You can see the rate of population growth, new cases of disease, injury, death, biodiversity loss, marriage and divorce…. It’s like a (rather depressing) impact dashboard for the Planet!

Unfortunately though not unexpectedly, Google’s chief legal officer made only a brief statement that this was deemed not in the best interests of the company’s mission, so I don’t know all the debate that must have happened in the executive boardroom about whether or not to censor. But think they missed an opportunity to summarize the thesis they based that ultimate decision on, and let the shareholders and public know.

I’ve recently seen a number of job listings so here they are. I’m thinking about how to create financial incentives for xigi community members to help fill these jobs. In the meantime, if you have a posting feel free to put it up yourself on xigi. Note “Job” in the title, and […]

SVT is excited to have teamed up with R. Paul Herman’s newest venture, HIP Investor, in our first foray into public equity impact analysis. We co-developed a framework that investigates the link between Human Impact and Profitability, and in collaboration with Fast Company have now applied it to 21 Fortune 500 companies. The company […]

When I was at the Asia Semifinals of the Global Social Venture Competition the other week, I had a conversation that has stuck with me with one of the competitors. His team’s two-part plan was to facilitate cultivation of a hardy crop that grows well in arid rural regions by building on a network of […]

The two nonstop sounds day and night are hammering and honking: people are building and moving fast in Hyderabad, one of the beacons of India’s massive development. I just returned from giving the first of a two-day social impact analysis workshop here with the entrepreneurs participating in the second cohort of the Social-Impact International […]

$12M infusion of expansion venture capital this month from Stonyfield Farms and Inventages Venture Capital Investment, “an international private-equity firm whose backers include the food giant Nestle.” The deal has helped Goldman nearly double his staff from 23 in August to 43 today and push into additional mainstream markets,

Renewable Energy Access reported yesterday that Super Bowl XLI will use 100% renewable energy RECs this year. The article reports:

“The NFL has taken a leadership role in bringing energy independence and environmental stewardship to the state,” of Florida, said Vinnie Fugere, Sterling Planet, NFL client manager.

Using renewable energy certificates (RECs), Sterling Planet and […]

Top dating sites have helped shape the creation of a new website to support social entrepreneurs. i-genius.org, which recently launched out of London, intends to become a world community of social entrepreneurs and seeks to inspire a new generation of social innovators.

Founder Tommy Hutchinson and business partner Mike Ward have created i-genius to be driven […]

I’m curious what people think about the term, “Bottom of the Pyramid.”