This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On January 22, 2021, the Government of India amended the regulatory framework for corporate social responsibility in India (“New Rules”).[1] The New Rules now cast the spotlight on the “responsibility” portion…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since March 2020, the coronavirus pandemic has caused severe economic downturn and generated a spike in food insecurity in the country. At the same time, farmers had to destroy significant quantities of food because…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of meatpacking plants across the country have struggled to contain outbreaks. Many of the hardest-hit plants are in the Midwest and Great Plains, where…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What drives someone to give? While it’s safe to say that many associate the primary force behind donating comes from a positive place, that may not always be true. Many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are increasingly becoming incorporated across all aspects of organizations, including business strategies, operations and product/service offerings. Recent global research of boards of directors by Willis Towers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During a virtual panel on digital and physical food security organized by Food Tank and the Refresh Working Group, experts discussed how technology can equitably improve food security. Moderated by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the early ’80s—when Euan Bonner was just five or so—he and his dad would tinker with their Commodore 64, copying code from magazines into the PC so they could…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There has never been a time with more accurate data about nonprofits before now. Despite this, many misconceptions about nonprofits still exist, from the belief that nonprofits “aren’t really businesses”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Why climate smart agriculture? Climate-smart agriculture has three objectives that make it a holistic and equitable solution for poverty in the age of climate change: Increased adaptability of farmers to changing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although many foundations continuously seek to expand both the impact and sustainability of the initiatives they sponsor and/or support, limitations in foundations’ financial, intellectual, and relational capital can thwart their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Racial and ethnic minority communities that lack internet access have been left behind in the race to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The average monthly cost of internet access, about US$70,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Seattle area has the country’s third largest concentration of citizens like Lovey, experiencing homelessness, and the city has become the centre of the US’s battle against the spread of…