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With increased focus on shared value, inclusive business, and corporate social responsibility, businesses are looking for both financial return and social impact in their own practices, and in those of …

Rockefeller Foundation President Dr. Judith Rodin recently sat down with MetroFocus host Rafael Pi Roman to talk about Bus Rapid Transit and why Mayor Bill de Blasio should consider it as …

Chailerd Thungkham can still remember when, as a little boy, he would float a small decorative boat down the Mae Kok Noi (Inner Kok) river as part of the Thai …

Root Capital is a nonprofit social investment fund that grows rural prosperity in poor, environmentally vulnerable places in Africa and Latin America by lending capital, delivering financial training, and strengthening …

In his State of the Union Address this week, President Obama called on businesses to stop discriminating against job applicants who have been out of work for extended periods of …

Last summer, the Rockefeller Foundation announced a partnership with Rebuild by Design, an initiative of President Obama's Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force. Rebuild by Design (RBD) is an innovative process aimed …

Boulder, Colorado, is no stranger to environmental shocks and stresses. Devastating flash floods have hit the city — in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains — half a dozen times since …

Rockefeller Foundation president Judith Rodin appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box to talk about our goal to tackle youth unemployment through our Digital Jobs Africa initiative. "In most countries in the world, youth …

  York City's new mayor needs to make resilience a top priority. “Part of the formula for improving the lives of the most vulnerable among us is to build these resilient capacities for …