Fans of the Wharton School’s Future of the Business World podcast featuring high school students talking about their entrepreneurial ventures, have listened to the stories of all kinds of social entrepreneurs – innovators who want to address and solve...
Kendra Scott has had philanthropy as part of its corporate DNA since the company launched in 2002, powered by the commitment to making the world a better place of Founder, Designer, and Executive Chairwoman Kendra Scott herself. Scott and...
Never before have development gains in Asia and the Pacific been at such risk of being swept away by overlapping and intensifying crises. The Tenth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) opened today in Bangkok with a resounding call...
Dateline: Hoboken, New Jersey. On a clear day, you can see Manhattan. Actually, even in the driving rain, Manhattan is visible from Hoboken. New Jersey is tied to New York in myriad ways, including physical proximity, a shared commuter population, and...
The local group Owensboro Women Living Socially (OWLS) recently made a $15,000 donation for the Homelessness to Hope Capital Campaign to build a long-term housing facility for homeless teens in Owensboro. | Photo provided
The local group Owensboro Women Living...
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UNHCR: Islamic giving plays increasing role in helping the forcibly displaced
This is a summary of what was said by Khaled Khalifa, Senior Advisor to the...
Large philanthropic organizations are generally known for their safe choices. For decades, the Miami-based Knight Foundation, whose endowment has swelled to $2.56 billion since its 1950 founding, was no exception. Its funding was primarily focused on respectable, often staid,...
On the drive from his home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, to his alma mater in Syracuse, New York, Michael G. “Mike” Thonis ’72 says he counts rock formations, knows all their geological names and notices “as they suddenly become very...
The Agenda sets out a series of action-oriented game changing commitments, from making smarter food choices to re-evaluating water as a powerful economic driver, and part of the Earth’s cultural heritage.
Water-secure future for all
The conference, and its 2,000 participants,...
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MANILA, Philippines—Unless efforts are intensified, the United Nations (UN) said the Asia-Pacific region will miss 90 percent of its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
This,...
