7.6.16

Conscious Capitalism: More Than Just Profit Making

The Social Enterprise Summit 2016 on the topic ‘Doing Business with a Conscience’ was held in Mumbai on July 1. The summit brought together civil society leaders, social enterprises, and corporates on a common platform which included names like Raj Sis …

5.12.16

This Business Move Cost CVS $2 Billion

Developing a socially conscious business model that gives back to the community, while also turning a profit, is no easy task. Helena Foulkes, the executive vice president of CVS Health, knows this well. She oversees the company’s transition to becomin …

4.26.16

Conscious Capitalism: Evolving Business

From April 12 through April 14, hundreds of professionals from across the world came together to deepen their practical application of conscious capitalism (CC). Conscious capitalism exists to utilize business to elevate humanity. Raj Sisodia is a dist …

3.2.16

Social Purpose vs. Benefit Corporations

Corporate lawyers often react negatively to benefit corporations. “I thought the idea was kooky at the first meeting,” says William Clark, a partner at Philadelphia law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath. “The law is impractical and unworkable,” says Mich …

10.5.15

Impact Is The New Mobile

It’s no longer acceptable for a website to not render well on mobile. In the next decade, it won’t be enough for a company to merely be profitable — customers, employees and investors will all demand that a company produce positive impact, as well. Thi …

10.1.15

The Millennial Social Entrepreneur: Business Not As Usual

Millennials are now the largest segment of the U.S. labor market according to Pew Research, and they are pushing back on “business as usual” in corporate America today, says a recent article featured on MPR News. Profit, profit, and more profit is not …

9.1.15

Social Selling: Getting Your Salespeople Onboard

3 Tactics to Get Salespeople to Embrace Social Selling. Today’s technology-enabled buyers do their own research before calling a sales rep. They use blogs, discussion forums, Twitter, LinkedIn, and even Facebook to frame business issues, identify optio …

8.25.15

4 B Corps and 4 Benefits They Didn’t See Coming

When CauseLabs became a B Corp late last year, we knew we were joining an inspiring, energized network of more than 1,300 businesses in 41 countries redefining success in business. We completed the rigorous assessment because it seemed a natural fit fo …

8.20.15

The New Entrepreneur Path for Building a Profitable Conscious Business

 We are experiencing a pivotal moment of awakening, a massive shift in consciousness that is occurring all over the globe. In the business sector, this is evidenced by the growing number of entrepreneurs, owners and executives who desire to combine mak …

8.19.15

When Purpose Turns a Profit

Building bigger—and better—bottom lines, today’s new breed of caring capitalists blur the lines between “for-profit” and “nonprofit.” Twenty-five years ago, Andrew Kassoy followed a path all too common among bright, young business-minded graduates of h …

8.17.15

Social Seal of Approval Lures Talent

The Social Seal: Employers Tout Their B Corp Label as a Credential to Compete for Young Hires  companies compete to lure young, socially minded talent, they are stepping up their B game. More companies are touting the B Corp logo, a third-party seal of …

8.15.15

More States Encourage ‘Companies with a Conscience’

Big City Farms of Baltimore sells fresh produce to restaurants and consumers. More states are promoting such “benefit corporations” to encourage economic development with some social benefit. (Big City Farms Inc.) Conscious Companies In the last four y …

8.15.15

Companies with Benefits

In recent years, Warby Parker has become the eyeglass-maker of choice for hipsters. In a recent GQ taxonomy of the different varieties of nerd, all but one of the nerds were wearing a pair of Warby Parkers. The company’s approach—selling stylish specs …