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As the challenges we face-from helping those who are less fortunate than ourselves to saving our shared planet-are becoming larger and more complex, pioneering entrepreneurs and leaders of responsible companies are responding to our planet's maladies with increased urgency, inspired innovation, and speed.

Platforms like Roundup or Good Street have sprung up to offer easy-and instant-ways for people to make such donations, simply by using their mobile devices or computers. For years, DonorsChoose.org has offered this capability by allowing teachers to post projects to the site and individual donors to fund them directly. It has also become easier to measure how your spending impacts the world around you-and make necessary changes in your investment and spending mix so it better reflects your values. Aspiration is one example of a new checking-account app that measures and scores the environmental and ethical practices of over 5,000 companies. The app compares users' spending habits against these companies to generate an "Aspiration Impact Measurement" (AIM) score that effectively quantifies the impact that your spending has on the world.