with strong records on environmental sustainability, social responsibility and good governance, writes Laura D. Tyson in a new column for Project…
By Robert Strand rstrand@berkeley.edu Metrics matter. They drive activities at organizations. Purposeful metrics have to do with the idea that the highest level metrics for an organization should be tied to its purpose. A…
Writing for the McKinsey Global Institute, Laura D. Tyson offers a list of steps that would increase the economic participation of women and increase long-term global growth. Tyson notes that women account for half the…