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Why Climate Change Matters for Every Leader

Associations Now

They say they’re more interested in making investments around innovation, and more confident they have the kind of culture that stokes new ideas. One, the Global Cement and Concrete Association, has been running an annual innovation challenge to reduce the carbon impact of their industry.

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Innovation Challenge Brings Members and Startups Together to Address Climate Change

Associations Now

For a second year, a leading industry association has launched an innovation challenge that connects startups with member companies to address climate change. The Innovandi Open Challenge , run by the Global Cement and Concrete Association, is part of the association’s strategic goal of net-zero emissions from concrete by 2050.

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isla launches impactful sustainability guide for the venue sector

Event Industry News

The guide encourages venues to review their sustainability progress and enables them to develop short to mid-term sustainability goals and set a realistic but ambitious aspiration to reach Net Zero by 2050 at the latest. The isla guide is a useful tool to help us harmonise our thinking and take steps in the right direction, together.

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A Spotlight on 10 Top Impact Investors Driving Social Change

NXUnite

While these investments involve several moving parts, impact investing is essentially leveraging capital to create positive change, earn revenue, and drive innovation across the social good sector. They also pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Does impact investing make a difference? Yes, it does!

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How COVID-19 has created a new kind of audience that could be a key element for our economy recovery

Event Industry News

According to a recent analysis by Carbon Brief, the UK is now halfway to meeting its target of ‘net-zero’ emissions by 2050, largely as a result of the pandemic. These innovations lead to increased and better engagement, allowing companies to capture far more audience data and insight to better inform their marketing and business strategies.

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Anniversary Special: Society Takes a Different Approach to Celebrating Its Birthday

Associations Now

“So, we looked at the key challenges out there, and a big challenge is that we have to feed 9 billion people by 2050. IFT came up with the FutureFood 2050 initiative, a year-long public awareness campaign that will culminate this summer at the 75th IFT annual meeting. And nobody’s really talking about how we’re going to do it.”.

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A New Take on Higher Education Fundraising

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Converge Consulting conducted a national study of 2050 alumni to examine donor attitudes, motivations, and behavior. He is a published scholar and conference presenter on topics that range from innovative use of technology in educational settings to employees’ attitudinal characteristics that are associated with organizational effectiveness.