A very interesting POV article came out in the Christian Science Monitor this weekend. It essentially lays out what seems to be evidence of what some of us have been calling SRI 3.0…a wave of enthusiasm and advocacy (or is it evangelism) around returns and value.

SRI 1.0; let’s call that the 70’s through sometime […]

Declan McCullough, a noted tech journalist, is one of the chorus who says businesses doing anything other than just watching out for shareholder value puts the whole economic system at risk. As to be expected, he cites the infamous Milton Friedman essay which laid out the gospel of ruthless capitalism with no regard for social […]

The Wall Street Journal article that everybody is talking about; Bill Gates at Davos, says “We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.” I got forwarded this half a dozen times yesterday. Pretty big news, really. Now what’s he going to do […]

Our second issue is out. The Social Capital Deal Space should be a major addition to the xigi platform. It’s where we will be tracking new investment in this space, into enterprise, into funds and from funds, syndicators, angel networks and relevant foundations. Over time it will give us an index and a growth trajectory, […]

Ten years ago, few people had heard the term “social entrepreneur”. Now, to be a social entrepreneur is to be sought after by politicians and businessmen alike for your potential to solve big social challenges in innovative ways. Governments, increasingly struggling to meet society’s demands, are desperate for help from someone more creative than the […]

“Contrary to management theories developed in the Industrial Age, employee satisfaction is an important ingredient for financial success, according to a new research paper by Wharton finance professor Alex Edmans. His findings also challenge the importance of short-term financial results and may have implications for investors interested in targeting socially responsible companies.” Here is the […]

Bill Kramer, formerly of WRI offers some interesting analysis with some good blogging comment, too on the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) split with Intel. OLPC says they say the product and the children reached as a mission, while Intel saw them as a market. So if the goal was more laptops in the developing […]

Idealware, a consumer reports for non profit software is working on a report on grants management software. Then there’s Social Source Commons a community driven open source compilation of non profit software tools. Meredith Walters of GoodCap today attended a demo of new non profit fund portfolio management software done in a joint venture by […]

From Goodwell Investments, an MFI investment company with a footprint in the Netherlands and the U.S. :We are planning a second closing of the Goodwell fund in the first quarter of 2008 and the final closing of Aavishkaar Goodwell in the first half of 2008. We are in advanced stages of discussion with a number […]

We are Good Capital are proud to a founding B Corporation. Jay Coen Gilbert just sent out this note: there are 82 of us and we represent a $650 million marketplace. Though more B Corps are joining, none of the new ones will be labeled founders. “We are Good Capital are proud to a founding B […]