Corporate and Social Responsibility Imperative for Business Success
Which companies have the made the most of corporate social responsibility?
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Sustainability is the Need of the Hour
a lasThe population of the world continues to grow, but resources don’t seem to keep up with the growing need of the population. Food shortage is rampant in many countries, particularly in poor countries. Water shortage has also become a big issue now. Although the earth is surrounded mostly by water, clean and potable water
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Which is ‘Better’ – Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) or Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)?
How can you make sense of socially responsible investing? If your investments are handled by a fund then it is important to discover the exact nature of the ESG or SRI approach that they use
Dana Collette, Others Weigh In On Canadian Privacy Laws
The rise and advancement of digital technology and intellectual property has also inspired the rapid evolution of privacy law.
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Jeffrey Lipton, Barbados Portfolio Manager on Impact of Digital Currencies on Economies
Digital currencies are empowering entrepreneurs and business owners around the world, while helping to grow smaller economies.
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): What It Means for Companies like Tim Hortons and Apotex
Which Canadian companies are making strides towards more corporate social responsibility? Tim Horton’s and Apotex show how they are moving forward on CSR.
Eco-Friendly Branding Items to Promote your Business
Carefully curated promotional items can go a long way to promoting your brand at a conference, trade show or event, but it’s important to choose branding items match your green ethos.
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Wayne Wile on Global, “Borderless” Investment
Wayne Wile is one of a continually growing segment of investment consultants who has built an extensive career in providing guidance in the area of foreign investments.
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Regional Economics in the United States
What does each region of the US have to offer to the GDP? In this helpful infographic, the major industries are explained and you can see how each region stacks up with the rest of the country. The industries are broken down broadly into eight categories: Finance Professional Health Care Manufacturing Agriculture Retail Mining Information
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Australia’s Biggest Banks Could Help Achieve UN’s Development Agenda in the Pacific
By Madeline Greer, Guest Contributor Australia’s Biggest Banks Could Help Achieve UN’s Development Agenda in the Pacific Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has partnered with Westpac and ANZ to help deliver financial inclusion in Pacific communities. The bank’s partnerships are focused on helping communities better manage their funds, encourage entrepreneurship, and empower individuals
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6 Pieces of Advice Entrepreneurs Should Ignore
Starting a new business is kind of like having a new baby. Everyone has questions about your new addition, and they all want to give advice – even when you haven’t asked for it. Whether in the nursery or virtual office, not all advice given to new parents – and new business owners – is good.
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Measuring the Worldwide Surge in Investments in Renewable Energy Technologies (and Infographic)
What’s happening worldwide with regard to investments in renewable energy? Well, according to the latest results of United Nations Environment Programme’s 9th “Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2014 Report”, created by the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre and the research company Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the global investments in renewable energy have grown 17%, resulting
Water Sustainability: How Do We Price Water?
Solving our water woes in the face of extreme drought, an aging infrastructure, increasingly pressured water supplies, and a growing population, will require more than just asking people to cut back on their water consumption or to install water-efficient appliances. It might also require big changes in who pays for it, in the way we
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Full Fossil Fuel Divestment Would Cost $5 Trillion
Fossil fuel divestment, which entails getting out of investments in stocks, bonds, or funds that back fossil fuel companies or initiatives, is an admirable goal, as it attempts to remove the profit from planet-wrecking businesses, but it’s not nearly as simple as it seems, and it could be a very costly endeavor – as much
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How Solar Energy Is Powering Off-Grid Health Clinics
Solar energy continues to show huge promise for bringing clean affordable power to those living off the grid, but many of the off-grid solar applications, especially in developing countries, focus on small projects, such as charging mobile devices and providing light after dark, not powering entire buildings and organizations. However, that is changing, and some
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Wind May Power the Future Economy
So far, the story of the US renewable energy transformation has skipped a key chapter, which is the exploitation of our massive offshore wind power potential. In the offshore wind category, the US has been lagging far behind other nations. However, the spotlight is starting to swing out to embrace this wind power option, and
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Iconic American Household Brands Contribute to Deforestation
A scorecard grading the palm oil sourcing commitments of 30 top companies in the packaged food, fast food and personal care sectors shows 24 of these household brands have inadequate commitments or lack commitments altogether. Palm oil is used in thousands of products that Americans eat and use daily, like deodorants, ice cream and face
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Trust, Inc.: Strategies for Building Your Company’s Most Important Asset
Cynthia Figge, COO and Cofounder of CSRHub, has joined many thought leaders in Trust, Inc.: Strategies for Building Your Company’s Most Important Asset, edited by Barbara Kimmel. Trust, Inc., steady on the Hot New Release list on Amazon, includes powerful essays by thought leaders like Stephen M. R. Covey & Greg Link, Patricia Aburdene, Amy Lyman,
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Portable Machines and Their Applications
The systems employed by some major companies in their production processes are so large that when problems occur they can present problems that need new thinking in order to find suitable solutions. In the past, large scale industrial projects would use in-house teams of engineers to design and construct their own machinery to remedy specific
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Investing With Social Consciousness
A complex issue of conscience faces many in the world of business economics and investing. Despite the stereotypical view of many, believing in the facts of climate change and having a regard for the vital importance of environmentally sound practices does not automatically mean that one wishes to roll back 2000 years of technological progress
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Five Easy Ways to Achieve Sustainability At Home
Amongst all the other modern and pop culture trends of the 21st century, one fashion has emerged which is anything but a fad. The key concept? Sustainability. Originally confined to the domain of the left, sustainability has – in recent years – become a byword for ethical living for everyone from politicians and corporations to
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True Costs in the Agriculture and Food Industry
by Heidi Darling Up until about 1960, the largest contributor of CO2 to the atmosphere wasn’t the burning of fossil fuels. It was plowing agriculture fields, which destroyed the rich dark (carbon) filled soil. Even today, agriculture produces more greenhouse gases than the transportation or industrial sector! 2% of global sea level rise is caused
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Slavery and the Shrimp Industry
Forced Labor, Child Labor and Debt Bondage The two words, “slavery” and “shrimp”, seem an unlikely combination, with little or no relevance to one another. In fact, the element of “modern-day slavery” in the processing of shrimp is something that has sparked a report from the Solidarity Center called, “The True Cost of Shrimp”. The
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The Social Economist
by Phil Michaels “Our generation made their money tearing our world apart, your generation is going to make your money putting it back together,” declared authors of the social entrepreneurial book, Making Good. Authors, Billy and Dev — a Yale University drop out and the founder of Dream Now, are describing their generation’s (the non-millennials)
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