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Four Reasons Nonprofits Should Care About ESG

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ESG, or environmental, social, and governance, has become an expected reporting framework for companies that highlights how they are managing risks and opportunities within those three pillars. Nearly 600 institutions in 20 countries participate in the reporting, and are assigned Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum ratings.

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Following Through on Climate Commitments After COP26

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During the COP26 meetings, the Malala Fund presented its Gender-Equal Green Learning Agenda , which recommends leaders use education as a powerful tool to address the climate crisis by adding climate issues to all school curriculums and vocational training. The Rockefeller Foundation. World Wildlife Fund.

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Forward Unto the Breach: Don’t Rest on Nonprofit Laurels

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Here are signs your work may be in the danger (red) or caution (yellow) zone, rather than full speed ahead (green) zone: Your budget has stayed the same for quite some time, or it has shrunk. the numbers of students you can enroll, patients for whom you have beds, ticket buyers for whom you have seats, etc.), you can still go deeper.

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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

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Tutor students so they can reach their potential in school? Think about your audience as someone who doesn’t know anything about food insecurity, homelessness, first generation college students, or animal abuse. If you want to help first generation college students, how do you want to help them? How will yours make a difference?

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Majora Carter’s Eco-Entrepreneurship

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Majora realized that creating green projects and jobs empowers communities to see themselves in a different light, and that beautiful things happen in neighborhoods where people feel invested in their own economic and environmental well being. SB] 2 is but part of Majora’s multi-pronged strategy for urban renewal.

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YouthBuild Boston: A TechSoup Youth Organization Profile

Tech Soup

in schools, libraries, local governments, and nonprofits, it was tough to choose just one to profile this week, but I chose YouthBuild Boston because of my fondness for green tech. This is an after school program that is all about green jobs training and making old things new again. How TechSoup Donations Help the Organization.

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Will Your Nonprofit Cease to Exist? Here’s What You Can Do to Make Sure That Doesn’t Happen

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Here are signs your nonprofit may be in the danger (red) or caution (yellow) zone, rather than the full speed ahead (green) zone: Your budget has stayed the same for quite some time or it has shrunk. For example: If you work in the education sector , you could offer learning opportunities to non-enrolled students.

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