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Book Excerpt: The Base of the Pyramid Promise: Building Businesses with Impact and Scale

There is a fortune at the Base of the Pyramid, not waiting to be found, but awaiting co-creation. That’s the message Ted London delivers in his new book, The Base of the Pyramid Promise: Building Businesses with Impact and Scale.

Research & Reports

GM Strengthens Business, Communities Through Mobility

The rules of vehicle use and ownership are changing rapidly, according to GM's latest Sustainability Report (gmsustainability.com) released Tuesday. Connectivity, car-sharing, alternative propulsion and autonomous vehicles are key elements toward a future of safer, cleaner and more efficient mobility options for customers.

Events

Can One Organization Democratize Design Thinking for Everyone?

Tyson Weinert is a lively and ingratiating veteran trainer, who after 18 years of service, separated from the U.S. Coast Guard last year. Since then, he has traveled the country training groups of people from all walks of life to embrace the application and benefits of human-centered design. He had come to D.C. with a simple mission: to induct our group of 18 wannabe designers into the discipline of developing solutions in the service of people.

AI & Technology

Rise, in Partnership with Barclays, is Inspiring the Next Generation of Women into Tech Roles

A hackathon weekend aimed at challenging 50 young women to code and build groundbreaking apps has been hosted by Rise, in partnership with Barclays.

Education & Workforce Development

AT&T Kicks Off Aspire Accelerator With 6 Leading Ed-Tech Startups

AT&T is working with 6 innovative ed-tech startups for the 2016 AT&T Aspire Accelerator class. The program is in its second year and is part of our $350 million commitment to help students succeed in school and beyond. The Accelerator supports for- and non-profit organizations driving student success and career readiness. The primary measure of success for the Aspire Accelerator is societal impact that the participating organizations create.

AI & Technology

UPS Creates Global Partnership with Zipline and Gavi to Transform Delivery of Humanitarian Aid and Life-Saving Vaccines with Drones

The UPS Foundation (NYSE: UPS) today announced a partnership with Zipline, a California­-based robotics company, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to explore using drones to transform the way life-saving medicines like blood and vaccines are delivered across the world.

Environment

German Mellow Boards Takes ​Sustainable ​E-Mobility to the Next Level

Germany is a country whose population is highly educated on​, ​and committed to​,​ environmental issues.

AI & Technology

New York City Gears Up for Technology Leadership

According to the UN Commission on Science, Technology and Innovation, technological advancement is a development megatrend that will play a major role in implementing SDGs.

Corporate Responsibility

The Women Behind the Clothes: Impact Stories from HERproject Indonesia

A new video and photo essay share the stories of how the women and peer educators at one of ANN INC.'s suppliers have benefited from BSR's HERproject.

AI & Technology

Bloomberg Engineers Tackle San Francisco Civic Challenges with Bayes Impact

This month, engineers from Bloomberg’s Quant and Software Infrastructure teams built a toolkit that allows policy makers to study the communities of San Francisco and identify the types of investments that could have the greatest impact on a given neighborhood. The data used for the toolkit was provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities program.

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