Long-term care includes activities undertaken by others to ensure that those with a significant ongoing loss of physical or mental capacity can maintain a level of ability to be and to do what they have reason to value and involves a variety of services provided in a number of places and by...

Academics, policymakers, business people, members of civil society and individuals have all recognized the significant effect the activities of the private sector have on employees, customers, communities, the environment, competitors, business partners, investors, shareholders, governments and...

This chapter described tools, structures and instruments used by impact investors to effectively apply their theories of environmental and/or social change. Impact tools are actions that impact investors can take to create a portfolio that is aligned with the investor’s investment and impact...

Impact investing is aimed directly at creating a positive environmental or social impact by identifying and solving a particular environmental or social problem. The term “impact investing” was coined by the Rockefeller Foundation in 2007 and today the most commonly used definition is the...

Delivery of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”) in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development should be important to businesses that realize that they will not be able to achieve sustainable success in a world of poverty, inequality, unrest and environmental stress. As such,...

Sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) have become mainstays of business activities: the percentage of large global companies professing to practice some form of sustainability and CSR has been steadily increasing, sustainability reporting has become the norm and businesses of...

While more and more directors and executives are acknowledging the importance of sustainability to their strategies for financial success, companies have continued to struggle with embedding sustainability into their core business practices and overall organizational design. In order for the...

Corporate governance is the responsibility of the company’s board of directors, which is charged with designing, implementing and monitoring the structures and processes for the direction and control of the company. The fiduciary duties and responsibilities of directors are derived from a...

Entrepreneurs, managers, and their firms do not operate in a vacuum. Instead, each of their activities, including strategic business planning, must be undertaken and understood in the context of the specific demands and requirements of the environment in which the company conducts its business...