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Community Development
Partnerships & Policies: Creating Sustainable Models At Unilever
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Gail Klintworth, Chief Sustainability, Unilever In this third and last blog post responding to the […]
July 18, 2013
Community Development
Positioning Ethics in the Workplace: Pull versus Push
Submitted by Elaine Cohen By Elaine Cohen How do you get employees to behave ethically at all times? With so […]
July 11, 2013
Community Development
Sustainable Coffee: Certification Shows Economic, Environmental Benefits For Coffee Farmers
Submitted by Francesca Rheannon by Francesca Rheannon It is a common trope in development circles that, with global population set […]
July 11, 2013
Community Development
Whose Responsibility is Social “Responsibility”? The Company Or The Consumer?
Submitted by Sarah Coles By Sarah Coles If a company is perceived to be part of a “problem,” can it […]
June 28, 2013
Community Development
Stakeholder vs. Shareholder Value: Connecting the Sustainability Dots With Philips, Drexel University & Profits4Purpose
Submitted by Aman Singh By Aman Singh Is there a connection between employee engagement and shareholder value? Several similar questions […]
June 25, 2013
Community Development
Building a Career in CSR: Strengthening Your Career With Purpose
Submitted by James Temple By James Temple Lately I’ve been hearing from a lot of people who are interested in […]
June 20, 2013
Community Development
Embedding & Measuring Sustainability: Unilever's Sustainability Chief Addresses Its Stakeholders
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Gail Klintworth, Chief Sustainability Officer, Unilever First of all I want to thank all who […]
June 19, 2013
Community Development
Decoding Nestlé Waters North America's Sustainability Journey: Environmental Villain or Facts vs. Emotions?
Submitted by Aman Singh By Aman Singh When a company labels its Annual CSR Report as Creating Shared Value, you […]
June 18, 2013
Community Development
Beyond G4: Connecting The Dots on Sustainability Reporting and Disclosure Practices
Submitted by Monaem Ben Lellahom By Monaem Ben Lellahom In contrast to financial reporting, the history of sustainability reporting is […]
June 4, 2013
Community Development
The Lesson of Rana Plaza For CSR: Worker Empowerment The Key To Safety?
Submitted by Francesca Rheannon by Francesca Rheannon It’s rare to have something good to report on Bangladesh, but it happened […]
May 20, 2013
Community Development
Why The Kimberley Certification Process For “Conflict Free Diamonds” Must Be Abandoned (Part Two)
Submitted by Marc Choyt By Marc Choyt As outlined in my first post, the Kimberley Process Certification (KP) is failing […]
May 14, 2013
Community Development
Why The Kimberley Certification Process For “Conflict Free Diamonds” Must Be Abandoned (Part One)
Submitted by Marc Choyt by Marc Choyt The big family secret in the jewelry sector is that the Kimberley Process […]
May 13, 2013
Community Development
CSR Disclosure: Expanding the Conversation on Materiality and Sustainability
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Katie Schmitz Eulitt and Marisa Mackey, SASB Is the info in CSR reports truly not […]
May 9, 2013
Community Development
Obama Will Approve Keystone — What Then? An Energy And Innovation Agenda Both Sides Could Support
Submitted by Bill Shireman By Bill Shireman Environmentalists hope President Obama will kill the Keystone XL pipeline. But privately, many […]
May 3, 2013
Community Development
Climate Solutions: Biochar Goes Commercial But Struggles Without Impact Investment
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Karen Ribeiro Bio-what? The word biochar, let alone the biological and chemical properties of it, […]
April 25, 2013
Community Development
Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan: The Challenges of Being Too Ambitious
Submitted by Aman Singh By Aman Singh Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan was created and launched amid much fanfare in 2010. […]
April 25, 2013
Community Development
Leading CSR at Hasbro With Some Help From Transformers & GI Joe
Submitted by Guest Contributor The Civic 50, a groundbreaking initiative launched in 2012 by the National Conference on Citizenship, Points […]
April 23, 2013
Community Development
Sustainable Manufacturing: Unilever Leverages Scale To Achieve Eco-Efficiency Targets Yet Challenges Remain
Submitted by Guest Contributor Global Manufacturing Sustainability Director John Maguire joins us this week to explain how Unilever’s ambition to […]
April 18, 2013
Community Development
Economic vs. Sustainable Growth: Identifying the Essential Mission of Sustainable Economies
Submitted by John Ikerd By John Ikerd A sustainable economy must arise from and be supported by a consensus of […]
April 12, 2013
Community Development
Rethinking Scale: From Quantitative to Qualitative Growth
Submitted by Hazel Henderson By Hazel Henderson UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon proclaimed the new international goal of happiness on […]
April 8, 2013
Community Development
Sustainable Sourcing: Unilever Challenges Its Own Value Chain
Submitted by Guest Contributor This week — and leading up to the launch of Unilever’s 2012 Sustainability Report later this […]
April 5, 2013
Community Development
The Essential Function of the Government In Our Pursuit of Sustainability
Submitted by John Ikerd The recent global financial crisis has raised widespread concern for the sustainability of the global economy […]
April 5, 2013
Community Development
Is the U.K. On the Brink of an Energy Disaster?
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Kye Gbangbola, Founder, Total Eco Management Recently, the U.K. government pronounced that the British public […]
March 27, 2013
Community Development
Sustainable Behavior Change Campaigns: Messy, Complex, Critical
Submitted by Guest Contributor Dr. Adam Corner Increasingly, companies are realising that sustainability means more than implementing a few more […]
March 27, 2013
Community Development
SAP's 1st Integrated Report: From Sustainability to Integrated Thinking
Submitted by Aman Singh By Aman Singh Using Integrated Reporting as a catalyst for integrated thinking. That’s how Peter Graf, […]
March 25, 2013
Community Development
Markets, Competition & The Collective Good: The Essential Characteristics of Markets
Submitted by John Ikerd The recent global financial crisis has raised widespread concern for the sustainability of the global economy […]
March 22, 2013
Community Development
B Corporation Or Non-Profit? Determining The Ideal Legal Structure For Your Mission-Driven Enterprise
Submitted by Dirk Sampselle By Dirk Sampselle One of the most common questions I receive as the founder of B […]
March 20, 2013
Community Development
Measuring the Impact of Employee Volunteering: What Metrics are Most Important and Why
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Farron Levy, President, True Impact Employee volunteering can be a powerful force for improving the […]
March 14, 2013
Community Development
Cause Alignment: Capital One's Formula for Aligning CSR With Everything It Does
Submitted by Guest Contributor The Civic 50, a groundbreaking initiative launched in 2012 by the National Conference on Citizenship, Points […]
March 12, 2013
Community Development
The Essential Characteristics of Economies — And How They [Could] Drive Sustainability
Submitted by John Ikerd The recent global financial crisis has raised widespread concern for the sustainability of the global economy […]
March 4, 2013
Community Development
Dan Edelman: Living His Values, Building an Independent Firm
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Carol Cone, Edelman Business + Social Purpose Global Practice Chair with Larry Koffler, EVP Business […]
February 28, 2013
Community Development
Greener Products: Johnson & Johnson’s Blended Formula
Submitted by Aman Singh This series is about Earthwards, a Johnson & Johnson program. In part four, CSRwire’s Editorial Director […]
February 27, 2013
Community Development
CSR Europe: Driving Corporate Sustainability through Social Innovation
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Dr. Thomas Osburg, Director Europe Corporate Affairs, Intel Corp. and Board of Director, CSR Europe […]
February 26, 2013
Community Development
The Three Economic Principles of Sustainability
Submitted by John Ikerd The recent global financial crisis has raised widespread concern for the sustainability of the global economy […]
February 25, 2013
Community Development
The Evolution of Philanthropy [and CSR]: Making it Matter
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Scott Jackson, CEO, Global Impact In the more than 20 years I have spent working […]
February 21, 2013
Community Development
From Utilitarianism To Ethics: The Social Principles of Economic Sustainability
Submitted by John Ikerd The recent global financial crisis has raised widespread concern for the sustainability of the global economy […]
February 18, 2013
Community Development
The Three Ecological Principles of Economic Sustainability
Submitted by John Ikerd The recent global financial crisis has raised widespread concern for the sustainability of the global economy […]
February 11, 2013
Community Development
Navigating the Sustainability Landscape in a Constant Game of Chase
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Brendan May It’s truly staggering how few companies new to the sustainability agenda understand the […]
February 8, 2013
Community Development
Earthwards: Johnson & Johnson’s Drive Toward a Healthy Future
Submitted by Guest Contributor Sustainability is no longer a fleeting trend. It is becoming a standard practice of companies both […]
February 5, 2013
Community Development
The Hierarchy of Economic Sustainability: Getting The Principles Right
Submitted by John Ikerd The recent global financial crisis has raised widespread concern for the sustainability of the global economy […]
February 4, 2013
Community Development
IKEA's Sustainability Strategy: Save the World, One Product At a Time
Submitted by Aman Singh By Aman Singh 154,000 workers. 47 percent of all managers are women [compared to 17 percent […]
February 1, 2013
Community Development
Ethics & The Challenge of Economic Sustainability
Submitted by John Ikerd The recent global financial crisis has raised widespread concern for the sustainability of the global economy […]
January 28, 2013
Community Development
Supply Chain Accountability & Tesco: A Horseburger with Fries, Please!
Submitted by Elaine Cohen By Elaine Cohen The Guardian reports that GBP300m was wiped off Tesco’s market value in the […]
January 21, 2013
Community Development
Stamping Money out of Politics: A Stamp Stampede
Submitted by Martha Shaw By Martha Shaw It’s impossible to say how many dollar bills stamped in red with Stamp […]
January 15, 2013
Community Development
External Affairs: A Battle Brews Between Chevron and Shareholders
Submitted by Francesca Rheannon By Francesca Rheannon In what is being called an unprecedented move, fossil fuel giant Chevron Corporation […]
January 14, 2013
Community Development
Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking: Is Business Ready to Face Up to It?
Submitted by Joanne Bauer By Joanne Bauer For far too long businesses have ignored the risk of forced labor in […]
January 14, 2013
Community Development
For 1,644 Safeway Stores, CSR Is About Getting Personal
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Jonathan Mayes, SVP of Government Relations, Public Affairs, Philanthropy and CSR Grocery stores play a […]
January 10, 2013
Community Development
Activism & Impact: Stay Tuned to These Issues in 2013
Submitted by Hank Boerner Editor’s Note: It’s that time of the year again and we’re ready to wrap up 2012. […]
January 4, 2013
Community Development
Food Piles: Rescuing & Redirecting Food for 50 Million Hungry Americans
Submitted by General Mills By Mary Jane Melendez, Associate Director, General Mills Foundation As one of the world’s largest food […]
December 20, 2012
Community Development
2012 in Retrospect: An Open Letter to Humanity, from Mother Earth
Submitted by Danielle Lanyard Editor’s Note: We’re starting our CSR & Sustainability 2012 series today on an introspective note. Like […]
December 12, 2012
Community Development
Great to Good: 7 Ways to Judge a Company
Submitted by Gregory Papajohn By Gregory Papajohn and Lee Ann Zondag How do you continually strive to achieve greatness? Where […]
December 11, 2012
Community Development
The Economics of Curbing Speculation In Food, Water and Vital Resources
Submitted by Hazel Henderson By Hazel Henderson Recent spikes in prices of rice, soy, wheat and corn have driven many […]
November 29, 2012
Community Development
Sustainable Consumption: A New Role For Advertising?
Submitted by Hazel Henderson By Hazel Henderson After its successful rise over the past century, advertising is now a $500 […]
November 6, 2012
Community Development
Recycling Post Consumer Waste: Nestlé Presents the Business Case
Submitted by Francesca Rheannon By Francesca Rheannon I never knew that post-consumer waste recycling was so interesting until I started […]
October 25, 2012
Community Development
Ben & Jerry's: A Certified B Corp?
Submitted by Guest Contributor Ben & Jerry’s is one of the most well-known brands with a social mission. Rob Michalak, […]
October 22, 2012
Community Development
Waddling the Waddle: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Baby Market
Submitted by Christine Bader By Christine Bader Last month’s fatal fire at a clothing factory in Pakistan that supplied Western […]
October 22, 2012
Community Development
An ROI-based Business Case for Sustainability
Submitted by Bob Willard By Bob Willard [Part 2 of a three-part series with author, leader and sustainability guru Bob […]
October 10, 2012
Community Development
Saving Lives, Growing Markets: The Power of Private-Public Partnerships
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Karl Hofmann, President and CEO, Population Services International Have you washed your hands today? Probably […]
October 10, 2012
Community Development
The Employee’s Perspective: An Insider Look at Workplace Giving
Submitted by Earth Share By Kal Stein, CEO, EarthShare As CEO of EarthShare, I have discussed my perspective on workplace […]
October 9, 2012
Community Development
Corporate Social Marketing: Benefiting Individuals, Society & the Corporation
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Nancy Lee, President, Social Marketing Services What do heart attacks, traffic fatalities and landfills have […]
October 4, 2012
Community Development
Saving 600,000 Lives a Year: What Will It Take?
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Myriam Sidibe, Global Social Mission Director, Unilever-Lifebuoy It’s common knowledge that prevention is better than […]
October 2, 2012
Community Development
The Real Truth About Ben & Jerry’s and the Benefit Corporation: Part 1
Submitted by Jay Coen Gilbert By Jay Coen Gilbert, Bart Houlahan, Andrew Kassoy, Co-founders, B Lab The Truth About Ben […]
October 1, 2012
Community Development
Some Real Truth About Ben & Jerry’s: A Lawyer's Perspective
Submitted by Guest Contributor By James G. Steiker In the jurisdiction of Oz, where Messrs. Page and Katz apparently believe […]
October 1, 2012
Community Development
Banning Child Labor: The Symptom or the Cause?
Submitted by Elaine Cohen By Elaine Cohen “Some time ago, our team went out to India to monitor how things […]
September 29, 2012
Community Development
When a CEO Turns Activist: Why H&M Wants Bangladesh to Increase Workers' Wages
Submitted by Per Grankvist by Per Grankvist Although it is not usual for Prime Ministers to make time in their […]
September 28, 2012
Community Development
Three Types of Marketing Initiatives That Do Well by Doing Good
Submitted by David Hessekiel By David Hessekiel Reams of well-publicized consumer research have significantly increased the ranks of business marketers […]
September 26, 2012
Community Development
Motor City’s Big 3: Leading The Way On Sustainability Reporting
Submitted by Hank Boerner By Hank Boerner America’s manufacturing fortunes have long been represented by the “Big Three” auto companies […]
September 24, 2012
Community Development
Inexperienced But Passionate: 4 Essential Tips for CSR & Sustainability Job Seekers
Submitted by Tim Mohin By Tim Mohin Editor’s Note: Tim Mohin’s new book Changing Business From the Inside Out: A Treehugger’s […]
September 20, 2012
Community Development
The Corporate American Dream At Its Height: The History of Capitalism
Submitted by James Hoopes By James Hoopes Part I of a series based on the book Corporate Dreams: Big Business […]
September 18, 2012
Community Development
Socially Conscious Siblings: What CSR & Impact Investing Can Learn From Each Other
Submitted by Beth Busenhart By Beth Busenhart Corporate Social Responsibility, or CSR, has hit the mainstream. Whether you believe every […]
September 17, 2012
Community Development
From Blood Diamonds and Dirty Gold to Fair Trade
Submitted by Marc Choyt By Marc Choyt Our wellbeing as a species requires that our economic choices support vibrant human […]
September 17, 2012
Community Development
Employee Engagement & Sustainability: The Employees’ Perspective
Submitted by Earth Share By Kal Stein, EarthShare Much has been made of how companies benefit from engaged employees, but […]
September 10, 2012
Community Development
5 Tips For Marketing CSR In the Context of Our New Reality
Submitted by Jonathan Yohannan By Jonathan Yohannan, Executive Vice President, Cone In other words, how crucial is it to promote […]
August 27, 2012
Community Development
Digital vs. Physical: The New Glocal Economy
Submitted by James Lee By James H. Lee Over the past few years, it seems like people have been feeling […]
August 27, 2012
Community Development
Clean Capitalism: The Companies You love to Hate. And Those You Hate to Love.
Submitted by Elaine Cohen By Elaine Cohen Love Tobacco Companies – Hate Tobacco Tobacco companies are the obvious headline-hitters in […]
August 23, 2012
Community Development
Driving a Global Shift to Sustainable Transportation
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Michael Replogle and Colin Hughes (In collaboration with the Worldwatch Institute) Perhaps it should come […]
August 22, 2012
Community Development
Defining a Conscious Economy: A Glossary of Sustainability Acronyms and Terms
Submitted by Beth Busenhart By Beth Busenhart and Charlie Kuhn We are experiencing a renaissance of sorts in business where […]
August 14, 2012
Community Development
Sustainability Reporting & GRI Focal Point USA: One Year Later
Submitted by Hank Boerner By Hank Boerner Focusing on the huge market we usually refer to as “Corporate America,” the […]
August 13, 2012
Community Development
The Anatomy of Green Teams: Igniting Change
Submitted by Earth Share By Kal Stein, President & CEO, EarthShare The journey towards truly responsible corporations has seen many […]
August 13, 2012
Community Development
4 Environmental Issues That Matter to Employees — and Employers
Submitted by Earth Share By Kal Stein, President & CEO, EarthShare There are many issues affecting our planet and our […]
August 13, 2012
Community Development
Becoming a B: What Is The Difference Between a B Corporation and a Benefit Corporation?
Submitted by Dirk Sampselle By Dirk Sampselle Although “B Corporation” and “benefit corporation” are terms commonly used interchangeably, the B […]
August 8, 2012
Community Development
Whistleblowing and Bystander Apathy: Connecting Ethics With Social Responsibility
Submitted by Kirsty Matthewson By Kirsty Matthewson After a day of weathering the company of my fellow man and, well, […]
August 7, 2012
Community Development
Corporate Social Responsibility at Target: Behind the Red Bullseye
Submitted by Aman Singh Target released four new corporate responsibility goals in 2011: Increase sustainable seafood selection Improve owned-brand packaging […]
August 6, 2012
Community Development
Olympic Sponsorship: CSR Opportunity or Greenwashing?
Submitted by Sarah Coles By Sarah Coles It’s hard to imagine a time when the Olympics were absent of corporate […]
August 1, 2012
Community Development
Patagonia's Sustainable Salmon Jerky: How CSR Can Drive Innovation
Submitted by Sarah Coles By Sarah Coles We live in a continually changing and dynamic age where organizations must habitually […]
July 19, 2012
Community Development
New Harvard Business School Report: CSR Reduces Costs
Submitted by Joe Sibilia By Joe Siblia Some things are clear: Firms that are able to raise external funds enjoy […]
July 18, 2012
Community Development
The Alphabet Soup of Impact Measurement Tools: PULSE Makes Data Easier to Digest
Submitted by Beth Busenhart By Beth Busenhart Now that we have established a basis for understanding the roles of IRIS […]
July 17, 2012
Community Development
Social Entrepreneurship & Social Innovation: Not the Same Thing
Submitted by David Wilcox By David Wilcox, ReachScale At the UN Social Innovation Summit held at the end of May […]
July 16, 2012
Community Development
Telling the Story of Your Sustainability Journey Through a CSR Report
Submitted by Hank Boerner By Hank Boerner, Chairman, Governance & Accountability Institute Tell me a story … No matter your […]
July 16, 2012
Community Development
How GIIRS Flavors Impact Investing’s Alphabet Soup of Measurement Tools
Submitted by Beth Busenhart By Beth Busenhart and Flory Wilson (pictured) As we continue to explore the co-mingled flavors in […]
June 27, 2012