India must prioritise job creation through a climate lens in a way that is done differently to the West, according to a leading Indian social impact advisor.  Rathish Balakrishnan, co-founder of Sattva, a social impact consulting firm working with businesses, government and communities, says a just transition will mean an understanding of the national workforce.  Up to 85 per cent of India’s employed work in so-called low-skilled jobs, in manual labour for example. He says …

Every month Alliance regional representatives provide a report on the latest happenings in philanthropy from their region. Below is roundup for June 2024 Stanford Social Innovation Review(SSIR) Japan Relaunched By Fan Li, East Asia Regional Representative SSIR Japan was introduced in 2021 by Social Investment Partners, a venture philanthropy organization in Tokyo that invests in social enterprises. It launched with a print version of translated SSIR articles and original contents from Japan, website and reader’s community  …

A groundbreaking new cross border European media fund has been launched in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in a bid to create a sustainable journalism industry and ‘serve the common good’. The Media Forward Fund, which started its first funding round, is the first of its kind in the three countries.   ‘The aim is to promote media that serve the common good and that sustainably strengthen the media landscape and its role in society,’ the …

Warren Buffett, the world’s tenth richest person with a net worth of $129 billion, has changed the way his wealth will be handed down – and to whom. The Berkshire Hathaway chairman will no longer donate to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation after his death.  Previously, Buffett said that he would give more than 99 per cent of his wealth to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and four other philanthropies run by his …