All Blog Posts Tagged 'csr' (10)

Manish Shankar: Inclusive Business Insights - CSR Done Right: the case for CSR to support core business

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Added by Business Innovation Facility on February 14, 2013 at 15:30 — No Comments

Don't Waste Your Corporate Citizenship Story

Corporate citizenship stories should strike readers as both authentic and compelling. Most of the time they don't. Here's why plus some tips on how to do it right.

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Added by Chris Jarvis on June 23, 2012 at 0:23 — No Comments

Reflections on the journey of corporate responsibility

Besides the regular festivities, food and frolicking, December is a time for reflection. Commentators love to look back on The Year That Was – debating everything from the most gripping news stories to the highest grossing movies.

But it’s not often that you get to hear someone like the head of the UN Global Compact, Georg Kell, reflect on a whole decade of global change. At the UNGC’s recent, end-of-year event in London, he highlighted…

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Added by Suzanne Dagseven on December 16, 2010 at 16:40 — 1 Comment

White paper on the future of corporate social responsibility

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is one of the most used (and abused) management buzzwords of the last decade. Companies that wish to innovate should move on – there are better ways to create social impact while building profits, reducing costs, increasing sustainability and engaging staff.

This white paper is aimed at senior decision-makers in companies of all sizes who need to 'do' CSR.

To download your free copy, please visit… Continue

Added by Will Snell on October 27, 2010 at 15:36 — 4 Comments

Trust: Why Business Lost It, And How To Win It Back

What happened? Wall Street, in collusion with institutions around the world, have not only lost our wealth and our jobs, they have stolen our trust. Now we are “left to rely increasingly on governments for the creation of our wealth, something that they have always been conspicuously bad at doing.....Trust is fragile. Like a piece of china, once cracked it is never quite the same. And people's trust in business, and those who… Continue

Added by Chris Jarvis on April 21, 2009 at 16:41 — 1 Comment

Looking for contacts, information and help on CSR activities in Kenya

Could you kindly direct me to any other site you know of that can help me get information on what the private sector has been, is and will be doing on the CSR issues in Kenya. Are there any MOUs signed by thee companies with the Govt. etc.

If you can introduce me to the CSR people of the major private sector in Kenya, including the MNCs. I can also ask them directly and share my results with you. I am doing a research on CSR issues in Kenya and would like your help if possible to get… Continue

Added by Amit Mahajan on April 2, 2009 at 14:59 — 1 Comment

Corporate Social responsibility

Corporate social responsibility through the eyes of CSR Kenya CEO, and the other people who work on corporate responsibility issues that matters.

At CSR Kenya you will Get personal perspectives on the issues, hear open assessments of the challenges we face, and engage in civil dialogue with the people behind CSR Kenya.

Hello, I am Julia Nyaga Iam the CEO and founder of CSR Kenya.

We want to open doors to Kenyan Corporate companies to get involved… Continue

Added by Julia Nyaga on March 18, 2009 at 6:15 — 1 Comment

From little things, big things grow : Utilising e-commerce to drive a CSR strategy

One of the most challenging things a company can face is how to decide what form their CSR strategy might take.

Do we take a holistic approach and look at all of the potential pillars in terms of our social, ethical and environmental impact? Do we bite one off and square up our carbon impact? Do we get caught in the constant argument over how we should measure all of the above or do we just bite the bullet and do something?

We bit the bullet.

WorldNomads.com is… Continue

Added by Chris Noble on January 19, 2009 at 21:00 — No Comments

Welcome to Class...at the World Bank

More proof that agriculture is back on the agenda: the World Bank Institute (WBI) just announced a new Executive Development Program on Inclusive Agribusiness: Fighting, Poverty, Hunger and Malnutrition. It comes after a turbulent year in the food markets and at the peak of the financial crisis impacting the agribusiness sector and poverty on a global scale. But WBI’s program isn’t… Continue

Added by Alexis Sampson on November 21, 2008 at 16:36 — 2 Comments

Finding the way : how do we enlarge the pupil world view with the help of business

Schools in the UK want to partner with schools in Africa. Not only does the department expect them to but they know that seeing what is happening in another classroom, on another continent, enhances the education experience.

In the UK learners have good access to the communication tools. In most African classrooms that can still be difficult.

I work mostly in South Africa where ICT developments are rapid. In the last three… Continue

Added by Alan Mills on July 25, 2008 at 9:30 — 2 Comments