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    Creating Transparency in Impact Investing is a #Solvable Goal

    The Rockefeller Foundation Dec 6, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Brian Trelstad explains how the Impact Management Project aims to create an underlying transparency framework of universal evaluation measurements for investors to understand their environmental and…

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    An Ethicist’s Perspective of Philanthropy

    The Conversation Dec 6, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • An ethicist explains how both nonprofits and donors are guilty of the moral licensing loophole – a practice in which bad people are freed from judgment…

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    Alaska’s Melting Glaciers Tell the Story of Climate Change

    YES! Magazine Dec 6, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Tim Lydon at YES! Magazine reports on new studies that are putting hard numbers to Alaska’s glacial retreat, now plainly visible to tourists. • How can aid…

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    No Easy Answers for International Grantmakers

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Dec 6, 2019

    Private U.S. foundations give around $10 billion a year to organizations that work on social and environmental problems outside of the country, particularly in Africa, South Asia, and other low-income…

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    How Climate Conservation Efforts Utilize Adaptation

    MacArthur Foundation Dec 5, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • BirdLife International, with support from MacArthur Foundation utilized climate conservation tactics to preserve the Lake Kivu and Rusizi River catchment area. • BirdLife International was able…

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    Natural Gas Rush Drives a Global Rise in Fossil Fuel Emissions

    Inside Climate News Dec 5, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A new study shows that natural gas and LNG are not a ‘bridge fuel’ to renewable energy, and are instead boosting fossil fuel use.  • In America,…

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    How Can I Combat Vaccine Misinformation?

    Global Citizen Dec 5, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen asked chief medical officer of GSK Vaccines, Thomas Breuer, what people can do to combat vaccine misinformation.  • Breuer says that “the anti-vax movement is…

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    A Diet for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet is Too Costly for Some

    Eco-Business Dec 5, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers say that at US$2.84 per head per day, the ‘ideal healthy diet’ would be beyond reach for nearly 1.6 billion people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa…

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    Three Questions to Determine Scalable Solutions

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Dec 5, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Kevin Starr shares how Mulago Foundation uses three simple questions to guide the development of scalable solutions. • How can you use these questions to guide decisions around…

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    Supporting Women and Girls With These Five Steps

    Global Washington Dec 3, 2019

    For many girls and women, life is one obstacle after another. Consider these staggering statistics: More than two-thirds of the world’s 796 million illiterate people are women At least 500…

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    Transparency in Philanthropy: A Look Inside

    National Center for Family Philanthropy

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard Russell and Richard Woo discuss the concept of transparency in philanthropy in terms of importance, scope, and limitations. • What is the best way to share…

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    What Can Businesses Do if Globalization Unravels?

    IMD Dec 2, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for IMD, Professor Stéphane J. G. Girod discusses the potential effects of globalization unravelling and what business leaders can do when faced with this challenge. ·…

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