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Business & Society

2024 Class of Finance Leaders Fellows

23 finance industry leaders poised to address entrenched social challenges and drive systems-level solutions across the global financial ecosystem.

BY Finance Leaders Fellowship

Blog Post

09.19.2024
Business & Society

10 Insights on the Future of ESG

Key takeaways from the Aspen ESG Summit 2024, and insights on the future of business transformation.

BY Business and Society Program

Publication

09.17.2024
Health & Sport

Food that Nourishes Communities: Tom McDougall on Creating a More Equitable Food System

The US food production industry is an impressively vast and complicated system, but not one that’s respectful of the people who produce and consume the f ...

BY Food and Society Program & 1 more

Blog Post

09.16.2024
Business & Society

Creating a People-Focused Economy in El Paso: A Conversation with Hunt-Aspen Fellow Lupe Mares

“There is no substitute for nurturing relationships and maintaining a steadfast belief in one's mission.” - Lupe Mares Lupe Mares has a vision for El ...

BY Aspen Institute Latinos and Society & 1 more

Blog Post

08.13.2024
Business & Society

The Time is Now to Build Community Wealth Through Clean Energy

Hurricane Beryl’s recent landfall is a harbinger for the more intense, rapidly escalating storms predicted this season, as warmer ocean temperatures are ...

BY Joanna Smith-Ramani & 1 more

Blog Post

07.18.2024
Unassigned Issue

Job Quality Fellow Saket Soni Awarded 2024 McNulty Prize

We are thrilled to announce that Job Quality Fellow Saket Soni has been awarded the McNulty Foundation’s 2024 John P. McNulty Prize! Created in 2008, the ...

BY Economic Opportunities Program

Blog Post

07.18.2024
Business & Society

Aspen FSP Launches National Task Force for Fraud & Scam Prevention

Financial fraud and scams are an increasing threat against Americans’ public safety and financial health, with implications for our economy, the U.S. fin ...

BY Financial Security Program

Blog Post

07.18.2024
Business & Society

Seizing the Next Economy White Paper

Pivotal shifts are underway in America’s economic future, driven by technological advances, digitalization of business operations and jobs, sustainabilit ...

BY Aspen Institute Latinos and Society

Publication

07.01.2024
Business & Society

Three Principles for Bridging Rural Health and Prosperity

Rural America's health equity is inseparable from its economic well-being, and aligning these two crucial fields is essential for achieving true rural pros ...

BY Bonita Robertson-Hardy & 1 more

Blog Post

06.03.2024
Opportunity & Development

The Power of Peer Learning

At the Aspen Institute’s Business Ownership Initiative (BOI), peer learning is one of the core tools we use to drive innovation and collaboration. As b ...

BY Joyce Klein

Blog Post

05.23.2024
Unassigned Issue

The Changemaker's Compass

Today’s world presents urgent and unprecedented challenges. The rapid pace of change—in markets, technology, culture and politics—and a growingly int ...

BY Samantha Cherry & 1 more

Blog Post

05.22.2024
Business & Society

Financial First Responders: Harold Pettigrew on CDFIs, Climate, and Capital with a Heart

This article was published in the May Edition of the Aspen Partnership for an Inclusive Economy's newsletter The Slice. Subscribe here. “My journey ...

BY The Aspen Partnership for an Inclusive Economy

Blog Post

05.14.2024
Opportunity & Development

Messaging Guide: Making the Case for Learning & Employment Records with Employers

Over the last year, UpSkill America has held dozens of conversations and interviews with employers on the topic of skills first approaches and specifically ...

BY Haley Glover

Publication

04.23.2024
Opportunity & Development

Empowering Entrepreneurs for Inclusive Growth

Rocio Pinto is the co-founder of Multiverse, a Guatemala-based organization that harnesses entrepreneurship as a catalyst to the country’s development.

BY The Aspen Partnership for an Inclusive Economy

Blog Post

04.16.2024
Communications & Culture

2023 Reporting on AI Hall of Fame

Even though information about AI is everywhere, it can be hard to find a comprehensive and accurate description of these complex systems.

BY Rasika Gasti

Blog Post

04.05.2024