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The Role of the Food and Beverage Sector in Expanding Economic Opportunity


Marc Pfitzer and Ramya Krishnaswamy
The food & beverage industry has a unique role in expanding economic opportunity because it is universal to human life and health. The industry operates at multiple levels of society where billions of people grow, transform, and sell food, particularly in developing countries where agriculture dominates all other economic sectors. Yet a vast share of these workers cannot both satisfy their immediate consumption needs and earn sufficient income from food markets to improve their lives. This report provides insight into how pioneering large firms are breaking this dilemma and building economic opportunity around food & beverage value chains.
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The Role of the Health Care Sector in Expanding Economic Opportunity


Adeeb Mahmud and Marcie Parkhurst
This report provides an overview and critical assessment of the ways in which multinational pharmaceutical companies currently participate in expanding economic opportunities in developing countries. The analysis and case studies contained in the report highlight companies’ contributions to economic opportunity expansion through job creation, training and capacity building, and shaping public policy.
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Volunteering for Impact: Best Practices in International Corporate Volunteering


Greg Hills and Adeeb Mahmud
This FSG study is a compilation of best practices in international corporate volunteering (ICV). Sponsored by Pfizer Inc and The Brookings Institution, the study examines ICV within two principal models: local service, in which employees based in countries outside headquarters volunteer in their local communities; and cross-border service, in which employees travel abroad to volunteer.
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Best in Class: How Top Corporations Can Help Transform Public Education


This FSG white paper, released in May 2007 and sponsored by Ernst and Young LLP, provides a critical assessment of opportunities for corporations to help transform the U.S. public education system through innovative corporate philanthropy.
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Strategy & Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility

Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer
Moving past generic CSR principles, learn how societal influence is becoming the new frontier of competitive advantage.
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A New Challenge for Global Companies: Successfully Managing MLO and NGO Relationships

Learn how companies can best engage these multilateral and nonprofit actors.
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Changing the Game

Mark Kramer and John Kania
How can corporations truly distinguish themselves through their CSR activity? It requires a radical reshaping of the relationship between corporations and nonprofits.
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The Nestlé Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility as Implemented in Latin America

Mark Kramer, Marc Pfitzer, and Karin Jestin
This FSG report describes Nestlé's approach to corporate social responsibility through the lens of a new CSR framework by Harvard's Michael Porter and FSG's Mark Kramer that focuses on creating shared value for society and the corporation.
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The Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy

Michael Porter and Mark Kramer
The authors argue that CSR should be a win-win situation--for society and the corporation.
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SEED Funds - A Powerful New Approach to Corporate Social Investment

Greg Hills
Corporations should consider supplementing traditional grantmaking with targeted investments in for-profit entities that address social problems and drive economic development.
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Corporate Giving and the Corporate Foundation

Mark Kramer, Marc Pfitzer and Kyle Peterson
Under what circumstances should a corporation have a corporate foundation? And how should the roles and responsibilities of the foundation and the corporate giving department be delineated?
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Benchmarking Philanthropy

John Kania
This article argues that benchmarking an organization's social impact against that of its peers is a powerful tool to justify activities.
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Design for Giving - Understanding What Motivates Corporate Philanthropy

John Kania and Mindy Oakley
A review of the three primary motivators of corporate philanthropy, and of how the motivation mix can affect results.
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Doing More With Less

Mark Kramer, Sarah Cooch and Owen Stearns
How one corporate foundation increased its impact--without increasing its giving.
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CSR - A Religion With too Many Priests?

An interview with Professor Michael E. Porter that focuses on his perspectives on the state of corporate philanthropy and corporate social responsibility.
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Communicating the Value of Corporate Philanthropy

Fay Hanleybrown and Mindy Oakley
How Safeco Insurance reviewed its entire portfolio and adopted a comprehensive approach to all corporate contributions.
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Allocating Resources in a Time of Scarcity

Mark Kramer and John Kania
This 2002 article argues that particularly in an environment of pressured investment returns, donors should maximize their impact, by focusing their giving on the areas of their highest social return.
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Grantmakers Shouldn't Play With Matches

Mark Kramer
The leverage or value added of a foundation’s matching grant is often illusory.
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