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You already know we’re focused on more than our bottom line – that we not only create great products, but we also create value for our local community and our planet. You may not know we’re part of a community of businesses that meet the same high standards we do – Certified B Corporations. The [...]
When Queen Elizabeth I charged the Auditors of the Imprest in 1559 with the responsibility for auditing Exchequer payments of the government of England – the first ever institutionalization of the financial audit – how could she know she was setting a precedence for the year 2020 when all companies would be required to provide [...]
My spiritual compass is Ayurveda, a 5000 year old tradition similar to but pre dating Buddhism. It provides a life living philosophy that is simple to understand but a challenging to practice fully. Among the things it teaches is to conceive of an intention – what we really want in life — and then hold [...]
With annoying regularity someone suggests the term CSR needs to be rethought, thrown out or reengineered altogether as if by changing the word we could usher in a radical advance in sustainability. The neuro-linguistic challenge is not as much about the word itself however as it is recognizing the underlying concept, or the how, in [...]
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, former US Senator, once famously said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” And the facts are, every year the market demands more not less social and environmental responsibility from companies. Believe or don’t, that’s up to you: but know this, if you choose to ally yourself [...]
CSR
- Financial Institutions, Supply Chains and CSR,
Marc de Sousa-Shields, ESGlobal, August 2009. (English) - CSR is all the Rage in TED countries,
Marc de Sousa-Shields, ESGlobal, July 2009. (English/Spanish) - Managing CSR Brand Value in a Downturn,
Marc de Sousa-Shields, ESGlobal, June 2009. (English/Spanish) - Report of the 3 Main Challenges for CSR in Latin America,
Paula Clerici, ESGlobal, January 2009. (English/Spanish) - YouTube channel about CSR challenges in Latin America for 2009. (Spanish only)
Micro and Small Enterprise / LED
- Microfinance and the Double Bottom Line in the Post Social Enterprise Era,
USAID, February, 2008 (PDF-493Kb) - Microfinance and the Double Bottom Line: Case Studies in Social Performance Management,
2008 (PDF-275Kb) - Competing Business Models and the Double Bottom Line,
MicroBanking Bulletin, No. 16, Spring 2008. Starting on page 6 (PDF-2,497Kb)
CSR Counts
- Dull? Maybe. But Building a Better GRI is Vital to More & Better Corporate Sustainability
- PRIORITIES, PRIORITIES , PRIORITIES – Does your Sustainability Strategy Do More Than Just Include the Words Social and Economic
- The Price of a Life in Bangladesh: Future Markets, Hedging and other Market-Based Mechanisms to Profit from Sustainability
- Consumers as Stakeholders in the Sustainable Century
- Capitalism: Its What We Got
CSR Wire News
- Three Squares Inc. Named Sustainability Certification Partner for Sustainable Brands® 2013
- UPS Mobilizes Its Disaster Relief Program To Support Oklahoma Recovery Efforts
- CSRwire CEO Receives 2013 Listen Learn Care Award for Outstanding Service to Mankind
- Climate Change, Carbon Bubble and New York's Green Bank
- Puerto Rican Firm Is Awarded Prestigious B Corp Certification
