Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

‘Gender-Lens Investing’ to Promote Female Entrepreneurship

The idea of providing financial backing to specifically improve the lives of women and girls, while at the same time generating financial returns, is gaining traction in both emerging economies and the developed countries. According to think-tank Criterion Institute, the term ‘gender-lens investing’ represents this idea, and there is evidence to show that investing in women and girls carries both financial and social benefits.

Philanthropy

Time Warner Cable Hosts Cyber Resiliency Summit to Help Businesses and Non-Profits Prevent Cyber Attacks

Cybercrime was estimated in 2014 to cost the global economy upwards of $575 billion annually. Earlier this year, Time Warner Cable Business Class conducted its second annual small business technology survey and found that 27% of respondents said securing their network from external threats is their biggest technology challenge today.

AI & Technology

E-waste Is Hazardous to Your Health

Short of a surgeon general’s warning on every piece of electronics, this report in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) should serve as ample admonition about the growing health consequences associated with electronics at their end of life.

Events

Put Your Finger on the Pulse of Employee Engagement Trends

New research on the changing nature of workplace-centered philanthropy and employee engagement, including its role in attracting employees and engaging Millennials, will be released during the next 3BL Media “Best Practices” webinar, Dec. 10 at 11 a.m. ET.

Education & Workforce Development

Next Generation of Architects Designing Zero Energy Housing Prototypes

Every semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a new group of students participate in the Zero Energy Housing Studio to design, engineer and student-build a 4 to 10 unit Zero Energy Housing Prototype.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Peace Corps and IBM Corporate Service Corps Team Up to Help Communities Around the World Thrive

IBM and the Peace Corps have entered a landmark public-private partnership that will combine the strengths of both organizations to benefit communities around the world. Through this partnership, IBM Corporate Service Corps participants will serve in short-term, high-impact pro bono consulting assignments through the Peace Corps Response program. The partnership's combination of grassroots networks with multinational reach will help speed essential assistance to where it's needed most.

Education & Workforce Development

Harlem First. Mapping the Health of a Community

Save The Date!

Harlem First. Mapping the Health of a Community

Reception: January 21st, 6:00-8:00

SVA Gramercy Gallery

209 East 23rd

New York, NY

MFA Design for Social Innovation, The Arnhold Institute for Global Health, and the PopTech Institute are partnering to create a new way to understand and address the health needs of a community

Awards & Rankings

Caterpillar Named Finalist for Circular Economy Awards

Caterpillar is one of six corporations in the running for the 2016 Circular Economy Award for Multinationals.

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