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Greg Asbed: UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights 'Impressed' With Fair Food Program

2013-05-16T18:03:37Z

Two efforts have met on the road, and are sure to work more closely together in the months and years ahead.

Read more: Fair Food Program, Human Rights, Agriculture, United Nations, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business, Farmworkers, Business Ethics, Business News

Elizabeth Grossman: "Enough is Enough": Labor Rights Advocates Call for Change Over Mounting Death Toll in Bangladesh

2013-05-13T18:05:01Z

Coupled with current employment practices that rely heavily on temporary workers rather than full-time employees and on migrant labor, the result is a work environment that has kept these workplaces "virtually union-free."

Read more: Bangladesh Garment Industry, Occupational Health and Safety, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Factory Collapse, Corporate Social Responsibility, World News

Toni Nagy: Mothering Our Mother Earth

2013-05-09T17:50:18Z

Sadly, humanity is taking advantage of our planet like an ungrateful teenager. Let's clean up our room and show our Mother Earth some respect.

Read more: Fair Trade, Live Good, Environmental Responsibility, Fortune 500, Employees, Economics, Economy, Environmentalism, Motherhood, Global Motherhood, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economic Disparity, Factory Conditions, Exploitation, Corporations, Environment, Living Wage, Sustainability, Green News

Simon Mainwaring: Why We Need a Global Brand Initiative

2013-05-06T13:39:24Z

Last month, the United Nations marked 1000 days until the 2015 deadline of the "Millennium Development Goals," a program started in 2000 with the goal of eliminating the worst impacts of human poverty within 15 years.

Read more: Millennium Development Goals, Millennials, Marketing, Branding, Sustainability, Cause Marketing, Csr, Capitalism, Social Media Marketing, Foundations, Video, Business News

David Winder: When What You Don't Know Can Kill You

2013-04-29T15:05:25Z

It may seem hard to imagine, but one out of every three people in the world today does not have access to a decent toilet. Instead, many people in poor countries are left with no choice but to relieve themselves in open spaces, rivers or fields that drain into de facto local water sources.

Read more: Clean Water, Global Health, Partnerships, Csr, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Africa, Sanitation, Video, Impact News

Susan Bulkeley Butler: Time For Action on Gender Equality on Corporate Boards

2013-04-26T12:54:40Z

In a world where women make up half of the population and in many countries make up half of the workplace, having a relatively small percentage of women as directors seems like a small consolation. Is it time for corporate board quotas in the United States?

Read more: New York Times, Gender Equality, Women, Women in Business, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporations, Corporate America, Women News

Mehrunisa Qayyum: Is CSR the Substitute for Government?

2013-04-22T15:23:47Z

While corporate Social Responsibility programs might actually tackle important problems, like health, education, or telecommunications' infrastructure development, does this blurring line between citizen and consumer give large corporations a louder voice too?

Read more: Government, Lebanon, Arab Spring, Egypt, Middle East, Mena, Corporate Social Responsibility, Csr, Impact News

Julie Kantor: Don't Take a Job, Make a Job

2013-04-12T11:50:03Z

A year ago I had a 'blink' moment and decided to join the private sector and build again. It had to be something that would also make a difference or I would likely fail in selling it. It had to be awesomely entrepreneurial.

Read more: Nonprofits, Job Offer, Stem, Corporate Social Responsibility, Unemployment, Charity, Small Business News

Mike Bellamente: Companies Unite in Call for U.S. Climate Change Policy

2013-04-11T11:57:00Z

Leaders from the business community made one thing clear when they came together on Wednesday to announce a 100-day corporate campaign in support of c...

Read more: Carbon, Climate Policy, Congress, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, President Obama, Corporate Citizenship, Csr, Climate Change, Green News

Jennifer Schwab: Mumbai: Jenn Goes Jain

2013-04-10T15:33:18Z

As a person of East Indian descent, but an American through and through by birth and upbringing, I have always wanted to journey to the motherland to explore my Jain heritage.

Read more: Governor of Maharashtra State, Narayan Rane, Young Presidents Organization, Ahktar Badshah, Sustainability, Indian Weddings, Christoph Stuekelberger, Architecture, Sierra Club Green Home, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Mumbai, Mosquitoes, Dr. Maximilian Martin, Dr. R. L. Bhatia, Global Corporate Social Responsibility, Arabian Sea, Victorian, Weddings, United Airlines, Queen?S Necklace, Micky & Bela, Jennifer Schwab, Slumdog Millionaire, Csr, Society Tea, Sundeep Waslekar, Ratan Tata, Scgh, Bombay, Eka Dishecha Shodh, Raj Thackrey, Jain, Culture, Art Deco, Jayant Salgaonkar, Taj Mumbai Land?S End, Global CSR Conference, Bauhaus-Style, Jennifer Schwab's Inner Green, Religon, Travel News

Monique Villa: Reshaping the business of social change

2013-04-10T08:30:41Z

Profit and social progress go hand in hand, not their own ways. They happen together. There is no reason why a company cannot boost its competitiveness while also creating value within society.

Read more: Corruption, Women's Rights, Philanthropy, Human Rights, Women's Issues, Corporations, Human Rights Watch, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business, Journalism, Humanitarian Aid, Impact News

Paul Paz y Miño: We Beat Chevron, but the Fight for Real Justice Continues

2013-04-08T15:06:39Z

We did preserve our ability to exercise our right to free speech and to be a watchdog against corporate crimes. That right is vital to protect the power of the people in our society. We will exercise that right until we do win the things Amazonian communities in Ecuador need most.

Read more: Human Rights, Big Oil, Ecuador, Free Speech, Environment, Chevron, Corporate Social Responsibility, Pollution, Corporate Greed, Justice, Indigenous People, Green News

Tony Calandro: Milton Friedman, RIP: Building the Bridge Between Profit and Purpose

2013-04-05T17:04:21Z

I wonder what Milton Friedman would say today if he saw CEOs talking about "conscious capitalism" or "capitalism 2.0?"

Read more: Green, Investing, Csr, Business News

Toni Nagy: What Every Parent Should Know About Monsanto

2013-04-04T17:47:12Z

Last time I checked, Earth is the only place we have to live, and what kind of future am I providing for my daughter if I am not cognizant of how my life, and the decisions of my government, effect our environment?

Read more: Natural Resources, Genetically Engineered Foods, Agent Orange, Corporate Social Responsibility, GMO Labeling, Organic, Monsanto, Vietnam War, Nutrition, Environment, Food, Monsanto Protection Act, Genetic Engineering, Green News

Gary Emmanuel: Would You Invest in a Company That Contributes to Iran's Quest for a Nuclear Bomb?

2013-04-03T16:35:13Z

No longer is financial performance the only metric by which a company is to be measured. Relevant in the mix of information when making an investment decision is the extent to which a company exhibits social responsibility.

Read more: Iran Sanctions, Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Investing, Sanctions, Conflict Minerals, Dodd-Frank, Investment, Securities, Congolese Conflict-Minerals, Corporate Social Responsibility, Securities and Exchange Commission, Investors, Business News

Steven Cohen: The Push Behind Corporate Sustainability Management

2013-03-25T09:53:20Z

Green-washing, or environmental public relations has been with us for some time, and while a little skepticism is not a bad idea, there is no question that huge corporations from Apple to Walmart are paying more and more attention to their environmental impacts.

Read more: Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Apple, Green Energy, Corporate Greenwashing, Green News

Leslie Dach, Walmart VP, On Business And Social Good

2013-03-21T14:16:20Z

As sustainability, and double or triple bottom lines move increasingly to the forefront of business leaders' minds, one example of real progress might...

Read more: Leslie Dach, Walmart, Triple Bottom Line, Leslie Dach Walmart, Social Good, Environmentalism, Sustainability, Retail, Double Bottom Line, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business News

Darren Rosenblum: It's Time for the State to 'Lean In' for Gender Equality

2013-03-14T16:15:42Z

Efforts to get women to "lean in" should also take on getting men to "lean out" so that the workplace norm becomes one that complements family life.

Read more: Equality, Gender Equality, Sex, Work-Life Balance, Social Inequality, Wage Inequality, Corporate Social Responsibility, Gender, Lean In, Paternity Leave, Carly Fiorina, Women News

Carol Pierson Holding: Shell's Shell Game

2013-03-12T15:51:44Z

Does a critical mass of outraged citizens qualify as a "major geopolitical shift"? Think of the Vietnam War. Or apartheid, a truly global protest. We may not be there yet, but as climate change impacts get worse, so will the outrage.

Read more: Solarworld, Energy, Solar, Carbon Emissions, Shell, Fossil Fuels, Climate Change, Carbon Free, Co2, Corporate Social Responsibility, New Lens Scenarios, Natural Gas, Green News

Student Reporter: Geoff Cape, Reimagining Cities at Toronto's Evergreen Brick Works

2013-03-12T11:27:38Z

Cities everywhere are being forced to reimagine themselves due to variability in population and climate. The way they do so will have massive consequences for our communities and collective ecological resilience.

Read more: Environment, Urbanization, Csr, Social Entrepreneurship, Corporate Environmentalism, Green Cities, Video, Impact News

Christine Bader: What Happens in Vegas... Corporate 'Sexual' Responsibility?

2013-03-11T15:16:41Z

What an employee does outside of the office both reflects on the company and signals how he or she will behave on the job. Which is why, after years of insisting that corporate social responsibility must be all about a company's core business, I began to think differently.

Read more: Women, Prostitution, Sexual Harrassment, Discrimination, Modern Day Slavery, Corporate Social Responsibility, Csr, Diversity, Human Trafficking, Business News

Alexandre Lemille: Goodbye Western Lifestyles, Long Live Circularity!

2013-03-08T09:47:47Z

There is no chance we can continue to play, live and work the way we do today. Extreme consumption as we know it will soon be a past and obsolete tren...

Read more: Sustainability, Circular Economy, New Economy, Csr, Cradle-to-Cradle, Zeronauts, Impact News

Alice Korngold: International Corporate Volunteering: Rapidly Growing Trend to Advance People, Planet, Profits

2013-03-04T20:56:45Z

The best way for companies to design and implement global pro bono programs that maximize the benefits of their ICV programs is through partnerships and collaboration.

Read more: Emirates, Sap, CDC Development Solutions, Glaxosmithkline, Merck, International Corporate Volunteering, George Mason University, John Deere, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ibm, Pfizer, Pepsico, Dr. Angel Cabrera, Impact News

Bobbi Silten: Investing in Women Advances the World: A Conversation with Melanne Verveer

2013-03-04T14:06:25Z

Recently, I had the opportunity to ask her about progress being made to advance women's rights, the hallmarks of successful programs and what the business community can do to grow women's leadership and open more doors to opportunity.

Read more: Corporate Philanthropy, Women's Empowerment, Leadership, Women's Rights, Women's Leadership, Community Investment, Global Economy, Human Rights, Corporate Responsibility, Women's Issues, Georgetown University, Women in Business, Global Poverty, Corporate Social Responsibility, International Women's Day, Women's Leadership Issues, Melanne Verveer, Impact News

Create Jobs for USA: MasterCard Powers Entrepreneurship Through Create Jobs for USA

2013-03-01T09:21:08Z

One in three small businesses say they can't get the financing they need to grow their business. And when small businesses, which employ more than half of all private sector workers, don't grow, Americans don't work.

Read more: Jobraising, Jobs, Unemployment, Create Jobs for USA, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mastercard, Employment, Impact News