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Pandemic Affected Access to End-of-Life Care, Widened Inequalities, Panelists Say

A recent qualitative study found that older adults are resistant to advance care planning, don’t understand palliative care and have low trust in the healthcare system,…

April 15, 2021

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Government, Nonprofits, and Companies Must Unify to Solve our Biggest Problems

An article by Bill Novelli, founder, Business for Impact: "Nonprofit organizations are uniquely positioned to bring the sectors."…

March 31, 2021

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Digital Gender Diversity Impact Report Released

World Woman Foundation released the Digital Gender Diversity Impact Report in partnership with Hootsuite, Georgetown University’s Business for Impact, and VMLY.…

March 22, 2021

Curriculum

Georgetown McDonough Introduces Sustainable Business Fellows for Undergraduate Students

Georgetown McDonough introduced the Sustainable Business Fellows program for undergraduate students in collaboration with Business for Impact. The program is modeled after the…

March 4, 2021

Research and Insights

New Book Inspires Social Change for the Next Generation

In his new book, Good Business: The Talk, Fight, Win Way to Change the World, Bill Novelli, former AARP CEO, author, distinguished professor of the practice, and founder of…

February 26, 2021

In the News

Company Scandals Keep Masking a Shift Toward Corporate Responsibility

An article by Bill Novelli, founding director, Business for.…

February 24, 2021

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Do Well By Doing Good

An article by Bill Novelli, founder, Business for Impact: "When I began my career at Unilever some fifty years ago, the idea of doing social good as a corporation or as a…

January 26, 2021

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Corporations Send Message To Lawmakers — And Public — By Suspending Political Donations

Bill Novelli is a professor and founder of Business For Impact at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. He is the the author of Good Business: The Talk, Fight,…

January 12, 2021

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Millennials & Gen Z Fear Lasting, Negative Financial Impact From Pandemic, According to New Georgetown University Survey

One in four young adults report that the pandemic will have lasting negative impact on them financially, while one in three millennial parents feel financial strain and project…

November 17, 2020

In the News

The ‘Warping Effects’ of Philanthropy

Leslie Crutchfield, executive director of Business for Impact speaks with The Chronicle of Philanthropy to discuss the rapid change in social movements and philanthropy. …

August 25, 2020