There is a growing trend among investment managers and advisors toward offering portfolios that reflect investors’ values as they relate to the environment and social issues. These is in direct response to a growing number of requests from clients who want to use their investment dollars to positively influence the world around them. The push […]
Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s world-renowned ensemble was joined by more than 460 civic, cultural and business leaders from Chicago for its annual fundraising gala on May 14, raising more than $1.98 million to support its educational and artistic programming. Held at Rockwell on the River, the festive evening was designed and produced by Frost Chicago and […]
Maddie Pardue knew that rich kids weren’t supposed to have problems. And yet, in her early 20s, she was feeling stuck. She’d grown up in the shadow of parents who cared for needy patients through international medical aid work, and a grandfather who built the family business into a huge success. After college, however, she […]
In an email addressed to the Museum Community, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center CEO Susan Abrams announced her plans to step down from her post “in the coming months.” The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie opened in 2009 and is the third-largest Holocaust museum in the world. Abrams highlighted the museum’s secure […]
In its third year, the Innovator in Social Business Awards — held on May 26 as part of Loyola University’s Baumhart Center Leading for Good 2022 — recognized three organizations doing the work to address social needs in their chosen sectors and communities. Those companies and their respective awards include: Impact Shares, the Social Impact […]
Solar energy is coming to New Trier High School. At its regular meeting on Monday, May 16, the school’s board of education unanimously approved plans to install solar panels at the Northfield campus as part of a series of upcoming facilities projects set to conclude in the summer of 2023. Associate Superintendent Chris Johnson said […]
Make It Better Media Group Founder and Chief Visionary Officer Susan B Noyes recently spoke with Thomas Frank and Craig Ayers, two experienced investors from Whittier Trust in San Francisco, about how they help clients align their personal values with their investment portfolios through socially responsible investing during the virtual event “Is Doing Good, Good […]
As part of our “You Said It” Op-Ed series, we invite contributors to submit their opinion pieces. Have a submission? Contact us. Jeanne Stevens is the founding and co-lead pastor of Soul City Church in Chicago, one of America’s fastest growing urban churches. A sought-after speaker, leader, and writer, Jeanne’s passion is to help people wake […]
Chicagoland shoreline communities and the built environment have taken a beating from high Lake Michigan water levels whipped up by high winds and waves. Climate change is causing more extreme weather events and unprecedented swings in lake water levels. As Professor Drew Gronewold of the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability explained during a […]
For women navigating a career in business, it is a marathon not a sprint — or so say the panelists at the May 19 Women of Impact virtual event, hosted by Make It Better Media Group. The all-women panel — including Kathy Roeser, Managing Director and Wealth Advisor of Morgan Stanley; Monica Gray-Fong, Chief Operating […]
