Navigating Terminology CSR and Corporate Sustainability in the Age of Sustainable Development
Navigating Terminology . . . CSR and Corporate Sustainability in the Age of Sustainable Development By Robert Steele / Systainability Asia I have been working in the field of sustainable development for around 8 years now, and more specifically working with the private sector on integrating sustainable development into their core management practices for over […]
News-CSR in the Turburlent Time
Turbulent Times: CSR Now needed more than ever before By Michael Hopkins, Julian Roche and Ivor Hopkins Turbulent times: financial storms in the US and UK will have implications for all of us. Main Street and Wall Street cannot be separated. If the captains of those financial companies, now in crisis or bankrupted, had acted […]
Movement on Partnerships
How Local NGOs adopt this Unicef Corporate Partnerships program Unicef Strategy on Corporate Partnerships http://www.unicef.org/corporate_partners/index_24525.html Learn about Unicef corporate strategy and examine if local NGOs can design their program to give more options to business to support any small local NGOs’ good cause. CorporateResponsibility.Net Top 5 news stories In Europe, these companies have been serious […]
Exploring the links between International Business and Poverty Reduction
Exploring the links between International Business and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study ofUnilever in Indonesia Summary: The report explores how, and to what extent, the operations of Unilever Indonesia have an impact on poverty – both positive and negative – in Indonesia. It looks at the impact of UI’s entire value chain, from its interactions […]
Dabur Dedicated to CSR
Dabur Dedicated to CSR Partnership: corporate social responsibility Summary: Dabur Nepal – a multinational manufacturing company – has become a popular brand in itself among Nepali consumers. Over the last 13 years of its operation in Nepal , the company has not only enticed the customers with quality products, but also demonstrated how fulfilling of […]
CEOs as public leaders: A McKinsey Survey
By Mckinsey Quarterly Review on 16 February 2007 Business executives address public issues in a variety of ways. They may act through their companies’ activities or as private citizens. Some participate through membership in a business organization involved with public issues, and others may take on a leadership role. The survey of the Mckinsey Quarterly […]
Business-NGO Partnerships Help the World’s Poorest
*An innovative approach for NGO and Business Partnerships *Rise of CSR and Social Entrepreneurship: Innovative approaches to reduce poverty through trade are bringing business, NGOs, government and aid agencies together in new ways. This example of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on a collective scale is not the only sign that businesses are becoming more socially […]
Research Paper on Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility in Thailand and the Role of Volunteerism
Executive SummaryResearch Paper on Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility in Thailand and the Role of Volunteerism By The NETWORK of NGO and Business Partnerships for Sustainable Development (The NETWORK Thailand) Pareena Prayukvong & Matt Olsen (January 2009) Governments and other development actors (including civil society) increasingly realize that the private sector could and should be an […]