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Empowering Women to Power Up the Rural Poor
An estimated 1.2 billion people worldwide lack access to electricity, and most resort to kerosene as their primary lighting source. It has been...
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Corporations and Social Entrepreneurship: A Shift
Why are corporations such as Unilever, Kimberly Clark, and Siemens starting to take action on specific United Nations Sustainable Development Goals...
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Pope Francis and U.N. in Sync on Sustainable Development Goals
It’s been more than a year since I first addressed the Pope’s encyclical, and a great deal has happened since. Following is an update. Complex global issues...
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Hacking Poverty through Social Entrepreneurship
In Silicon Valley the term “hacker” connotes high praise for someone particularly adept at finding clever new ways to accomplish difficult tasks...
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How Can We Prevent 'Climate Refugees'?
What do Pope Francis and Elon Musk have in common? The leader of the Catholic Church and one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs both...
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Global Change: How Students are Catalysts
During the last twelve years, the Center for Science, Technology, and Society, has worked with more than 300 social entrepreneurs through...
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Powering Social Justice with the Jesuit Network
When presidents and leaders of Jesuit higher-education institutions from around the world gathered in Mexico City in April 2010, Superior...
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How Can We Measure Social Impact?
A recent Deloitte survey of 7,800 Millennials from 29 countries found that 73 percent believe businesses should have a positive impact on wider...
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The Pope, the Poor, and the Planet
The Pope's forthcoming encyclical on the environment will call attention to the impact of climate change on the planet and the global poor. His...
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How Can You Rebuild Trust after Terror?
Building successful social enterprises can be challenging and there are many factors that contribute to their success or failure. Lack of...
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Social Entrepreneurship and Global Warming
The United Nations Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP) recently released an interim report, which examines what it...