This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With climate and social sustainability clearly shifting from a niche in the market to a significant driving force, graduates of sustainability programs are being entrusted with significant roles in companies across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As Independent Sector’s Visiting Scholar, I have the unique opportunity to bridge the practitioner and academic spheres of the nonprofit sector. Recently, I observed the need for reliable nonprofit data…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. October’s UN Sustainable Development Goal of the Month recognizes Goal 2: Zero Hunger. “Zero Hunger” speaks to the multi-dimensional approach needed to tackle food insecurity – from increasing access to healthy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The media has often dubbed South Korea “Plastic Korea” or “Trash Kingdom” due to the notorious amounts of plastic waste it generates. The country’s annual plastic waste per capita is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s a growing push for pay transparency in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. For those unfamiliar with the concept, pay transparency includes both radical openness about compensation ranges within…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Program officers have a tremendous influence on their grantee’s happiness. CEP’s seminal report on the importance of relationships between program officers and grantees documents that program officers can be a more important…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report highlighted that we need to end carbon emissions by 2050 to keep global average temperature rise below 1.5°C. Even before the United Nations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the ACLU was established in 1920, the freedoms enumerated in the Constitution had never been fully tested in the courts, and only through persistent and broad public activism have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. U.S. Gross Domestic Product is one of the most-cited economic statistics and is regularly regarded as shorthand for measuring the economic outcomes of the entire nation. Although it once represented…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We assess how rising concerns about climate change affect disclosures to financial markets. Today, 60 percent of publicly traded firms reveal at least something about climate change. The largest volumes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As European countries seek to revive their economies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, an acute labor shortage in a variety of sectors risks stopping the recovery in its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The 30 percentage-point homeownership gap between Black and white households is wider today than it was in 1960, when explicit housing discrimination was still legal. Applicants of color experience higher…