Impact-Weighted Accounts
From an article by the Institute of Chartered Acco
The legitimacy of a business should depend on its ability to create value for society. How do you measure that and create accounting standards that reflect a company’s financial, social and environmental performance?
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Whole people - healing communities
From a video on PBS
Trauma interrupts normal child development and exacts deep costs, to both the individual and the community. Here is a story of one neighbourhood working to change its destiny..
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What is prosperity?
From material by Legatum Institute
Prosperity is much more than mere wealth or economic growth. True prosperity is when all people have the opportunity to thrive and freedom to fulfill their unique potential taking responsibility for contributing to their communities and nations.
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Volunteering and human flourishing
From an article by Psychology Today
For many, engaging in volunteering can be a powerful way to contribute to the good of others, to the community, to the common good, and to the good of the person volunteering as well - with significant health benefits.
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The contact hypothesis
From an article in The Correspondent
Prejudice, hatred and racism stem from a lack of contact. We generalise wildly about strangers because we don’t know them. So the remedy seems obvious: more contact.
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Online - The Connected Generation Report
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In partnership with World Vision, the research organisation Barna has conducted its largest ever study, and it’s looking at both Millennials and Generation Z, examining the unique characteristics that shape 18-35 year olds - both the challenges they face but also the amazing opportunities to bring about change.
There will be interviews and an opportunity for Q&A, plus we’ll also be reflecting on last year’s Everything Conference, as we try and grapple with the question: 'How can we best position ourselves to make a difference for good in the world around us?'
Whether you are a Millennial yourself, or you’re leading those who are in that age group, we hope this evening will give a better understanding not just of what shapes this generation, but how this generation can be equipped in order to bring about lasting change.
25/01/2021
20:00