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How Corporate Philanthropy Is Rising to Meet New Challenges
Over the last several years, the philanthropy teams in major corporations have seen their jobs change dramatically. Some of the changes were already underway when, in 2019, the Business Roundtable published a new statement of …
Born an Optimist
In this exclusive interview, comedian Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show, makes the case for rooting out corruption and paying his opportunities forward by investing in education. You grew up in apartheid South Africa — a system …
Financing small businesses can help achieve SDG goals
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small and growing businesses (SGBs) are essential to global commerce and have the potential to be instrumental in achieving the ambitious UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In emerging markets, …
COP28: World’s largest private climate investment vehicle is launched by UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched the world’s largest private climate investment vehicle ($30 billion USD) with the aim of drawing in a further $250 billion to slow climate change. The fund, named Alterra, …
Why it’s time to flip the knowledge hierarchy and disperse power.
Having spent most of my professional life in Perú’s non-profit sector, I have seen many behaviours and patterns that have prioritised and perpetuated the knowledge of power holders – mostly international donors – over community …
The irony of Dubai and COP
A constant haze of pollution hangs over Dubai, blocking out the stunning night skies usually experienced if you are deep in the desert. Dubai is a modern city of amazing high-rise buildings, architecture, lights and …
COP28: Brazilian and Arab climate philanthropy commitments announced
Philanthropic bodies in both Brazil and the Arab region announced major climate commitments at this year’s COP summit in the UAE. Grupo de Institutos Fundações e Empresas (GIFE) in Brazil launched the Brazilian Philanthropy Commitment on …
Refugee Leadership Needs to be at the Center of Crisis Response
There are more refugees in the world now than ever before in recorded history. They exhibit extraordinary resilience and resourcefulness in dealing with challenges most of us would fear to face. And yet the international …
COP28: Major institutions call for increase in funding transition to sustainable food systems
A group of 25 philanthropic institutions, including the IKEA Foundation, ClimateWorks Foundation and Robert Bosch Stiftung have announced a joint call for a tenfold increase in funding for transitions and solutions that address urgent global …
Peace needs more than one per cent of giving
Philanthropy should re-engage with peacebuilding in 2024. A gathering in Belfast must be the start of something bigger ‘We live in an age of war, and this is a perilous moment for the world’ is …
