Business for Good awarded Honorable Mention for Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas

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The sixth annual Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas awards honor the products, concepts, companies, policies, and designs that are driving change and tackling issues from climate change to inequality.

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Business for Good was among the announced winners of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards, honoring clean technology, innovative corporate initiatives, brave new designs for cities and buildings, and other creative works that are supporting the growth of positive social innovation, tackling social inequality, climate change, and public health crises.

BFG was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Impact Investing category, which recognizes pioneering teams that are playing an important role in the betterment of the world through intentional philanthropy. The prestigious recognition from Fast Company aligns with BFG’s purpose of building better businesses, stronger communities, and a more equitable world.

“This award is a testament to the mission of Business for Good,” said co-founder Ed Mitzen. “The even more exciting piece of this is we are just getting started! The origin of BFG is grounded in our approach of giving without expecting anything in return. My wife Lisa and I and the entire BFG team believes this is a stance more companies should have in order to encourage accessibility, equity and sustainability.”

Now in its sixth year, the World Changing Ideas Awards showcase 39 winners, 350 finalists, and more than 600 honorable mentions. A panel of eminent Fast Company editors and reporters selected winners and finalists from a pool of more than 2,997 entries across transportation, education, food, politics, technology, health, social justice, and more. The 2022 awards feature entries from across the globe, from Switzerland to Hong Kong to Australia.

“We are consistently inspired by the novelty and creativity that people are applying to solve some of our society’s most pressing problems, from shelter to the climate crisis. Fast Company relishes its role in amplifying important, innovative work to address big challenges,” says David Lidsky, interim editor-in-chief of Fast Company. “Our journalists have identified some of the most ingenious initiatives to launch since the start of 2021, which we hope will both have a meaningful impact and lead others to join in being part of the solution.”

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About the World Changing Ideas Award

World Changing Ideas is one of Fast Company’s major annual awards programs and is focused on social good, seeking to elevate finished products and brave concepts that make the world better. A panel of judges from across sectors choose winners, finalists, and honorable mentions based on feasibility and the potential for impact. With the goals of awarding ingenuity and fostering innovation, Fast Company draws attention to ideas with great potential and helps them expand their reach to inspire more people to start working on solving the problems that affect us all.

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About Business for Good™

With values rooted in equity, access, opportunity, and prosperity, Business for Good has advanced the model of traditional venture philanthropy to Do Good and Give Back to communities in the Greater Capital Region of Albany. Formed in 2020, BFG seeks to give back to move forward and is rooted in the core principle of “for good, not gain.” Its efforts were recognized on a national level with a 2022 Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Honorable Mention, which recognizes pioneering teams that are playing an important role in the betterment of the world through intentional philanthropy. Comprised of a mission-focused team, Business for Good™ believes no challenge is insurmountable through hard and thoughtful work. With a goal to provide businesses and organizations with sustained support, BFG invests in people for the long term and in every way. Business for Good: building better businesses, stronger communities, and a more equitable world. To learn more, visit www.bfg.org
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Business for Good Foundation™ announces new neighborhood restaurant in the Village of Voorheesville; holds community event to gather input and ideas

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RELEASE –On Saturday, October 30, Business for Good hosted a free community party at 42 S Main St. in the Village of Voorheesville to celebrate the future of the location. Currently vacant, housing only the shell of an old Stewart’s, 42 S Main St. will soon be home to a stable local business and a generous employer, one that’s focused on hiring locally and returning all profits to charity. In its fight against food insecurity, housing instability, and education inequity, Business for Good believes that every good deed starts with a good idea, and every good idea starts with a conversation. During the Oct. 30 event they did just that—had a conversation–about community, about people and about food, with the goal of working together for the good of Voorheesville. While the future of 42 S Main St. is one of many businesses supported by The Business for Good Foundation™ (BFG), this one has extra meaning to BFG founder Ed Mitzen, a Voorheesville native.

“When we founded Business for Good, one of our chief priortities was to simply give back,” said Mitzen. “Being able to give back to a community I called home means the world to me. I am so excited about this project and its alignment with the heart of BFG’s mission.”

Business for Good is a local non-profit committed to investing in people to build better businesses, stronger communities, and a more equitable world. The foundation reimagines business as a seed for social change, with the power to change lives and shape communities. To fight the inequities of access to resources and support, Business for Good’s mission is to share resources, strategies and connections to help others build their dreams while giving back to their communities. With a focus of healing the underserved and breaking cycles of food insecurity, housing instability and education inequity, BFG strives to open doors and opportunities where they haven’t been before. The future business at 42 S Main St. Voorheesville aims to be open by the end of 2022.

“The Village of Voorheesville is abuzz with talk about what Business for Good is planning for redevelopment of the former Stewart’s in the heart of the village,” said Voorheesville Mayor Richard Straut. “We are all excited to see a new business thrive in that location. For the Mitzens to ask for our residents’ opinions about what kind of restaurant they envision is a unique approach that is greatly appreciated. What makes it even more exciting is the business model that Business for Good is implementing; one that bolsters their employees and gives profits back to community causes.”

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About The Business for Good Foundation™

With values rooted in equity, access, opportunity, and prosperity, BFG has advanced the model of traditional venture philanthropy to Do Good and Give Back to communities in the Greater Capital Region of Albany. The foundation, formed in 2020, seeks to give back to move forward and is rooted in the core principle of “for good, not gain.” Comprised of a mission-focused team, The Business for Good Foundation™ believes no challenge is insurmountable through hard and thoughtful work. With a goal to provide businesses and organizations with sustained support, BFG invests in people for the long term and in every way. Business for Good: building better businesses, stronger communities, and a more equitable world.

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Voorheesville restaurant project due in mid-2023

TIMES UNION – The next restaurant announced for the village is not likely to open for another 14 to 18 months, residents were told Saturday during a party thrown by the Saratoga Spring-based Business for Good foundation, which is developing the project.