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B Corps are changing the way we do business and our world

B-Corp-sizedB Corps are changing the way we do business. Do you know the saying “You must be the change you wish to see in the world”? Well, a growing number of businesses (B Corps) are doing just that. Business as a force for good Businesses have a tremendous impact on our lives, as owners, employees, consumers and community members, and now B Corps are using that power to solve social and environme…

What Do Financial Advisors Have Against Local Investing?

I was on a panel earlier this year at the ComCap conference in Portland, discussing how my colleagues and I manage to do what other financial advisors seem incapable, unwilling, or downright frightened to do. Audience members recounted tales of bringing this taboo investment subject up to their financial advisors, only to be rebuked, scolded, and dismissed. What strikes such fear into the heart…

Wealth Management’s Changing Landscape: Women & Millennials

1.-B-Corp-Logo-Cropped-use-me-95431cdda318c8dafab764943400e2d733757ff9As consumers and investors, women are changing the way society interacts with its money by consistently making more holistic decisions than men about how they spend, save and invest their money. Currently, women directly control 39% ($11.2 Trillion) of the investable assets in the U.S., and are already strong influencers on the disposition of most of the remaining 61%.  And they’re just getting…

 

 

 

Small Biz Tax Deduction Lower Risks for Early-Stage Impact Investors

iStock_000022821360Large-angel-150x150-b57e7781467b23d25f0783740bf54a7327590f7cEverybody loves a tax deduction, as we were reminded in the recent presidential campaign. A provision of the I.R.S. tax code can help de-risk early-stage impact investments by providing a significant tax deduction for losses from investment in “qualified small businesses.” In some cases, the deduction is even more advantageous that the tax deduction for charitable donations. And of cour…

What’s Next? Parecon, or Participatory Economics

MichaelAlbert_cover-37bd79716301c921b3f64efbf8ffef9448db6843  Download the PDF This paper by Michael Albert, published alongside three others, is one of many proposals for a systemic alternative we have published or will be publishing here at the Next System Project. You can read it below, or download the PDF. We have commissioned these papers in order to facilitate an informed and comprehensive discussion of “new systems,” and as part…

 

 

 

COP22: Paris Climate Pact ‘Irreversible’

COP22FamilyPhoto-dea52c5091e5493fe1059daf953c62d2352b5e3fMARRAKECH, Morocco, November 21, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – In the early hours of Saturday morning in Marrakech, more than 190 governments agreed to the Marrakech Action Proclamation , which sends a strong message of global unity towards taking effective action to limit climate change. The document proclaims that was issued “to signal a shift towards a new era of implementation a…

Investors update guidance to strengthen engagement on climate risk with oil and gas companies

In a move designed to ensure oil and gas majors do far more to address the climate change challenge, global investors from Europe, North America, Asia and Australasia have today published an updated second edition of their guide setting out the challenges facing the sector and investor expectations for how oil and gas companies must act to adapt their business strategies to a 2°C climate change…