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[Pattraporny Yamla-Or continues her reflection on the impacts of the recent political upheaval in Thailand and the surprising potential up-side for social entrepreneurship there.] Read more...
I was just searching for photos from companies we've worked with that embody what a sustainable, equitable economy will look like, when I went to our old client, www.mobiustechnologies.com, and discovered that the polyurethane powder they made out of recycled foam can help clean up the oil spill! Read more...
SVT is pleased to host our friends from Benchmark Asset Management at our offices for their San Francisco Investor Salon. Their invitation reads:
Benchmark Asset Managers, LLC is an investment management company focused on sustainable investing that achieves competitive returns through rigorous financial analysis, social research, and risk management. Our experienced team of professionals is made up of leaders in the field who have deeply rooted experience within the sustainability community and socially responsible investing. Read more...
We are driving toward radically affordable, high quality impact management systems. The issue is how to add more value to the business than distraction of entrepreneurs' attention. As we continuously refine the formula for success in this endeavor, we are delighted to be heading to Ghana to pilot a system in collaboration with Golden Mean Capital LLC. Read more...
How does the form of government in one’s country affect the prospects for social entrepreneurship, and the need for a system to articulate one's social impact as a business? This question seemed particularly apropos at last week’s Thammasat University Global Social Venture Competition Symposium and Southeast Asia Regional Finals, where tens of thousands of demonstrators paraded on trucks and motorbikes through the streets challenging the Thai government to dissolve parliament. Read more...
We would like to express our thanks and appreciation to Tracy Greene for creating SVT's new website design. Read more...
Ever wonder where the gaps in funding are, which nonprofits need your help the most, and which are most effective on a certain issue? Read more...
As a school system administrator in the 1950s, David Weikart was shocked to find many African-American students doing poorly in school. He saw how too much emphasis placed on IQ tests funneled low-scoring students into special education classes—many of these same students would get held back and never graduate from high school. Weikart saw a flawed system and created the Perry Preschool in 1962 to see what effect non-cognitive, creative, and social learning could have on students. Read more...
A Literacy Tale: The Clinton Global Initiative is recognizing PlanetRead and the Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad) for their high-credibility proof that their innovation for mass literacy, Same Language Subtitling (SLS), is having significant impact. The CGI was persuaded to feature Same Language Subtitling after thoroughly grilling the organizations on their claims that 150 million weak-readers in India are becoming fluent readers as a result of applying SLS to popular television shows. Read more...
SOCAP’09 has come and gone, and we were thrilled to see the Economist cover it. As the unnamed author states, ""[a]rguably the biggest obstacle to the creation of social capital markets is the lack of a common measure of how much good has been done: there is no agreed unit of social impact that mirrors profit in the traditional capital markets." Read more...
