Unilever
Unilever Unilever has demonstrated its value toward its corporate social responsibility with the inspiring purpose: “Our corporate purpose states that to succeed requires “the highest standards of corporate behaviour towards everyone we work with, the communities we touch, and the environment on which we have an impact.” http://www.unilever.com/ourvalues/purposeandprinciples/
Developing Partnerships with NGOs
Developing Partnerships with NGOs, Asian Forum on CSR By Bart W Edes, Asian Development Bank NGO & Civil Society Center Summary: The Asian Development Bank reviews some case studies of sucessful economic development partnerships, and what has made them work. Read full paper
The Good Company: The movement for corporate social responsibility has won the battle of ideas
The Good Company: The movement for corporate social responsibility has won the battle of ideas By The Economist Full report
Helping Nonprofits Do Business
Helping Nonprofits Do Business By Heinz-Peter Elstrodt, Anamaria Schindler, and Andréa C. Waslander, McKinsey Consulting McKinsey Quarterly illustrates ways that businesses can assist NGOs in developing plans to help both sectors increase the success rate for development projects. Full report
Cultivating Environmental NGO-Business Partnerships
Cultivating Environmental NGO-Business Partnerships Summary: From creating a green hotel certification in preparation for the 2008 Olympics to advising Yunnan tea plantations on nontoxic pest control to partnership with factories to develop sulfur dioxide emissions regulation, environmental NGOs in China are developing innovative new ways to partner with business. View the full report
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance By James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco, and SEKN research team, Harvard Business School Full report
Business/NGO Partnerships—What’s The Payback
Business/NGO Partnerships—What’s The Payback, Source: Ethical Corporation, by Roger Cowe Full report
NGO & Business Partnerships: Battling system failure by Bill Shireman
Abstract: system failure by Bill Shireman The partnership model demands innovation in the outlook of both business and non-governmental organisations, says Shireman, and CAW found that approach worked principally “because we focused on what united us rather than what separated us”. Future 500 brings companies and NGOs and activist investors together to tackle a range […]
