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02/24/2019

We support Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17 Partnerships for the Goals because we think building a brighter future for all is possible when we are all strongly committed to global partnership and cooperation. Which global goals are you most passionate about? 🕊

02/24/2019

The Latest Catalyst for Impact ® is out!

The world’s capacity to produce food is being undermined by humanity’s failure to protect biodiversity, according to the first UN study of the plants, animals and micro-organisms that help to put mea…

02/14/2019

The Latest Catalyst for Impact ® is out!

CANBERRA — A report from the U.N Environment Programme released last month seeks to make governments look beyond environmental law, and focus on gaps in implementation. The report analyzes the global…

02/03/2019

The Latest Catalyst for Impact ® is out!

Better and prolonged education can bring down high rates of illiteracy, sexual abuse and early marriage among girls. “When girls stay in school, HIV goes down, child marriages go down and sexual viol…

01/21/2019

The Latest Catalyst for Impact ® is out!

A group of girls from the Amazon region of Peru, the region with the highest teen pregnancy rate, including girls under 14. Latin America is the second region in the world in terms of teen pregnancy,…

12/31/2018

As the year draws to a close, let’s pause to consider five noteworthy happenings in the world of social enterprise and impact investing.

12/15/2018

Good behavior can be contagious.

12/07/2018

There's growing interest in using the billions of dollars in DAFs for impact investing and a lot of new action on this front. Here's a deep dive into what's happening, based on interviews with 10 experts. 

12/02/2018

The latest Catalyst for Impact ®

Addressing the African Youth Development Summit, in South Africa’s Johannesburg, Amina J. Mohammed said that young people “are seeing their pathways to participation blocked and their rights denied.”…

11/29/2018

The Latest Catalyst for Impact ® is out!

Hi-tech loos that use little or no water and can recycle waste products safely and sustainably promise to give billions of people around the world access to much-needed sanitation. So why do so many …

11/26/2018

The Latest Catalyst for Impact ® is out!

One of the greatest challenges for climate change adaptation is how to build resilience for the billion urban dwellers who are estimated to live in what are termed informal settlements . These settle…

11/20/2018

The Latest Catalyst for Impact ® is out!

Sita Devi, 55, from Barmer is getting ready to go to the residential Barefoot College in the small village of Tilonia in Ajmer district of Rajasthan. She is one of the 17 women from far-flung village…