In the hands of corporations aiming to profitably serve the poorest consumers impact assessments can impede progress Impact assessments are a powerful – and necessary – part of a non-profit’s tool kit ...

Across the world many Governments invest significant amounts on public money into research (OECD, 2015). At least part of the justification for these investments is related to the diverse array of ...

Street style and sustainability: Model and fashion blogger Alexandra Lapp wears Leather pants by Unravel, 'vegan lether' pumps by Stella McCartney and Faux-leather bag by Falabella. Fashion’s ...

Over the years, many social sector leaders have written about the difficulties of measuring social impact. Over the past few decades, they’ve called for more skilled analysts, the embedding of impact ...

The importance to public health of environmental decisions—including those about land use, transportation, power generation, agriculture, and environmental regulation—is increasingly well documented.

Public health practitioners understand that our health is determined by social, economic, and environmental conditions and by underlying patterns of racial, gender, and economic injustice. They’re not ...

With an analytics project or solution, an impact assessment is crucial, often as important as the solution or project itself. Essentially, an impact analysis does exactly what it says: It allows ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Environmental and social impact assessments as they’re implemented in development projects across Africa need a “shake-up” to ensure they’re fit ...

December 6, 2018 — A tsunami of development projects is sweeping across the planet. It’s in the form of new roads, dams, mines, housing estates, and other infrastructure projects. The governments ...