One, single US dollar for a pair of eyeglasses. That’s all it costs to help a Balinese man or women see again. And once their vision becomes clear, these people can be more productive at work and for their families. That’s the idea behind John Fawcett Foundation’s mobile eye care clinic.
We live in a profit-driven economy. When a business becomes solely focused on the maximization of profits, there are mainly two things it can do – Increase revenue, or reduce expenses.
Our business interview with Janet Ballard from Lewis Ballard Limited is part of a series of inspiring and giving stories from purpose-driven businesses around the world.
It seems like there is a double standard when it comes to charities and businesses. But why is that? When a charity messes up and loses public trust, it can be catastrophic for the charity. But that often doesn’t seem to be the case with businesses.
Check out B1G1 Member Collins Hume's story in the Northern River Business Magazine.
We measure many things in life and business – our weight, the time, spreadsheets and statistics. We measure things in order to have a clearer perspective, to allow us to make sense of our world and our performance in it. But we can easily end up measuring the wrong things..
WHO: David Keith from Collins Hume WHERE: Ballina, Australia WHAT: We provide a broad range of services in business, financial, taxation and accounting consultancy. We
The B1G1 member get-together we recently hosted in Singapore was a great starting point to think about how to create high-impact boutique networking events to bring together B1G1 Members and Partners in different cities, to do even greater good.
We know that giving creates happiness and abundance. However, it can also have negative consequences if it’s not done properly. A mother giving a treat to a child to stop the child’s tantrum only encourages the child to throw a tantrum again later.
There’s an experiment that measures children’s happiness when they are given a treat, and when they have the opportunity to give that treat to another child. But there seems to be a disconnect between the results of this experiment, and how we’ve acted on this information…
To celebrate the 9th anniversary of the Buy1GIVE1 (B1G1) initiative and the 10th anniversary of its original idea, many B1G1 Businesses from around the world gathered in Bali from the 2nd to 5th July 2016. Many travelled thousands of miles to be there.
Fashion store KOBOMO in Australia has been part of B1G1 for the last 6 years. Starting from a tiny market stall, today KOBOMO is a thriving online fashion store shipping items globally.
