Follow the money: Why sustainability is not dead, just smarter

How social finance can drive sustainable development

January 24, 2024 • by Borja García Fernandez in Sustainability • 9 min read

Access to basic services and infrastructure remains out of reach for an alarming number of people. Social finance, targeted at addressing deep-set societal challenges, is one way for investors to make a...

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Do aggregate economic profit outcomes align with established metrics about national business environments?

January 23, 2024 • by Camilla Erencin, Simon J. Evenett, Alexander Gruber, Felix Reitz in Sustainability • 4 min read

The economic profit measure developed in the Crux of Capitalism initiative is based solely on reported firm performance. As such it departs from established metrics of the national business environment...

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Measuring impact wins public trust and is good for the bottom line 

January 22, 2024 • by Sonja Haut in Sustainability • 11 min read

Impact metrics are not just about keeping regulators and investors happy, they can help unearth new pockets of value for companies, from talent and brand appeal to efficiency and innovation....

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Davos was abuzz with AI, but let’s not forget that this is an economic forum

January 19, 2024 • by Öykü Işık, Amit M. Joshi, Sarah E. Toms, Misiek Piskorski, Alyson Meister, Arturo Bris, Natalia Olynec, Knut Haanaes, Heather Cairns-Lee, Alexander Fleischmann in Sustainability • 8 min read

What are the key takeaways from this year’s World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting? IMD experts share reflections direct from Davos...

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How a telecoms giant brought hope to children in Pakistan 

January 19, 2024 • by Zainab Hussain Siddiqui , James E. Henderson in Sustainability • 13 min read

The Norwegian telecoms group Telenor launched an ambitious project with UNICEF in 2016 to increase digital birth registrations in Pakistan. It is a powerful example of how firms can experiment with sustainable...

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Blended finance: how investors can do good without taking too big a risk 

January 17, 2024 • by Maximilian Martin in Sustainability • 10 min read

Blended finance has the power to unleash the capital needed to drive progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals....

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Welcome to the brave new world of eDNA and ecoacoustics  

January 16, 2024 • by Adrian Dellecker in Sustainability • 8 min read

How a new breed of startup can help to monitor your biodiversity impact....

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Steward-ownership: join the ‘economic avant-garde’ and make a real impact 

January 12, 2024 • by Bryony Jansen van Tuyll in Sustainability • 11 min read

Adrian Hensen, Co-founder of the Purpose Foundation, explains how the model of steward-ownership equips businesses to deliver positive change....

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Fiduciary duty and climate change: adding value in the longer term 

January 10, 2024 • by Emil Moldovan, Todd Cort, Matthew Goldberg, Jennifer Marlon, Anthony Leiserowitz in Sustainability • 12 min read

The responsibility to maximize profits guides how institutional investors, such as pension funds, invest on behalf of others. But that does not mean investing in climate change is off the table....

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How to measure impact using the Theory of Change 

January 5, 2024 • by Vanina Farber, Patrick Reichert in Sustainability • 9 min read

What is the impact economy and why should it matter? And how do you know if your actions are making a positive difference?...

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