Social Impact

Growth Strategies

Driving Positive Impact: How The B Corp Certification Can Transform Your MENA Business (And The Region)

We believe that MENA businesses should consider the B Corp standards as a guiding framework in their journey in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) domain—a pathway to becoming better companies.

Buying / Investing in Business

Why Impact Investing Should Require a Framework for Measuring Success

As impact investors, we have an obligation to see beyond short-term profits. Measuring meaningful impact extends outside the walls of any particular investment in a portfolio.

Starting a Business

A Decade In Review: Soukaina Rachidi Alaoui, Founder, RisalatComm

A look at the pluck and gumption that has defined Alaoui's journey from recognizing her passion for writing a decade back to her first foray as a full-fledged entrepreneur with RisalatComm today.

Branding

Why the National Football League Is a Leader in Social and Corporate Impact

Along with enjoying its highest ever viewership ratings, the NFL has evolved into a pioneering force for social change and corporate impact.

Buying / Investing in Business

Why the Private Sector, Not Public, Must Continue to Lead Impact Investing

Private financial institutions and organizations have both money to invest and the motivation to generate a return on double-bottom-line investments, making them the ones who drive the real results in impact investing.

Franchise

How Doing Good in the Community Is Great for Your Business

Many franchisees don't appreciate the potential social impact of their business, and how that impact can actually make them more money.

Leadership

How You Can Use the 80/20 Rule to Unlock Success and Maximize Your Impact

Our success is determined by where we focus our efforts.

Thought Leaders

Shark Tank's Most Successful Brand of All Time Wasn't Even Supposed to Be a Business at First. Here's How It Became One With $1 Billion in Lifetime Revenue.

Randy Goldberg and David Heath co-founded Bombas, a comfort-focused sock and apparel brand on a mission to help those in need, after an eye-opening discovery on Facebook.

News and Trends

An Impactful Way To Celebrate The 77th Independence Day

Robin Hood Army is a volunteer-based organisation that has been helping underprivileged people across the globe through their various initiatives. On the occasion of Independence Day, they plan to execute another philanthropic campaign called Mission Swades to fight against hunger in the rural areas of India and fill plates for the people in need.

News and Trends

Having Opened Applications For Its 2024 Edition, Cartier Women's Initiative Is Aiming To Bring Together More "Forces For Good"

The Cartier Women's Initiative envisions "a world in which every woman impact entrepreneur driving social and environmental change can achieve her full potential."

Leadership

Workplace Trends You Need to Know for 2023

Savvy leaders are identifying strategies to increase productivity, keep their workforce engaged, and help take their business to the next level.

Business News

Meaning Well Doesn't Equal Success: 4 Ways to Run a Successful Business

Should I scale, pivot or fail? Follow these tips for social impact businesses.

Franchise

Turning a Franchise Business Into a Nonprofit? Here's How It's Done.

Challenge Island recently helped a franchisee in New Mexico transform her location into a nonprofit. Here, she explains why she made the decision, and how it works.

Growing a Business

Create Meaningful Sustainable Development Outcomes Through Innovation

Four innovation principles all companies must embrace beyond profit.

Leadership

Why ESG Conscious Companies are Resilient Companies

The courageous leaders of today are those that are taking their social impact into account.