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  • Indonesia: Nike supplier to pay $1m unpaid overtime to workers

    Business Respect - Corporate Social Responsibility News
    13 Jan 2012 | 9:23 am
    PT Nikomas has reached a settlement to pay workers $1m in unpaid overtime to around 4,500 workers. The company, which makes shoes for Nike at its factory in Banten province, had failed to pay for nearly 600,000 hours of overtime in two years. (13 Jan 2012)

  • Health and Safety - reframed as a term of abuse

    Business Respect - Corporate Social Responsibility News
    17 Jan 2012 | 11:48 am
    UK Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to "kill off Britain's health and safety culture for good." Anyone looking from the outside might think this a remarkable statement - akin to promising to clamp down on nice things in order to spread nasty ones. But of course it is a statement that acknowledges how much the term 'health and safety' has come in the popular consciousness to represent something completely different. (17 Jan 2012)

  • 10 ways to liberate the sustainability report

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    elaine
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:52 am
    Yesterday saw the publication of the SMI-Wizness Social Media Sustainability Index, a must-read for anyone who wants to know who are the corporate movers and shakers of the social media cypermap and what they are doing and why.  According to the report, authored by the social-media master Matthew Yeomans, "a new landscape of social media sustainability has emerged. Today, at least 250 major corporates are engaged in some form of social media sustainability comms and more than 100 have a blog, YouTube, Facebook or Twitter channel dedicated to talking about…

  • £4.5m Social Impact Bond for Merseyside

    BITC News
    25 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    Triodos Bank , GMCP (Greater Merseyside Connexions Partnership) and Business in the Community win £4.5m DWP Innovation Fund payment by results contract to help support young people in Merseyside who may be unemployed or at risk of unemployment

  • Business Encouraged by First Draft Rio+20 Outcome Document

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    Matthias Stausberg (Global Compact)
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:51 pm
    BASD Advocates for Stronger Business Role and Financing Policies in First Zero Draft Review Meeting (New York) – Welcoming the prominent role of business in the latest draft outcome document for this June’s UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), Business Action for Sustainable Development 2012 (BASD) stressed that private sector engagement in policy development and implementation is critical to advance global partnerships for sustainable … [visit site to read more]
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    Business Respect - Corporate Social Responsibility News

  • Health and Safety - reframed as a term of abuse

    17 Jan 2012 | 11:48 am
    UK Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to "kill off Britain's health and safety culture for good." Anyone looking from the outside might think this a remarkable statement - akin to promising to clamp down on nice things in order to spread nasty ones. But of course it is a statement that acknowledges how much the term 'health and safety' has come in the popular consciousness to represent something completely different. (17 Jan 2012)

  • Indonesia: Nike supplier to pay $1m unpaid overtime to workers

    13 Jan 2012 | 9:23 am
    PT Nikomas has reached a settlement to pay workers $1m in unpaid overtime to around 4,500 workers. The company, which makes shoes for Nike at its factory in Banten province, had failed to pay for nearly 600,000 hours of overtime in two years. (13 Jan 2012)

  • Netherlands: Walmart blacklisted by major pension fund

    9 Jan 2012 | 5:44 am
    The country's biggest pension fund, Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds, has stated that it is to blacklist Walmart for a range of factors concerning its social and environmental practices. (9 Jan 2012)

  • UK: Warning that lean business models present huge national risk

    6 Jan 2012 | 6:06 am
    'Just-in-time' business models that lead companies to expect supplies to arrive just when needed, eliminating all reserves, have grown to the point where they represent a major national risk, according to a report by Chatham House. (6 Jan 2012)

  • Making the sustainable supply chain puzzle simpler - five ways to start

    14 Nov 2011 | 12:25 pm
    Companies like what they can control, for obvious reasons. It's why so many will be attracted to the corporate responsibility issues they can most easily affect, so that they can report on year on year improvements in a straightforward way. (14 Nov 2011)================The CR Reporting and Communications Summit is back The leading conference on communicating and reporting on sustainability in Europe. The conference features 29+ speakers and 200+ attendees from companies like Arcelor Mittal, Sanofi-Aventis, MOL, Aviva, Coca Cola and many more. If you work in CSR, then this is a must-attend…
 
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  • 10 ways to liberate the sustainability report

    elaine
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:52 am
    Yesterday saw the publication of the SMI-Wizness Social Media Sustainability Index, a must-read for anyone who wants to know who are the corporate movers and shakers of the social media cypermap and what they are doing and why.  According to the report, authored by the social-media master Matthew Yeomans, "a new landscape of social media sustainability has emerged. Today, at least 250 major corporates are engaged in some form of social media sustainability comms and more than 100 have a blog, YouTube, Facebook or Twitter channel dedicated to talking about…

  • 21 ways to make your Sustainability Report stand out from the crowd

    elaine
    17 Jan 2012 | 1:02 am
    Inspired by this post on Geenbiz.com entitled  "I published my CSR Report. Where's my media coverage?", in which  Elin Nosewski offers some tips about how to get noticed by reporters and bloggers - mainly focusing on the report content, I thought I would offer some tips of my own on how to make your Sustainability Report stand out from the crowd. Here they are:Call it iReport 4s. Everyone will queue for one.Write it in Latin or Ancient Greek. You will easily capture all the very very very old people who read Sustainability Reports. Include pornographic pictures. Porno is…

  • Responsible Marketing ? Heinz #Fail

    elaine
    15 Jan 2012 | 2:13 pm
    An interesting thing happened last week. I was in a client meeting and we were discussing sustainability strategy. At one point, the conversation turned to responsible marketing. We started to talk about examples of responsible marketing and I couldn't help but blurt out: "Have you seen the new Heinz Ketchup TV Ads?"Before you could say "Heinz Ketchup Irresponsible Marketing", EVERYBODY around the table reacted in loud tones of indignation and disapproval. Their response was so immediate that it even took me aback. Most people don't get so enraged by inappropriate…

  • Ten examples of Carbon Footprint Reporting

    elaine
    15 Jan 2012 | 1:30 am
    There are just 7 days to go until close of voting in the CorporateRegister.com CRRA '12 fifth annual online reporting awards. While you are finalizing your votes, please consider voting for my own Sustainability Report - How a little consulting firm makes a big impact - which is entered in four categories: Best Report, Best First Time Report, Best SME Report and Best Creativity in Communications. Additionally, you might also please consider reviewing and voting for the Baran Group Report - which I worked on - which is entered in two categories: Best Relevance and Materiality and…

  • A Sustainability Reporting Quiz for 2012

    elaine
    3 Jan 2012 | 1:30 am
    This is a quiz to test your knowledge about Sustainability Reporting. Answers at bottom of page.How can you tell a real Sustainability Report from a fake Sustainability Report?Check to see if it was written by Jackie Collins. If Jackie Collins is the CSO, it's real.Read the first page. If you want to continue to the second page, it's fake.Check to see if it contains the words "This is a real Sustainability Report". If yes, it's real.Subscribe to the CSR Reporting Blog - if the CSR Reporting Blog says it's real, it's real. What's the ideal number of pages for a Sustainability…
 
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  • Business Encouraged by First Draft Rio+20 Outcome Document

    Matthias Stausberg (Global Compact)
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:51 pm
    BASD Advocates for Stronger Business Role and Financing Policies in First Zero Draft Review Meeting (New York) – Welcoming the prominent role of business in the latest draft outcome document for this June’s UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), Business Action for Sustainable Development 2012 (BASD) stressed that private sector engagement in policy development and implementation is critical to advance global partnerships for sustainable … [visit site to read more]

  • UN Global Compact Joins Forces with the Fashion Industry to Launch First Sector-Specific Initiative

    Matthias Stausberg (Global Compact)
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:47 pm
    (Copenhagen) – Facing potentially devastating impacts of climate change and with attention on corporate sustainability soaring to new heights, the world needs innovators that can lead the push toward more sustainable solutions. The fashion industry has the potential to be one such innovator, working proactively to address critical environmental, social, and ethical challenges on a global scale. To accomplish this, the UN and NICE have agreed on the development of the first … [visit site to read more]

  • Global Compact Launches Web Platform to Mobilize Business for Rio+20

    Matthias Stausberg (Global Compact)
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:34 pm

  • Senior Director, Finance and Administration at The Synergos Institute (New York, USA)

    Björn Brömmelsiek (CSR NEWS)
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:28 pm
    About Synergos Institute The Synergos Institute is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to the development of effective, sustainable and locally based solutions to poverty. Working with partners, Synergos’ mission is to mobilize resources and bridge social and economic divides to reduce poverty and increase equity around the world. Bringing together government, business, civil society and poor and … [visit site to read more]

  • Technical Specialist I – Corporate Responsibility at AIAG

    Björn Brömmelsiek (CSR NEWS)
    22 Jan 2012 | 4:33 pm
    Overview: AIAG a not for profit organization supporting the global business supply chain has an opening for a Technical Specialist that will be responsible to facilitate project logistics such as meetings and conference calls for corporate responsibility initiatives. The successful candidate will support the Program Management staffing addressing critical issues in the Automotive supply chain, recruit members … [visit site to read more]
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  • Poll: What is your favourite Social Media Channel for CSR / Sustainability topics?

    Fabian
    22 Jan 2012 | 11:45 am
    I decided to conduct regular polls on interesting CSR / Sustainability topics during 2012. The plan is to do a new poll each week going from Sunday to Friday that week. This is this weeks poll: Your browser doesn’t support iFrames Vote for this poll here. Thank you for participating and I will publish an [...]

  • Howies splits from VF – A good sustainable business decision

    Fabian
    18 Jan 2012 | 9:48 am
    I am not the most passionate shopper or consumer when it comes to clothing but one company I have always been buying from over the past years has been Howies in the UK. Howies started out with the vision to be a truly sustainable and environmentally friendly organisation years ago. They joined Timberland in 2006. I [...]

  • My routine for writing a blog post

    Fabian
    9 Jan 2012 | 2:09 pm
    This is the situation: I am home alone with the dogs tonight, my wife is away on a business trip and I am planning to spend the evening going about my business.  I want to write a blog post but I for some reason get distracted on a regular basis. Twitter updates, Google+, sports pages, [...]

  • I wish you a Happy 2012 – Let’s make it a year to remember

    Fabian
    2 Jan 2012 | 2:16 am
    I wanted to wish everyone a very Happy New Year and a successful 2012. Let’s all work together to advance Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) awareness and best practice in our world! Although pessimism surrounds some predictions for 2012, I am sure we can make 2012 a year to remember with regards to Sustainability / CSR. So [...]

  • Your CSR / Sustainability world in 2012: What could you do different?

    Fabian
    21 Dec 2011 | 8:14 am
    A strange title I know but the purpose of this post is very simple. What could you do as a CSR / Sustainability professional in 2012 different to 2011? I have listed three points, which I feel are very important and useful for everyone working the CSR / Sustainability field across the globe. Point 1 [...]
 
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    Tax Research UK

  • Hartnett is right, and yet so, so wrong on the tax gap, for which he’s the main culprit

    Richard Murphy
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:43 am
    The Telegraph reported yesterday that: People who receive cash-in-hand payments for goods and services are harming the economy, according to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) most senior taxman Dave Hartnett. Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, he criticised tradesmen and other workers who try to get out of paying tax by asking for their payment in cash and said there will be a crackdown to catch individuals who do so from April 2012 onwards. Mr Hartnett claimed evading VAT or income tax is ‘diddling’ the economy and will lead to further cuts for things like hospitals and schools.

  • HSBC, again

    Richard Murphy
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:35 am
    Reuters has reported: HSBC Holdings PLC is under investigation by a U.S. Senate panel in a money-laundering inquiry, the latest step in a long-running U.S. effort to halt shadowy money flows through global banks, according to people familiar with the situation and a company securities filing. The inquiry being conducted by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations could yield a report and congressional hearing later this spring, these people said. The subcommittee has a history of conducting high-profile hearings that have proved embarrassing for the world’s biggest banks.

  • I couldn’t help but smile

    Richard Murphy
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:06 pm
    I really couldn’t help but smile at this report in SwissInfo: Switzerland’s oldest private bank, Wegelin & Co, will sell most of its business to the Raiffeisen Group amid a dispute with United States tax authorities. Wegelin, which was founded in 1741, said on Friday most of its clients and staff would be transferred to a company called Notenstein Private Bank which will in turn become a 100 per cent subsidiary of the Raiffeisen banking group. The sale price has not been made public. US authorities charged three Wegelin staff on January 3 with conspiring to hide more than $1.2…

  • If it looks like a duck

    Richard Murphy
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:14 am
    I was amused by this: Gibraltar Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, met with UK Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband in London on Monday. Mr Picardo was accompanied by his Minister for Financial Services Gilbert Licudi. The meeting, which was held at Mr Miliband’s offices at Westminster, was the first opportunity for the two men to meet since they met at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool in late September. Mr Miliband who is the UK Labour Party leader recently made abrasive remarks about the need to close down secretive UK offshore tax-havens. A Gibraltar Government spokesman said:…

  • The Lord Mayor of London is visiting a branch office today

    Richard Murphy
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:06 am
    As Energy FM reports: The Lord Mayor of the City of London is visiting the Isle of Man today to learn more about the Island as an international business and finance centre. Alderman David Wootton will be given briefings on various sectors of the Island’s economy, and will also deliver the Chief Minister’s International Lecture. I bet they’ve tidied things up to keep the boss happy. That’s what always happens when the Group CEO drops in.
 
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    CSR International

  • Best Governance Research of 2011 - Free Download

    25 Jan 2012 | 5:23 am
    This compilation includes 48 study/survey summaries. Register/login for the free download:http://www.csrinternational.org/2012/01/25/best-governance-research-of-2011/Dr Wayne VisserCEO, CSR International

  • Best Environmental Research of 2011 - Free dowload

    25 Jan 2012 | 5:21 am
    This compilation includes 48 study/survey summaries. Register/login for the free download: http://www.csrinternational.org/2012/01/19/best-environmental-research-of-2011/Dr Wayne VisserCEO, CSR International

  • Changing the World - One Leader at a Time

    18 Jan 2012 | 10:10 am
    By Dr Wayne VisserQuest for CSR 2.0 Series No.12 We face a crisis of leadership. Our global challenges loom large and clear, but we seem to lack leaders who can make change happen at a scale and speed that match the size and urgency of the problems we face. In an attempt to understand this leadership impasse, I’ve done some research with the University of Cambridge’s Programme for Sustainability Leadership on how change happens. In this blog, I’ll briefly outline some of our conclusions. Let’s start with what kind of change we’re talking about. Jim Collins, author of Good to Great,…

  • Best CSR Research of 2011 - Free download

    12 Jan 2012 | 10:05 am
    Download "Best CSR Research of 2011" for free - a compilation of 70 researchreport summaries.Login/Register to access at:http://www.csrinternational.org/2012/01/12/csr-research-digest-2011-compilation/My thanks for our Research Associate, Karina Toonekurg, who compiled theseresearch digests over the past 12 months.Enjoy!Dr Wayne VisserCEO, CSR International

  • Sustainable by Design? Lessons in Circularity from Seventh Generation

    23 Dec 2011 | 11:21 am
    By Dr. Wayne Visser Quest for CSR 2.0 Series No.11 The CSR 2.0 principle of circularity has roots in life cycle assessment, cleaner production, sustainable consumption and cradle to cradle concepts. In The Age of Responsibility, I explore various well-known multinational examples, from Interface’s carpets and Nike’s Considered Design shoes to Coca-Cola’s water neutral initiative and Tesco’s carbon neutral programme. But there are also smaller, more nimble companies, like Seventh Generation, that are able to go much further, much faster. What can we learn from these companies that are…
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    CSR Europe

  • IBM and World Environment Center to lead new Corporate Sustainability Council of major companies

    25 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    IBM and the World Environment Center (WEC) have announced the formation of the Innovations in Environmental Sustainability Council, comprised of leading global companies that will explore how innovation in business process and technology can enable strategic solutions to major sustainability challenges involving materials, energy, water, infrastructure and logistics.  The launch of this initiative demonstrates the ongoing commitment of global companies to sustainability and improved environmental performance and is a good example of how we can progress on cross-sectoral approach to…

  • Focus on a partner interview with GRACE (Portugal)

    25 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    Leonor Botto, Board member at Grace, highlights the major achievements in GRACE’s 10 year history, as well as the future direction of the company. Leonor Botto discusses their flagship “Corporate volunteering” project and presents the advantages of such programmes for companies and their workforces.  She also explains the outcomes of  'Research on Social Responsibility' award that GRACE is offering in order to promote and distinguish academic research projects in CSR by post-graduates, masters and doctorates… read more

  • At the Renault plant in Valladolid (Spain) 50 % of assembly line are women

    25 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    "Our ambition is that our people are as balanced possible, to reflect society in general", explains Director Javier Huelmo. “However, it is complicated. Girls rarely choose the automotive sector, so we undertake charitable works internally and externally to enable them to acquire skills.”Read more (Source: Renault) read more

  • Novo Nordisk Leads Corporate Knights Sustainability Rankings

    25 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    Novo Nordisk has topped Corporate Knights magazine’s annual Global 100 rankings of leaders in sustainability. The Danish pharmaceuticals company was followed by Brazil’s Natura Cosmeticos, Norway’s Statoil (last year’s top-ranked company), Danish biotech firm Novozymes and ASML Holding, a Dutch supplier to the semiconductor industry.Read more (Source: Environmental Leader) read more

  • Cargill welcomes the next generation of food scientists in Vilvoorde, Belgium

    25 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    Cargill has welcomed the five finalists of the European Federation of Food Science and Technology’s (EFFOST) Student of the Year award to its European Research and Development centre in Vilvoorde, Belgium. The all expense paid two day visit was part of the Cargill sponsored award package which the five students received.During their visit, the students had the opportunity to present their prize winning work and receive feedback and questions from Cargill’s food technologists.Luis Fernandez, head of Cargill’s food technology applications for Europe, who hosted the visit of…
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    Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit

  • Should News Corp’s Anti-Climate Stance Impact its CSR Rating?

    CSRHUB
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:10 am
    Is corporate activism an accurate - or needed - part of the CSR ratings picture? When companies are active in political issues, such as pursuing a negative stance on climate change, how much is this part of their overall picture of corporate sustainability?

  • Where Sustainability Reporting is Headed: A Preview of the E&Y and GreenBiz Survey

    Cindy Mehallow
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:08 am
    While at the GreenBiz12 Forum in New York earlier this week, I got a sneak preview of the findings of the new Ernst & Young and GreenBiz Group survey of trends in sustainability reporting.

  • Coal-Fired Closures: More Plants Biting the Dust

    Bill DiBenedetto
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:07 am
    First Energy will close six coal-fired plants this year in another victory for anti-coal groups.

  • Is There a Better Way to Stop Global Warming?

    RP Siegel
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:06 am
    Most efforts to slow the impact of global warming have focused on reducing carbon emissions, because it is the largest component and, according to the EPA, the most dominant and the fastest growing greenhouse gas. But CO2 is only one of several greenhouse gases. A team of scientists suggest that an easier and possibly more effective approach, at least in the short term, would be to focus on methane and soot.

  • Why Biodiversity Loss Deserves as Much Attention as Climate Change

    Akhila Vijayaraghavan
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:05 am
    Biodiversity loss is probably a challenge that is often ignored as climate change looms. Currently the world is losing species at a rate that is 100 to 1000 times faster than the natural extinction rate, further, it is currently seeing the sixth mass extinction. The previous mass extinction occured 65 million years ago, and was caused by [...]
 
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  • Inc.com Article About Kiva

    Peter
    20 Jan 2012 | 10:04 am
    Check out this great article on Inc.com about Kiva, which includes good insight into how the organization gained traction early on, as well as some of their upcoming plans. For the uninitiated, “[Kiva is] a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world.” You can read more about or support Kiva here. Share and Enjoy:

  • Footware Alternative to TOMS

    Peter
    19 Jan 2012 | 3:21 pm
    Check out this interesting article from NextBillion.net about Oliberté. Of particular note, is the social enterprise the company employs, which has a different twist than that of TOMS (which has received some criticism, despite its good intentions). Instead of one-for-one handouts given away for free, the company relies on local resources and labor, directly contributing to welfare and growth of local economies. Specifically, as the article points out, Oliberté is “the first company to make premium shoes in Africa using African materials and explicitly linking shoes sold by Western…

  • Chaos to Order

    Peter
    19 Dec 2011 | 10:18 pm
    I have been mulling over how to create a graphic or diagram that adequately describes my core expertise. Distilling down the value people get when hiring you into a single image is a complicated challenge, I found. Nonetheless, I think the exercise was well worth it. Here’s what I came up with: Overly simplistic? Perhaps. Annoying colors? That was intentional. Too cryptic? Hopefully not… Making order out of chaos, in a nutshell, is my expertise. The nature of the chaos does not matter much, nor does the scope. Everything can ultimately be organized, prioritized, made more…

  • One For One Social Enterprise

    Peter
    16 Dec 2011 | 9:48 am
    Entrepreneur.com offers a short clip about Warby Parker, an eyewear company with a solid social enterprise offering. Warby Parker gives away a pair of glasses for each one sold. The concept is simple and well-tested, made popular by a number of companies, though most may have first heard about the model through TOMS. Personally, I think the one-for-one model is a phenomenal idea. Key to its utility is that the product or service offered serves a genuine need in the world. A free pair of prescription glasses (Warby Parker) or a free pair of shoes (TOMS) directly attends to the needs of many…

  • WSJ Article on Career Change to Non-Profit Sector

    Peter
    20 Nov 2011 | 2:10 am
    A recent article in the Wall Street Journal broaches a subject most of you have probably considered at some point in the past, or are perhaps mulling over at the present moment: Contemplating a Career in Nonprofits? It’s a fair question and the author jumps right to the crux of the issue in the first sentence implying that those seeking a change to the nonprofit sector are, “lured by the opportunity to serve a social purpose.” Indeed, that remains to me the most compelling and gratifying reason to consider making such a change. There are a host of other reasons that the…
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  • Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship will be in Atlanta February 15-17 to present two courses

    Susan Thomas
    17 Jan 2012 | 12:48 pm
    In our LEVERAGING YOUR CORPORATE-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS course you will: • Examine the state of cross-sector collaboration • Learn how to build partnerships into community involvement strategies • Explore ways to identify and engage appropriate partners • Discover how to create and nurture partnerships that deliver on their promise In EVALUATE AND MEASURE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT you will: • Better understand emerging trends and best practices in community involvement evaluation and measurement • Get tools and techniques to measure the effectiveness and value of programs • Learn…

  • How about an Environmental Value Added Tax?

    SsppJournal Sustainabilty
    20 Dec 2011 | 8:06 am
    "An EVAT might offer an opportunity to attack several problems at once: streamline legislation, raise needed revenue, lower consumption, and reduce GHG emissions." see New SSPP Blog Post from Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy http://ssppjournal.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-about-environmental-value-added-tax.html

  • My article, "Scandalous Leadership and Organization Culture: A Theme Runs Through It" has been published by Business Ethics magazine...

    Art Stewart
    10 Dec 2011 | 10:52 am
    It’s been quite a field day for those of us engaged in the responsibility “business” or who are passionate about the paradigm shift in consciousness now underway. As some consistency in a better direction takes hold regarding the economic recovery, the trickle has become an avalanche. The disturbing revelations out of Penn State’s “Happy Valley” and Syracuse University are part of a series of sorry stories in the ongoing saga of breached trust and confidence among peoples, institutions, and their leaders. Click the link to read more:  Business Ethics magazine

  • If you have a role in helping your company be a good corporate citizen, you should attend the Boston College Center Institute on Corporate Citizenship in Miami in January.

    Susan Thomas
    6 Dec 2011 | 10:27 am
    Regardless of where you work in the company, the 2½ day Institute on Corporate Citizenship will equip you with the information and tools to understand and contribute to your firm's success. Register now to attend our January 18-20 session of the Institute on Corporate Citizenship in Miami and you will: Get grounded in principals of good corporate citizenship  Learn from what other firms are doing to create well integrated and strategic approaches to corporate citizenship management  Leave with management tools that will help you better assess the stakeholders and issues that are material…

  • material downsizing-is there need for despair?

    SsppJournal Sustainabilty
    29 Nov 2011 | 8:08 am
    Guest SSPP Blogger Post "Sustainable Consumption and Austerity " By Maurie Cohen http://ssppjournal.blogspot.com/2011/11/sustainable-consumption-and-austerity.html
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  • New York's Fracking Deliberations Inch Along

    By MIREYA NAVARRO
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:39 pm
    A meeting with an advisory panel is deferred, suggesting that the decision-making process will not be rushed in coming months.

  • Racing Up (and Down) the Performance Index

    By FELICITY BARRINGER
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:32 pm
    In the latest Environmental Performance Index, Switzerland is at the top, Russia is much closer to the bottom and the United States has failed to gain much ground.

  • When Marine Mammals Become Food

    By DOUGLAS M. MAIN
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:46 pm
    Rising human consumption of marine mammals in tropical regions poses a threat to animals like the dugong, which is similar to a manatee, and the Atlantic humpback dolphin, researchers write.

  • On Our Radar: 6 More Coal Plants to Close

    By THE NEW YORK TIMES
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:45 am
    FirstEnergy says it would not be cost-effective to install scrubbing technology at aging plants to meet new federal emissions rules.

  • Reaping a Bonus From Cap-and-Trade

    By MIREYA NAVARRO
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:37 am
    Rather than imposing higher costs on consumers and businesses, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative lowered their bills.
 
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    David Coethica's Blog

  • 2012 To Be A Big Year For Somebody

    davidcoethica
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    The things I love most about doing what I do are the amazing people I get to meet, no two days are even close to being similar and the exposure to a countless stream of world changing ideas. I’ve always been a natural connector and constantly looking to learn from new and strange sources. The Coethica  social media rollercoaster of the last few years took me from a pretty isolated laptop to a whole new global community of friends, colleagues and connections – all with that similar values set that I’d craved for so long. It’s only now comfortably coming to terms with…

  • Football CSR Team Talk at Responsiball

    davidcoethica
    2 Dec 2011 | 3:53 pm
    This week for no reason in particular my attention has been gravitating towards football. It may well be a returning passion after recovery following eight years worth of burn out. Behind the media hype  I’m constantly on the look out for any beacons of hope in the form of CSR related developments to really begin to justify the overused ‘Power of football / sport’ cliché. One such emerging gem may well be Responsiball. My football radar started pinging last week with Gary Speed’s sad and untimely death through what appears to a result of depression, then watching a…

  • Football loses Gary Speed

    davidcoethica
    27 Nov 2011 | 5:40 pm
    photo via The Guardian Rest in peace Gary Speed MBE, I hope you’ve found the tranquility you were looking for. Gary was a great professional player, national team manager, true ambassador for the sport of football and an incredibly humble and genuine person. Football will remember and miss you deeply. Petulant prima donnas, designer labels and glamorous girlfriends usually dominate popular perceptions of an industry more than happy to revel in its position as the world’s most popular sport. How can anybody on the surreal wages commanded by top players possibly struggle with…

  • New EU Definition and Strategy for CSR

    davidcoethica
    25 Oct 2011 | 12:59 pm
    The European Union publishes 2011 – 2014 strategy on CSR The new definition of CSR in the eyes of the European Union is The responsibility of enterprises for their impacts on society. It’s only a fifteen page document and well worth a read as another stake in the ground for the accelerating development of CSR as a core business consideration. It never goes as far as many stakeholders would have liked it to, but then again it never was. For me it’s a pretty well balanced carrot and stick approach that owes much to work already done for ISO 26000. There is one particular…

  • CSR for SMEs – A New Place To Share

    davidcoethica
    9 Oct 2011 | 7:01 pm
    Smaller businesses are the lifeblood of any vibrant economy. Small is not only beautiful, it’s essential. Last week at Coethica we created a new CSR for SMEs LinkedIn group. The main reason for this was an overdue project to better facilitate discussion for a too often overlooked sector when considering responsible business. There was also an ulterior second reason. Coethica recently lead an application by a consortium bid (with partners Liverpool Vision and Appreciating People) to a EU tender asking to address “Networking for better CSR advice to SMEs”. An engaged LinkedIn…
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    Realized Worth | Employee Volunteering & Workplace Giving

  • How to Pitch Sustainability (Part 2 of "Sustainability and Your Employees")

    24 Jan 2012 | 1:54 pm
    So, you want to get active but you're not sure your company will go for it?  In part 2 of this interview, Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt of The Natural Step tells us what you can do. Employee Engagement in Sustainability - An interviw with Karl-Henrik Robèrt Part 2 from chris jarvis on Vimeo. Dr. Robèrt assures that it only takes one person—a “change agent”—to get the ball rolling toward sustainability.  No matter what strata of the company you find yourself, there are some basic steps that can help you initiate change. Find your change agent.  It all begins with someone…

  • Sustainability and Your Employees: Part I

    6 Jan 2012 | 8:30 am
    Want to help your business forge a path toward sustainable practices?  Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt has an excellent framework to help you. Listen below to part 1 of a 2-part interview series with Dr. Robèrt and Realized Worth’s very own Chris Jarvis. Sustainability Made Simple with Dr Karl-Henrik Robèrt of the Natural Step | Part 1 from chris jarvis on Vimeo.  A Sustainable Society? Karl-Henrik Robèrt founded The Natural Step in 1989 with a desire to create a common language to engage issues of sustainability.  In his view, the scientific community had not yet produced a…

  • Corporate Volunteering in Eastern Europe

    3 Jan 2012 | 8:30 am
    We're happy to report, corporate volunteering in Europe is on the rise. Learn here about a few of the organizations doing great things. This past November, a few of us from Realized Worth took a jaunt through 7 European countries, presenting on and researching our favorite topic: employee volunteering. We had the opportunity to learn from great organizations such as ICEP in Vienna, Austria, HÍD in Budapest, Hungary and Altruista in Rome, Italy as well as great people such as Andrew Wilson, from Corporate Citizenship in the UK and co-author of “Volunteering – the Business Case.” As the…

  • A Vital Connection: Executives & Employee Volunteers

    14 Dec 2011 | 11:15 am
    We'd like to thank Sabrina Dinelli-Viva for the following guest post. Sabrina has extensive experience in managing volunteers in both the public and private sectors; we're pleased to offer some of her knowledge to our readers. To find out more about Sabrina and follow her on Twitter, scroll to the bottom of the article. The benefits companies should not overlook when considering employee volunteer programsThe late Steve Jobs, had a degree in MBWA. Not an actual university degree, but a degree nevertheless in Management by Walking Around.  Yes, believe it or not, the Chairman of Apple,…

  • Set Goals & Find Collaborators: How to Start A Corporate Volunteer Program

    30 Nov 2011 | 7:23 am
    Here are some practical steps to take when designing your employee volunteering and workplace giving program. Be sure to read part one of the series “Starting An Employee Volunteering Program? What Do Your Employees Think?” Begin with the end in mind In his book, “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” Stephen R. Covey explains that everyone should take time to decide what they want out of life. For Covey, this means that we "Begin with the End in Mind". We should "begin each day, task, or project with a clear vision of your desired direction and destination, and then continue…
 
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    Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Cause Marketing News

  • Encana named to 2012 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations list

    encana
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:45 pm
    Source: Encana Corporation PRESS RELEASE: (3BL Media / theCSRfeed) January 27, 2012 - Encana has again been named to Corporate Knights Magazine’s Global 100 World Leaders in Clean Capitalism list, which was officially unveiled in Davos, Switzerland on January 25, 2012. Based on its 2011 environmental, social and governance performance, Encana ranked 76th overall, and is one of only six Canadian companies included on the 2012 Global 100 list. “Encana believes in creating shareholder value through our commitment to corporate responsibility,” explains Stacey Schorr,…

  • Hot Planet/Cool Athlete

    northface
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Source: The North Face SUMMARY: Hot Planet/Cool Athletes is a partnership between Protect Our Winters (POW), the environmental center point of the winter sports community,  Alliance for Climate Education (ACE), the national leader in high school climate education, and The North Face.  The program pairs famous pro snow sport athletes with ACE educators to deliver an award-winning multimedia assembly on climate science and real-world solutions. The assembly features athlete’s personal stories about climate change, specific local consequences related to lower snow levels and…

  • Raising the Bar for 2012

    acs
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:30 pm
    Source: American Cancer Society SUMMARY:  A blog post by and for DetermiNation athletes dedicated to beating cancer.  BLOG / NEWSLETTER: Happy New Year!!  I know it’s kind of late for the New Year wishes, but I’ve been very busy.  This blog entry has been sitting on my computer for weeks and if I don’t publish it now it’ll be 2013 when you see this entry.     Training for the Big Sur Marathon with the Silicon Valley DetermiNation team is coming along wonderfully.  I’ve fundraised $1,300 dollars for the American Cancer…

  • Carbon Offsets 101 Webinar

    crs
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:47 pm
    Source: Center for Resource Solutions PRESS RELEASE: (3BL Media / theCSRfeed) January 27, 2012 - Event Details: Who: Todd Jones, Green-e Climate Manager When: Thursday, February 23, 2012 at Noon PT/ 3 pm ET (1 hour)  How: Register Now Cost: $45   This essential introduction to carbon offsets covers the basics of how offsets work and provides an overview of the global voluntary market. This hour-long webinar will cover offset terms and definitions, project types, quality criteria, project standards and credit certification, and retail offset transactions and…

  • Building a Flexible – and Sustainable – Volunteer Engagement Program: Free VolunteeMatch Webinar w/ Discovery Communications, UnitedHealth Group 1/31

    Volunteermatch
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:15 pm
    Source: VolunteerMatch BLOG / NEWSLETTER: Employees want their companies to offer the chance to get involved in local communities. But a “set it and forget it” program won’t be enough to keep employees engaged and enthusiastic over the long haul. Programs today must be approached more like business programs - ones that can flex with changing environments and circumstances. Join the session to learn how adopting a Change Model and being flexible can prepare your organization for the changing tides of volunteer engagement in the coming year. Building a Flexible - and…
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    The Causecast Blog

  • Causecast Harnesses Do Good Activism for Better Employee Engagement

    25 Jan 2012 | 11:37 am
    Employee Impact Platform Now Available LOS ANGELES, January 24, 2012 - Causecast, a technology start-up that helps organizations become more effective corporate citizens through increased employee engagement, today announced the availability of its Employee Impact Platform.  This cloud-based solution enables corporations to achieve “cause integration” through engaging interactive volunteer and fundraising systems that align an organization’s workforce with its social mission. Causecast developed the Employee Impact Platform to help leaders in human resource, public relation and…

  • Corporate Volunteerism, Employee Engagement & the Bottom Line

    24 Jan 2012 | 4:03 pm
    According to the 2011 Deloitte Volunteer IMPACT Survey, if millennials ─ employees between the ages of 21 and 35 ─ frequently participate in company-sponsored volunteer programs, they are more likely to feel a strong connection and sense of belonging at work.  It all adds up to a discernible difference for companies interested in driving the “double bottom line” ─ and making both a business and a social return. Check out the video here.

  • "Employee Engagement Emerges"

    24 Jan 2012 | 12:56 pm
    We’ve just read a great article by Tim Mohin, the director of corporate responsibility for Advanced Micro Devices and author of the forthcoming book Changing Business From the Inside Out: The Treehugger’s Guide to Working in Corporations. Tim contends one of the biggest developments to watch for this year in the world of CSR is: “Employee Engagement Emerges: The connection between CSR and engaged employees continues to grow. A Hewitt & Associates study looked at 230 workplaces with more than 100,000 employees and found that the more a company actively pursues worthy environmental and…

  • The Good News (And Bad News) For Non-Profits About Social Media

    6 Jan 2012 | 7:03 pm
    Every business in today’s marketplace is being radically transformed by the impact of social technology. This is especially true for non-profits. That’s because the way you connect, persuade, and maintain the interest of the community on which your cause awareness and fundraising depends is now being driven by fast-changing tools and real-time engagement. The bad news for non-profits is that there is now twice as much pressure to excel in your communications if you want to survive and scale your positive impact. It was already difficult to compete with the larger resources, reach, and…

  • Occupying From The Inside

    13 Dec 2011 | 9:22 pm
    For those who want to catalyze positive social change, events such as the Net Impact and Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) conferences provide the opportunity to engage with other like-minded individuals to share ideas on how to create social and environmental good through business. Making an Impact From Inside OutThe Net Impact Conference, held in Portland on October 27-29, drew more than 2,600 attendees ranging from graduate students to working professionals, all united by an eagerness to learn how to overcome some of the world’s toughest problems. The overarching theme of the…
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  • Great News: Impact Investing Options Expand Locally

    Geri Stengel
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:20 pm
    I’m a long-time advocate of impact investing. It brings new money to the nonprofit world, supports social enterprises, and can provide services and products that would otherwise be unfunded or unresolved. read more

  • 3 Rules for Surviving as a Brick-and-Mortar Store in a Cyber World

    Geri Stengel
    23 Jan 2012 | 11:20 pm
    With online stores offering how-to videos, discussion groups, and a homey, we’re-among-friends shopping experience, how can small brick-and-mortar businesses compete? read more

  • Choosing Your Legal Form Is a Strategic Decision for Social Good Businesses

    Geri Stengel
    18 Jan 2012 | 11:20 pm
    Social entrepreneurs -- those using business skills to accomplish social good -- have many choices these days. New York and California recently joined five other states in allowing social good to be given as much weight as corporate profit by approving Benefit Corporations in which the well-being of all stakeholders (employees, community, clients, environment), not just shareholders, are legally taken into account when decisions are made. read more

  • New Paradigm for Customer Service: Information, Sharing, and Being Yourself

    Geri Stengel
    16 Jan 2012 | 11:20 pm
    Talking to Gen Xers and Gen Ys lately, I realize how dramatically e-commerce is changing retail business and customer service. Opening up a store used to require renting space, furnishing the store, and working arduous hours. The last is still true but not the first two. Businesses are thriving without a physical location. In fact, many are able to exist because they skip the fixed costs and upfront investment of a brick-and-mortar store. read more

  • A Social Enterprise Learns, Grows From Its Mistakes

    Geri Stengel
    11 Jan 2012 | 11:20 pm
    Editor’s note: To help social entrepreneurs anticipate and avoid some of the problems of starting a social-good business, Ventureneer is doing a series of blogs about the progress of Greenway Grameen Infra, a social enterprise in India. When last I wrote about Greenway Grameen Infra, its non-polluting stove, fuel efficient stove for rural homes in India was just on the market and hopes were high that 50,000 units would be sold by March 2012. read more
 
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  • Long Spoons.

    Elena Patrice
    24 Jan 2012 | 7:04 am
    FEED ONE ANOTHER.Upon his death a man was given a tour of both heaven and hell, so he could select his final destination. First he was taken to hell. He saw a lot of people sitting at a long banquet table loaded with all kinds of delicious food. However, he noticed that all the people seated were unhappy, and looked frustrated. They each had a fork strapped to the left arm and a knife strapped to the right arm – they had no elbows. Each had a four-foot handle which made it impossible for them to eat. With all kinds of good in front of them they were not able to taste any of it. After this…

  • Some Days a Diamond, Some Days are Stone.

    Elena Patrice
    10 Jan 2012 | 5:19 am
    Some days are diamonds, some days are stone Some time the hard times won’t leave me alone Some times the cold winds blow a chill in my bones Some days are diamonds, some days are stone.Words/music by Dick Feller Sung by John DenverDiamond? Stone?My body clock decides to not work and I’m late, which means my child is rushing too. The day starts off well … not very sparkly.Diamond: I keep my attitude in check making a conscious effort to be in the moment and happy for and with my child.Stone: I get frustrated and take it out on my child blaming everyone and everything.I choose a…

  • You’re Dead to Me … (if you don’t have a website).

    Elena Patrice
    2 Jan 2012 | 9:02 am
    Fredo, you’re nothing to me now. You’re not a brother, you’re not a friend. I don’t want to know you or what you do. I don’t want to see you at the hotels, I don’t want you near my house. When you see our mother, I want to know a day in advance, so I won’t be there. You understand? “ (by Michael Corleone) Basically … You’re dead to me.I so get this. Ok, so I’m part Italian, though I feel that dominates my entire personality at times, and anyone who knows me knows that when I’m done, I’m done and basically ……

  • The Sunshine Award

    Elena Patrice
    29 Dec 2011 | 8:21 pm
    This memory brightens o’er the past, As when the sun, concealed Behind some cloud that near us hangs Shines on a distant field. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowRecently, I’ve been reading wonderful posts about those who’ve received the Sunshine Award. This award is great because it introduces your followers to others you value and follow. I have humbly been the recipient as well.  To accept this award, there are a few rules that one is to abide …3 RULES:1. Thank the person(s) who gave you the award. 2.  Answer 10 questions. 3.  Pass the award on to 10-12ish…
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    The Shareholder Activist

  • Making the Deadline – Submitting Shareholder Proposals On Time

    Craig McGuire
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:27 pm
    Knowing the deadline for filing your shareholder proposal will better enable you to map out a timeline for success. DID YOUR COMPANY HOLD AN ANNUAL MEETING THE PREVIOUS YEAR? If you plan on submitting your proposal for the annual meeting held by your publicly traded company, that deadline date can usually be found the copy of the previous year’s proxy statement. However, never assume anything. Always contact the investor relations department to confirm that date has not been moved. WHAT IF YOUR COMPANY RE-SCHEDULES THE ANNUAL MEETING? Your company may not have held an annual meeting the…

  • Understanding Oppression’s Many Facets

    Christopher Bayer, Ph.D.
    24 Jan 2012 | 2:19 pm
    One of the more admirable aims of shareholder activism is socially responsible investing, when investors attempt to leverage rights as shareholders of a publicly-traded corporation to affect social change. This includes discouraging investments overseas in area of the world rife with corruption and human rights violations. Most portfolio managers practice asset allocation strategies. As a result, some of our monies are commonly invested in overseas companies and funds. We are a nexus of global interconnecting economies which work in tandem with one another. Yet if you sense outrage, do not…

  • Treasuring Your Data “Against All Odds”

    Christopher Bayer, Ph.D.
    23 Dec 2011 | 8:59 am
    Data maintenance and security is of paramount importance to shareholders and investors, particularly if they trade. At the very least, in order to be a shareholder activist, one must have instant, reliable access to their shares. Portfolios, accounts, holdings, payment systems, research documents and so forth constitute the substance of a shareholder’s lifeblood. Gaps of any kind create profound anxiety, confusion, uncertainty, and even panic. In today’s internet world we take data security for granted. This is an error. You are responsible for the security and integrity of your data.

  • Free Download: Campaign Planning Checklist for Investor Action

    Craig McGuire
    20 Dec 2011 | 2:47 pm
    Are you concerned with the long-term viability of a publicly traded company in which you hold shares? Is management missing an important opportunity? Do you have a great idea that will add shareholder value? If so, don’t just dispute, contribute. Effective shareholder activists do more than flash spotlights on problems. They volunteer solutions, or at least propose alternatives. So stop complaining and start explaining. TheShareholderActivist.com™ is your source for information to facilitate your responsible shareholder activism. To help get you started and develop your plan of action,…

  • Can Anyone File a Shareholder Proposal?

    Craig McGuire
    13 Dec 2011 | 1:51 pm
    Shareholder advocacy is a participatory sport. One of the essential tools in the toolkit of any corporate gadfly is the shareholder proposal, also known as the shareholder resolution. This is a formal proposal submitted by a shareholder or a group of investors in a publicly traded company to compel management to take a specific action. In most instances, proposals are opposed by management (otherwise, they would sponsor these changes themselves). That is not surprising, as resolutions usually address corporate governance issues including executive compensation or corporate social…
 
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    Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit

  • Should News Corp’s Anti-Climate Stance Impact its CSR Rating?

    CSRHUB
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:10 am
    Is corporate activism an accurate - or needed - part of the CSR ratings picture? When companies are active in political issues, such as pursuing a negative stance on climate change, how much is this part of their overall picture of corporate sustainability?

  • Where Sustainability Reporting is Headed: A Preview of the E&Y and GreenBiz Survey

    Cindy Mehallow
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:08 am
    While at the GreenBiz12 Forum in New York earlier this week, I got a sneak preview of the findings of the new Ernst & Young and GreenBiz Group survey of trends in sustainability reporting.

  • Coal-Fired Closures: More Plants Biting the Dust

    Bill DiBenedetto
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:07 am
    First Energy will close six coal-fired plants this year in another victory for anti-coal groups.

  • Is There a Better Way to Stop Global Warming?

    RP Siegel
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:06 am
    Most efforts to slow the impact of global warming have focused on reducing carbon emissions, because it is the largest component and, according to the EPA, the most dominant and the fastest growing greenhouse gas. But CO2 is only one of several greenhouse gases. A team of scientists suggest that an easier and possibly more effective approach, at least in the short term, would be to focus on methane and soot.

  • Why Biodiversity Loss Deserves as Much Attention as Climate Change

    Akhila Vijayaraghavan
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:05 am
    Biodiversity loss is probably a challenge that is often ignored as climate change looms. Currently the world is losing species at a rate that is 100 to 1000 times faster than the natural extinction rate, further, it is currently seeing the sixth mass extinction. The previous mass extinction occured 65 million years ago, and was caused by [...]
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    In Good Company: Singh on CSR

  • Translating Business Responsibility: An interview with Warner Bros. CEO & Chairman Barry Meyer: Now LIVE on CSRwire!

    Aman Singh
    24 Jan 2012 | 4:42 pm
    Translating Business Responsibility: An interview with Warner Bros. CEO & Chairman Barry Meyer: Now LIVE on CSRwire! When the Justice League comes together to fight evil, evil stands little chance. In a world of economic uncertainty and social unrest, superheroes provide children with mentors, entrepreneurs with lessons in responsibility, and the rest of us with inspiration. Now, DC Entertainment has joined hands with Time Warner and Warner Bros. to launch We Can Be Heroes. Their target: The hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa. Their spokescharacters: The Justice League

  • CSRwire In Conversation with BCLC: The 2012 CSR Outlook

    Aman Singh
    10 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Join CSRwire’s Editorial Director Aman Singh in conversation with Stephen Jordan, Executive Director of the U.S. Chamber Business Civic Leadership Center and a group of MBA graduates virtually for an intimate conversation about what happened in corporate social responsibility (CSR) in 2011 and what the field has in store for 2012. When: Friday, January 13, 2012; 9:00am EST Where: Livestream & Twitter Register for the FREE live stream and join the tweetchat at #BCLConCSR! The 2012 CSR Outlook is the first in a FREE six-part forum series being conducted by the Center. The U.S.

  • 2011 in review @ Singh on CSR: 5 Months, 31 Blog Posts, 9,500 Visits

    Aman Singh
    7 Jan 2012 | 11:12 pm
    The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 9,500 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it. While I won’t bore you with the stats, here are the top three winners of 2011: Net Impact and BSR 2011: 7 Days, 2 Conferences, 5 Trends in CSR & Sustainability Does Expending Resources on CSR and Sustainability Destroy Economic Value? CSR and…

  • 2011: The Year Business Learned to Say Mea Culpa

    Aman Singh
    30 Dec 2011 | 10:01 pm
    2011: The Year Business Learned to Say Mea Culpa

  • Social Media Tactics: McDonald’s Hosts Twitter Chat. And Issues a Policy.

    Aman Singh
    9 Dec 2011 | 12:11 am
    Certainly not the blog post I planned on writing after spending two weeks in New Delhi, India but I am compelled. Today, McDonald’s hosted a Twitter chat with VP of CSR Bob Langert. The motivations are many for a company that is besieged for its product line and constantly under fire. In fact, last year at a diversity benchmarking event at Hamburger University, I had the opportunity to hear the McDonald’s executive team discuss a whole host of business practices and strategies, including diversity (led by Global Chief Diversity Officer Pat Harris), employee learning and corporate…
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    CSRWire Blog

  • Whole Foods & Wholly Conscious Capitalism

    Francesca Rheannon
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:51 am
    As I discussed yesterday in "Does Conscious Capitalism Leave Retail Workers Behind?" the National Retail Association's Big Show held in New York City last week was thought provoking in more ways than one. With Alan's comments fresh in my mind, I headed to Whole Foods' Co-CEO's panel on conscious capitalism: Where does consciousness fit in the cutthroat retail industry? Now, Whole Foods presents an interesting case of the promise and pitfalls of the “conscious capitalism” Robb asserted is at the heart of the company’s mission and practices. While he was joined by The…

  • Does Conscious Capitalism Leave Retail Workers Behind?

    Francesca Rheannon
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:36 pm
    By Francesca Rheannon The National Retail Association had its annual Big Show last week in New York. Last year’s event saw 22,000 attendees, and from the crowds streaming around me through the giant halls and corridors this year, 2012’s attendance wasn’t any smaller. A panel on “Conscious Capitalism,” featuring, among others, the co-CEO of Whole Foods, Walter Robb had been my original motivation to attend the event [More on that in Part 2]. However, before I could make much headway into the crowds, two individuals standing outside the convention's entrance caught…

  • The Fat Tax: Why Taxing Soda Can Save America $17 Billion

    Wendy Gordon
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:20 am
    By Wendy Gordon Forty-five can be a sizeable number. Especially when it's the number of gallons of sweet beverages the average American consumes in one year. This jolting news was reported in a new study published in the January 2012 issue of Health Affairs. How much sugar comes with all that? About 4,500 teaspoons per person per year just from soda. Consumption of beverages high in calories but poor in nutritional value is the number one source of added sugar and excess calories in the American diet. It's also fueling America's soaring obesity and has pushed diabetes to the top of the…

  • Be the Change – But first Be Yourself

    Dr. Wayne Visser
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:05 am
    By Wayne Visser Part of the Quest for CSR 2.0 series. What do we know about the role of individuals as CSR change agents? Intuitively, we resonate with adages such as Gandhi's 'be the change you want to see in the world,' or Margaret Mead's famous quote: 'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever does.' But beyond these clichés, what do we really know about change in the context of CSR? As part of my PhD research, I interviewed a range of CSR professionals – managers, consultants, academics and NGO…

  • The Justice League's Latest Mission: Famine & Hunger in Africa

    Aman Singh
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:35 am
    When the Justice League comes together to fight evil, evil stands little chance. In a world of economic uncertainty and social unrest, superheroes provide children with mentors, entrepreneurs with lessons in responsibility, and the rest of us with inspiration. Now, DC Entertainment, the creators of renowned characters like Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, has joined hands with Time Warner and Warner Brothers to leverage the collective power of these superheroes to tackle the troubles of the real world. Their target: The hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa, an epidemic that has reached…
 
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