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Consumers and companies need help engaging in reuse, repair and other circular practices, which have environmental and economic benefits.
Film is a powerful tool that can be used to influence audience beliefs and behaviour.
Representing 2% of global GDP, the fashion industry must use its cultural reach to drive a shift towards a more sustainable and equitable industry.
Despite being the subject of criticism and negative news, business schools do a lot of good for society, a veteran business professor explains in a new book.
Solving mathematical equations is only part of the job. Students should be spending more time thinking about the human dimensions of the problems they are trying to solve.
Local communities near lithium deposits shouldn’t become zones of sacrifice, shouldering the socio-environmental costs of supporting a renewable energy transition.
When the only fixes getting funded are designed to leave the status quo intact, the results of philanthropy inevitably fall short.
Mobilising value from science and technology needs help from thinkers, designers, makers, policymakers and enablers – and this expertise often sits in the humanities, arts and social sciences domain.
Research shows social enterprises employ more people with disabilities, female managers and long-term unemployed than regular businesses. This will be key to a more inclusive economy.
Impact investments are designed to achieve a measurable social or environmental – as well as financial – return.
Thanks to foreign backing, social impact start-ups led by young entrepreneurs are flourishing in North Africa.
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Professor in Innovation and Impact, UNSW
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Professor and Chair of Philosophy, Wageningen University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professeur associé en finance, EM Normandie
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Director, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Fellow in Mining Governance, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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ARC DECRA Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Engineering, University of San Diego
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Reader in Fashion Narratives, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Research assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Professor of Sport Management, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Emeritus Professor of Business, University of Michigan
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign